This article explores the impacts of two common forms of early childhood adversity, maltreatment and placement in institutional care, on children's behavioral, psychiatric, and physical health into adulthood.

On the occasion of the Global Disability Summit, the UK Government became the first major donor of its kind to explicitly commit to promoting family and community-based care for all children.

The aim of the systematic review described in this article was to determine the outcome of child maltreatment in long-term childcare and the scope of the evidence base in this area.

In this study, the life stories of four foster mothers of victims of maternal sexual abuse were collected.

This study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements.

The objective of this study is to examine the intergenerational transmission of out-of-home care in Sweden.

This video shares the views of the Croatian partner's trainers, young people and care professionals involved in the "Prepare for Leaving Care" project training for care professionals.

This briefing paper is part of a series from the Howard League that explores some core principles to help protect children in residential care in the UK from criminalisation. 

This article discusses caregivers’ and young people’s experiences of a novel approach to sibling contact, Siblings Forever, an event devised to overcome some of the tensions and frustrations in usual arrangements.

This article presents findings from research into how young people growing up in foster care in the UK manage the relationships in their social networks and gain access to social capital.