Americas

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Fred Wulczyn, Arno Parolini, Florie Schmits, Joseph Magruder, Daniel Webster - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses longitudinal administrative data from twenty U.S. states to examine the risk of returning to foster care after children are either reunified with their parents or placed with guardians outside the foster care system.

Sara Tiano and Karen de Sá - The Chronicle of Social Change,

The U.S. state of California has "enacted temporary extensions of foster care to ensure young adults aren’t cut off from basic needs benefits, as work, study and much of daily life remains virtually paralyzed," says this article from the Chronicle of Social Change.

Kalah M. Villagrana, Elizabeth H. Mody, Siobhan M. Lawler, Qi Wu, Kristin M. Ferguson - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study explores the factors that are associated with positive educational outcomes for HYA with and without a foster care history.

Lucas A. Gerber, Martin Guggenheim, Yuk C. Pang, Timothy Ross, Yana Mayevskaya, Susan Jacobs, Peter J. Pecora - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study utilizes a qualitative interview-based design to understand how the the interdisciplinary law office approach to parental representation in child welfare, used in the New York City Family Court, works in practice to impact the outcomes of families’ cases.

Kathryn C. Trujillo, Lara Bruce, Annade Guzman, Carole Wilcox, Aurora Melnyk, Kathy Clark - Child Abuse & Neglect,

For this study, a ten-year cohort study was conducted to understand program graduates' experiences with organizational commitment, the impact of stipends on child welfare professional identity and desire to remain in the child welfare field.

Alysse M. Loomis, Megan Feely, Stephanie Kennedy - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The aim of the present study was to systematically review and evaluate the measurement of self-reported polyvictimization with foster youth samples.

Emily A. Bosk, Abigail Williams-Butler, Debra Ruisard, Michael J. MacKenzie - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between staff characteristics, endorsement of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) and intent to turnover.

John P. Salerno, Olivia N. Kachingwe, Jessica N. Fish, Eshana Parekh, Melanie Geddings-Hayes, Bradley O. Boekeloo, Elizabeth M. Aparicio - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study aims to provide a preliminary understanding of how sexual minority girls in foster care experience the phenomenon of sexual health.

Katherine L. Stene, Sarah J. Dow-Fleisner, Dylan Ermacora, Jean Agathen, Lydia Falconnier, Megan Stager, Susan J. Wells - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study reexamined a kinship caregiver assessment using data from a study conducted at the Children and Family Research Center (CFRC).

Margaret H. Lloyd Sieger & Robert Haswell - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

For this study, in-depth interviews with 17 currently or recently-involved parents in a Midwestern U.S. family treatment court, which are specialized child welfare dockets designed to address substance use, were conducted and analyzed using constant comparative coding, in order to understand parents’ perspectives on their own substance use, including its impact on their parenting, before and during child welfare system involvement.