This study examines the outcomes for children in the U.S. foster care system who have been placed into care due to parental death and parental incarceration.

The government of the U.K. is considering new legislation that would permit children to remain in residential care until the age of 21, says this article from Community Care.

This review discusses the worldwide phenomenon of child institutionalisation and assesses scientific evidence on the developmental effects of early institutional care.

In Egypt, a decree has been issued to amend the 1996 Children’s Act in order to allow the placement of children into foster homes at a younger age, says the article.

In Egypt, a decree has been issued to amend the 1996 Children’s Act in order to allow the placement of children into foster homes at a younger age, says the article.

Zeina Abdullah, the owner of a migrant domestic worker recruitment agency in Lebanon, and two Lebanese doctors, Dr. Aziz Samaha and Dr. Fouad Joseph Helou, have been accused of forming an illegal child adoption ring, according to the article.

Globalsl.org is announcing its first Global Service & Ethical Photography Contest, to encourage appropriate use of photography and social media during cross-cultural service experiences, including orphanage volunteering.

Foster Care India is launching a Manifesto to help change the way that over 1.2 billion people look after and protect children in India.

This article presents the findings of a 12-year study, conducted by Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital in the USA, that examined the effects of institutionalization on Romanian children’s brain development.

A full day event taking place in San Diego on January 25th, 2015 as a part of the Chadwick Center’s 29th Annual Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment which will be held in San Diego from 26-29 January, 2015.