In July 2018, The Journal of Public Child Welfare, published “Exploring trauma-informed practice in public child welfare through...

In 2017, researchers published a study that found more than 50% of 2,241 youth ages 17-24 accessing homeless services in San Francisco...

An article published in 2014 looked at a three-year program to recruit, train and support MSW students as Court Appointed Special...

A study published in 2015 looked at how poly-victimization impacted girls in the criminal justice system. This information is...

The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) recently released “Trauma-Informed Care in Short-Term Residential...

It has been well established that foster youth have dismal educational outcomes. Less than half graduate from high school. Only 11.8% of...

Recently the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse (CEBC) issued “A Guide for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs)” CEBC is one of...

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

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...

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

This article discusses three neuroscience concepts that the researcher recommends be included in trauma-informed care programs. The...

The most important points for from this study are the following: a. “the number of months youths spent in care after age 18 was...

Research shows that the stress of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as physical or emotional abuse or losing a parent to...