A study published in 2017 showed that the highest teen birth rates for foster youth in California were for young women who entered the...

Although much of the research on child welfare refers to the Kaiser-Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Study on Adverse Childhood...

Research in 2013 on a foster youth mentoring program in Texas shows that these programs need careful design, training, and support to be...

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...

A 2017 research study looked at educational outcomes for foster youth in extended foster care. Currently 22 states have some form of...

Former foster youth studied in California, Minnesota and North Carolina had low rates of employment at age 24 compared to other...

The Center for State Child Welfare Data at the University of Chicago Chapin Hall released “Understanding the Differences in How...

It has been well documented that foster youth have high rates of prescribed psychotropic drug use. Most of this research has focused on...

In a recently released study Harvard researchers determined that the black-white wage gap is the result of large differences in wages and...

Foster youth in California have dismal school outcomes. Two thirds will move schools at least twice during the school year compared with...

A study released in late 2017 examined four programs around the nation that instituted interventions to improve relational skills for...

A 2015 study found that youth represented by a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer were significantly more likely to have a...

According to a report released Last week schools suspend foster youth five times more frequently than the average, and black male foster...

The San Francisco Chronicle ran an article on the front page of the paper on Feb. 17, 2018 titled, “Girl’s undue jailing exemplifies...

The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) is a vital resource for child welfare professionals who want to...

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a pediatrician and the CEO of The Center for Youth Wellness the in San Francisco's Bayview/Hunters Point. She...

Ballard, P.J., Hoyt, L.T. & Pachucki, M.C., Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in...

This power point explains why empirical research is as important in social science as it is for medical science. Although an intervention...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has maintained a database of evidence-based treatments for mental...

This brief examines the “role that Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) play in supporting crossover youth.The Center for Juvenile...