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This exploratory study gathered perspectives from legal professionals regarding the challenges faced by youths in out of home care and their families and necessary supports to promote successful reunification.
This article from High Country News explores the history and legacy of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the United States, a school where many Indigenous children who had been forcibly separated from their families by US policy were sent.
The authors of this study systematically compared parenting interventions offered in 12 maternal substance use treatment programs in one Canadian province with those described in the research literature.
The present study is the largest and most rigorous study to date on the effects of being appointed a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) on permanency outcomes of children in foster care.
This chapter examines how the competing goals of child welfare systems work with the developments in constitutional rights.
This article from the Guardian tells the stories of two families featured in a documentary film about the family separation policy enacted by the US at the border with Mexico.
Join this webinar to learn more about the US nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support.
The current study examines social networks and utilization of social support among young people ages 18 to 25 from one southeastern state in the US who had aged out of care or were in extended foster care.
This documentary from CBS News takes viewers inside the real-life challenges facing migrant families split apart by the Trump administration's "Zero Tolerance" policy.
The current study employed thematic analysis to explore Massachusetts foster youth’s academic challenges and supports through interviews with teachers, foster parents, former foster youth, and three individuals who were both teachers and foster parents.