Americas

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Ruth A. Huebnera, Martin T. Hallb, Erin Smeadc, Tina Willauerd, Lynn Posze - Children and Youth Services Review,

This is a prospective study of 28 family mentors providing peer recovery support services to 783 families with child maltreatment and parental substance use disorders (SUD) over 8 years in a family-centered integrated program with SUD treatment providers.

Children’s Bureau,

This six-part video series provides an overview of the United States National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) and the NYTD Review, a federal review conducted by the Children’s Bureau to assess how states collect and report data on youth transitioning out of foster care.

Katherine Gibson, Gina Samuels, Julia Pryce - Children and Youth Services Review,

This analysis drew from a study in which child welfare professionals were interviewed about their definitions of “well-being” and the barriers and facilitators to promoting well-being in their daily practices. 

Katherine Gibson, Gina Samuels, Julia Pryce - Children and Youth Services Review,

This analysis drew from a study in which child welfare professionals were interviewed about their definitions of “well-being” and the barriers and facilitators to promoting well-being in their daily practices. 

Bethany R. Lee, Julia M. Kobulsky, David Brodzinsky, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the recent Modern Adoptive Families survey to understand parent perspectives on their preparation for adoption. 

Kimberly Crosland, Ruby Joseph, Lindsey Slattery, Sharon Hodges, Glen Dunlap - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper describes results from focus groups conducted with child welfare providers, educational personnel, and youth with histories of running away from foster care placements.

Kimberly Crosland, Ruby Joseph, Lindsey Slattery, Sharon Hodges, Glen Dunlap - Children and Youth Services Review,

This paper describes results from focus groups conducted with child welfare providers, educational personnel, and youth with histories of running away from foster care placements. 

Bethany R. Lee, Julia M. Kobulsky, David Brodzinsky, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the recent Modern Adoptive Families survey to understand parent perspectives on their preparation for adoption. 

Rebecca A. Hirsch, Carly B. Dierkhising, Denise C. Herz - Children and Youth Services Review,

Dually-involved youth represent a population of youth who receive some level of supervision from both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems concurrently. The current study examined education-related risk factors, recidivism, referrals for services, and service access among dually-involved youth in Los Angeles County, USA.

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Dan Chateau, Deepa Singal - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry,

The objective of this study is to examine suicide attempts and completions among mothers who had a child taken into care by child protection services (CPS).