Some Foster Youth Need More Mental Health Services
A study published in 2018 identified certain foster care characteristics that are associated with later psychological problems. The...
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Nov 18, 20182 min read
Trauma Systems Therapy Effective
A pair of longitudinal studies published in 2017 demonstrate both the complexity of implementing trauma systems therapy (TST) in child...
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Oct 21, 20182 min read
Can Big Data Make Accurate Predictions About Child Abuse?
“Predictive analytics refers to the practice of extracting information from existing data sets and identifying patterns that may help to...
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Sep 9, 20182 min read
Almost Half of Adolescents in Non-Kin Foster Homes Attempt Suicide
A study published in 2018, “Characteristics of Foster Care History as Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders Among Youth in Care” by...
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Sep 3, 20182 min read
California Child Welfare Less Likely to Note Lack of Attachment as a Risk Factor for Children
A small 2015 study examined how child welfare workers in England, Norway, and California (USA) assessed emotional bonding as a risk...
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Aug 19, 20182 min read
Foster Youth Can Avoid Homelessness If Helped
In a study published in 2018, researchers did an outcome evaluation of Bay Area Youth Center’s Real Alternatives for Adolescents (RAFA)...
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Aug 6, 20182 min read
Trauma Screening for Foster Youth Essential
In July 2018, The Journal of Public Child Welfare, published “Exploring trauma-informed practice in public child welfare through...
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Jul 22, 20182 min read
Multiple Placements in Foster Care Leads to Poor Permanency Outcomes
Three studies on permanency outcomes for children adopted or placed in guardianship from the foster care system all found that multiple...
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Jul 8, 20182 min read
Social Work Students Benefit from CASA Volunteering
An article published in 2014 looked at a three-year program to recruit, train and support MSW students as Court Appointed Special...
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Jul 1, 20181 min read
Girls with a History of Multiple Types of Abuse Most Likely to Enter the Justice System
A study published in 2015 looked at how poly-victimization impacted girls in the criminal justice system. This information is...
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Jun 25, 20181 min read
California Instituting Trauma-Informed Care in Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) recently released “Trauma-Informed Care in Short-Term Residential...
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Jun 10, 20182 min read
Negative Experiences in School May Explain Foster Youth Educational Outcomes
It has been well established that foster youth have dismal educational outcomes. Less than half graduate from high school. Only 11.8% of...
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Jun 4, 20181 min read
An Evidence-Based Guide for CASA Programs
Recently the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse (CEBC) issued “A Guide for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs)” CEBC is one of...
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May 28, 20182 min read
Which Young Women in Foster Care are Most Likely to Become Pregnant
A study published in 2017 showed that the highest teen birth rates for foster youth in California were for young women who entered the...
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May 21, 20181 min read
The Famous Kaiser/CDC Study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
Although much of the research on child welfare refers to the Kaiser-Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Study on Adverse Childhood...
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May 13, 20182 min read
CASA Follows Best Practice for Mentoring Programs
Research in 2013 on a foster youth mentoring program in Texas shows that these programs need careful design, training, and support to be...
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May 6, 20181 min read
Very Low Earnings for Young Parents Who Age Out of Foster Care
Both male and female parents who age out of the foster care system have a 50% unemployment rate in the first year they exit the child...
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Apr 29, 20181 min read
Extended Foster Care Results in More Educated Foster Youth
A 2017 research study looked at educational outcomes for foster youth in extended foster care. Currently 22 states have some form of...
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Apr 15, 20181 min read
Female Foster Youth Most Likely to Run Away & Black Youth Least Likely to Find a Permanent Home
The Center for State Child Welfare Data at the University of Chicago Chapin Hall released “Understanding the Differences in How...
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Apr 8, 20182 min read
Older Foster Youth and Psychiatric Drug Usage
It has been well documented that foster youth have high rates of prescribed psychotropic drug use. Most of this research has focused on...
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