Bridging the gap: The impact of home visiting programs for orphans and vulnerable children on social grant uptake in South Africa

Tonya R. Thurman, Rachel Kidman, Tory M.Taylor -Children and Youth Services Review

This article presents results from a quasi-experimental study in South Africa examining differences in grant uptake over a two year period among 1487 children enrolled in one of two types of supportive home visiting programming: volunteer-based or paraprofessional. 

Downward spiral: The impact of out-of-home placement on paternal welfare dependency

Peter Fallesen - Children and Youth Services Review

This article tests how out-of-home placement of children in Denmark affects men's labor market attachment, and in so doing the authors provide a novel parallel to existing research on how fatherhood affects men, which focuses almost exclusively on a child's arrival.