The state of Indiana in the US has just opened the country’s first “baby boxes” at two fire stations in Northern Indiana, according to this article from Wyfi. 

This paper examines whether policies that guide the termination of parental rights correspond to state adoption rate differences in the United States.

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with the risk of negligence in child care during the first year of rearing in adolescent and adult mothers.

El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar los factores asociados al riesgo de negligencia en el cuidado del hijo durante el primer año de crianza en madres adolescentes y adultas.

According to recent estimates from Statistics Canada, nearly half of the children in foster care in Canada are aboriginal, and in Saskatchewan, the percentage of aboriginal children in the child welfare system is a staggering 85 percent, says this article from Global News. 

This paper aruges that child welfare agencies (in the US) have an obligation to protect children’s physical and mental well-being, and the social work profession is uniquely qualified to deliver evidence-based obesity mitigation efforts among children in care.

Using data from a national longitudinal survey of children referred to child protective services (NSCAW II), this article compares behavioral, child/caregiver relationship, and school performance outcomes for children residing in kinship and nonkinship settings.

On 19 April 2016, Fundación Munasim Kullakita (a member of RISE´s Latin American Regional Working Group) will be hosting a webinar to discuss how they are implementing the care model ECO2 with children affected by sexual exploitation in Bolivia.

In this study, clinical program directors from 59 residential treatment facilities in the US responded to an online survey addressing the representation of adopted youth currently being served by their organization, the extent to which adoption issues are incorporated into clinical intake and treatment processes, and the training needs of clinical staff related to adoption.

In this study, clinical program directors from 59 residential treatment facilities in the US responded to an online survey addressing the representation of adopted youth currently being served by their organization, the extent to which adoption issues are incorporated into clinical intake and treatment processes, and the training needs of clinical staff related to adoption.