In this systematic literature review, the authors explore the career development experiences of children and youth in care and their experiences following emancipation from care into independent living.

The ninth International Foster Care Research Network Conference was held in September 2017 in Paris (France) on the theme ‘Continuity and disruption in foster care’. A selection of the presentations there were rewritten into a paper as part of this special issue.

The ninth International Foster Care Research Network Conference was held in September 2017 in Paris (France) on the theme ‘Continuity and disruption in foster care’. A selection of the presentations there were rewritten into a paper as part of this special issue.

This 10th issue of the Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond (ICEB) journal, released in September 2018, is a Special Focus issue on ‘Aftercare.’

This study presents findings from three separate meta-analyses investigating differences between children placed in residential care and in family foster care with regard to three outcomes: internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and perception of care.

This study aimed to review and analyze the pathways from care to education and employment, using meta-analysis.

This paper presents the top fifteen priority areas for research investment as identified by a research priority setting exercise conducted by the Assessment, Measurement & Evidence (AME) Working Group of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (ACPHA).

The aim of this review was to gather, assess and synthesize the current empirical evidence of transition to adult life from the perspective of young people leaving foster care.

In this chapter children’s rights and state obligations in relation to alternative care are presented, with reference to the UN Alternative Care Guidelines and the general comments and concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Launching on International Youth Day, 12 August 2018, the Global NextGen Index uses annual scorecards to evaluate 22 states on their progress to implement alternatives to child immigration detention.