"According to new figures, 295 children who are in care do not have an up-to-date care plan," says this article from the Irish Examiner.

As part of the EU funded CarePath project, Eurochild, together with international partners, is convening an online conference to bring discussions of ‘aftercare’ support to a European level, with crucial inputs from care leavers themselves.

This article deals with the issues of family assistance from the perspective of working with the biological family of a child placed in foster care.

The purpose of this study was to characterize infant entries to care in England.

In this study, educational outcomes for 68 children (aged 3–9 years) in foster-care due to concerns about abuse or neglect were compared to those for 166 children with current or past child welfare involvement living at home.

The overall aim of the present study was to expand knowledge about depression among unaccompanied refugee minors in the years after they were granted protection in Norway.

This publication presents the latest figures on children and young people in care in Northern Ireland.

In this commentary, the authors explain how current circumstances reinforce the need for systemic change within statutory child welfare systems and the benefits that would accrue by implementing a continuum of services that combine universal supports with early intervention strategies.

This article examines the current Common European Asylum System (CEAS), which includes several measures to protect unaccompanied minors.

"A recent review by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory highlighted a lack of preparation and ongoing support for special guardians, who are often asked to care for children with complex emotional and behavioural problems in challenging circumstances," writes Louise Sims - kinship care and fostering consultant at CoramBAAF - in this article from the Guardian.