Understanding Care Leavers as Youth in Society A Theoretical Framework for Studying the Transition out of Care
This paper presents a potentially fruitful theoretical framework for examining the transition out of state care.
The Emotional Nature of Birth Family Relationships for Care-experienced and Adopted Young People: A Longitudinal Perspective
In this article, the authors describe young people’s emotional responses to birth family, and highlight implications for theory, research, and practice.
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Equipping resource parents with the knowledge and attitudes to effectively parent teens: Results from the CORE Teen training program
The Critical On-going Resource Family Education (CORE) Teen is a comprehensive foster parent training program designed to provide resource parents with the knowledge and skills to support teens in their care. This study examined results from trainings conducted across four states and one tribal nation in the U.S.
With their children placed in kinship care, did parents get the services they needed?
This secondary analysis involved exclusively parents with children placed in kinship care by a child welfare agency. It examined associations between parents’ receipt of needed services and 6 sets of variables measuring parents’ needs, access to service providers, social structural factors, demographic factors, family resources, and child welfare interventions experienced.
Experiences of Young Adults with a History of Foster Care During COVID-19
This study assessed the needs, concerns, and strengths of young adults (ages 18 - 26), previously placed in foster care, in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Agency, Genuine Support, and Emotional Connection: Experiences that Promote Relational Permanency in Foster Care
This study uses grounded theory methods to generate a deeper understanding of the experiences that help youth achieve relational permanency, regardless of whether they emancipate from care or are adopted.
Orphanage Trafficking and Child Protection in Emergencies in Nepal: A Comparative Analysis of the 2015 Earthquake and the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic
This article compares and contrasts two humanitarian emergencies and their impact on Nepal: these are the Nepal earthquake in 2015 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Internal and international parental migration and the living conditions of children in Ghana
Using survey data collected in 2010 from Ghanaian school children, this study investigates variations in children’s durable goods and private utilities when parents migrate internally or internationally compared to a control group of children who live with their parents.
What makes life good?: Care leavers’ views on their well-being
This report analyses 1,804 care leaver responses collected in 21 English local authorities between 2017 and 2019.
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Pathways to University - The Journey Through Care: Findings Report Two
The authors of this study conducted research with 234 care experienced university students in England and Wales to explore their experiences of the journey through care.
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