Adapting Pediatric Medical Homes for Youth in Foster Care: Extensions of the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines

Hannah C. Espeleta, Dana M. Bakula, Christina M. Sharkey, Jennifer Reinink, Amanda Cherry, Julie Lees, Deborah Shropshire, Larry L. Mullins, Stephen R. Gillaspy - Clinical Pediatrics

This article provides recommendations for adapting the pediatric medical home (PMH) model for health care needs of youth in foster care.

Putting Family First: The Need for Reform in Minnesota's Foster Care Licensing Statutes and Processes to Support Relative Placement

Joanna Woolman - Mitchell Hamline Law Review

This article tracks the history of foster care licensing requirements in the U.S. state of Minnesota, discusses the real-life story of a grandmother with a grandchild placed in foster care, explains the federal mandates established through the Adam Walsh Act, discusses the existing flaws in the process, and highlights the ways in which Minnesota’s current statutory scheme and processes disproportionally impact communities of color.

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Intensive Family Preservation Services to prevent out-of-home placement of children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zoe Bezeczky, Asmaa El-Banna, Stavros Petrou, Alison Kemp, Jonathan Scourfield, Donald Forrester, Ulugbek B. Nurmatov - Child Abuse & Neglect

The aim of this study was to assess the evidence of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Intensive Family Preservation Services (IFPS) in reducing the need for children to enter out-of-home care.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Rates Among Children in Foster Versus Family Kinship Care

Rashanda Allen - Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection

The purpose of this study was to address the gap in the literature on the full spectrum of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) attributes and symptoms for children living in nonkinship foster homes versus kinship foster homes, as well as examine the benefits and limitations of children placed in kinship and nonkinship foster homes.

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Conceptualization and measurement of birth family thoughts for adolescents and adults adopted transnationally

Kim AY, Kim OM, Hu AW, Oh JS, Lee RM - Journal of Family Psychology

The authors of this study introduce a new construct, birth family thoughts, that captures a sense of curiosity about birth family for adopted individuals, and describe the development of an accompanying brief self-report measure, the Birth Family Thoughts Scale (BFTS).

Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme: Middle East and Eastern Europe - 1st Cycle 9-Months Follow-up Report

Save the Children

This report presents results from a survey administered to graduates of the Child Protection in Emergencies Professional Development Programme (CPiE PDP) in the Middle East and Eastern Europe region to evaluate if and how the CPiE PDP has influenced their professional development and to what extent the graduates have practiced what they have learned.

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Forensic Evaluations of Parents in Child Protection Matters: The Significance of Contextual, Personal, and Racial Trauma

Susan Cohen Esquilin & Denise M. Williams Johnson - Assessing Trauma in Forensic Contexts

The primary aim of this chapter is to outline the significance of trauma in the lives of parents involved in the child protection system who are sent for forensic psychological evaluations.

Opportunities in Transition: An Economic Analysis of Investing in Youth Aging out of Foster Care in their 20s - Report 2 of 3: The Costs of the Adverse Outcomes

Fostering Change

This report is the second in a series of reports exploring the economic consequences and issues for youth aging out of care in British Columbia, Canada. The purpose of this second phase report is to describe and, to the extent possible, provide estimates of the magnitude of these costs.

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Opportunities in Transition: An Economic Analysis of Investing in Youth Aging out of Foster Care in their 20s - Report 3 of 3: Opportunities for Increased Support

Fostering Change

This report is the third and final in a series of reports exploring the economic consequences and issues for youth aging out of care in British Columbia, Canada. The purpose of the report is to estimate the incremental costs of support measures that can improve outcomes and to compare these costs to the benefits they may generate.

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