This study examines the relationship between different areas of family need and the utilization of home-based, post-investigation services (HBPS) following a child protective services (CPS) investigation.

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) is now recruiting for the position of Executive Director.

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the sixteenth session (15 Aug 2016 – 2 Sep 2016) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The Atlantic reviews the challenges children face in the rural Kentucky.

The present study offers examination of the association between severity and chronicity of maltreatment history and SU in youth in foster care. 

This story from WHOtv.com features Ruth and Buckel, a couple from Story City, Iowa who adopted 19 teenagers over the course of their relationship.

High levels of psychotropic medication use and polypharmacy are common for emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth entering residential care.

The UN General Assembly will host a high-level summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants, with the aim of bringing countries together behind a more humane and coordinated approach.

This study used a mixed-methods multiphase, iterative process to illuminate the congruencies and incongruencies between the young adults' accounts of their foster care experiences and the legalistic, system-focused view of their experiences. 

This study used a mixed-methods multiphase, iterative process to illuminate the congruencies and incongruencies between the young adults' accounts of their foster care experiences and the legalistic, system-focused view of their experiences. This study highlights the limitations of administrative data as the primary source for evaluating systems, assessing child well-being, and for understanding child welfare outcomes.