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From:Child Welfare (Vol. 91, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe high prevalence of mental health problems in foster children is well-documented (e.g., Armsden, Pecora, Payne, & Szatkiewicz, 2000; Tarren-Sweeney, 2008). From an ecological perspective, it can be expected that...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 109, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedGreater numbers of infants and young children with increasingly complicated and serious physical, mental health, and developmental problems are being placed in foster care. All children in foster care need to receive...
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From:Africa Today (Vol. 44, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe practices of child fosterage in Botswana are examined at a time when the difficulties of caring for children of AIDS victims are redefining generational relationships as well as the concepts of parenthood and...
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From:Journal of Social History (Vol. 42, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis essay discusses the experience of foster children in mid-century Philadelphia within the larger context of shifting expert narratives on foster care and changing casework practices. Based on an analysis of case...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 115, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedObjective. To examine adult socioeconomic, educational, social, and health outcomes of being in public care in childhood. Methods. The 1970 British birth cohort was followed up at 5 (N = 13 135), 10 (14 875), 16 (11...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 34, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of this study was to determine the trajectories of depressive symptoms as older youths from the foster care system mature while also examining the correlates of these trajectories. Data came from a...
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From:Child Welfare (Vol. 98, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis paper uses intersectionality to understand how race, gender, and class oppression have influenced the passing of key child welfare policies and precipitated the overrepresentation of Black children in the child...
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From:Child Welfare (Vol. 97, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis study evaluates the impact of broad and singular measures of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and severity of sexual abuse on sexual well-being among youth formerly in the foster care system (YFFC). Divorce,...
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From:Education & Treatment of Children (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract The Teaching Family program is one of the most extensively researched models for residential care. A major meta-analysis found that the Teaching Family Model (TFM) was one of the five most consistently...
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From:Maternal and Child Health Journal (Vol. 17, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedOverweight and obesity is a growing problem for children in foster care. This study describes the prevalence of overweight and obesity in an urban, ethnic minority population of children ages 2-19 in long-term foster...
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From:American Journal of Law & Medicine (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedApproximately half of all HIV-infected children are in foster care and yet less than 2% of those in foster care participate in clinic trials which would benefit future efforts to control the disease in children as well...
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From:The CPA Journal (Vol. 77, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSince 1997, legislation regarding children has been a moving target, and the legislative changes regarding foster children and their eligibility as qualifying dependents for personal exemptions, the child tax credit...
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From:Journal of School Leadership (Vol. 21, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAlthough the literature discusses the deleterious educational outcomes that foster care students endure, little attention has focused on school personnel's responses to the phenomenon. Despite the documented...
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From:Pediatric Nursing (Vol. 33, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAdolescents in foster care experience complex health care needs and face multiple barriers in receiving the necessary and appropriate health care services. When the adolescent ages-out of foster care at 18 or 21...
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 36, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed
Reentry into out-of-home care: implications of child welfare workers' assessments of risk and safety
This longitudinal analysis examined predictors of reentry to foster care among children and youths who entered foster care between 2001 and 2007. Three sources of administrative data (Chapin Hall Center for Children... -
From:Policy & Practice (Vol. 62, Issue 1)There have been countless debates surrounding the overrerpresentation of children of color in the foster care system. In response to the widespread concern to the problem, Mitigating the Effects of Racial...
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From:Policy & Practice (Vol. 65, Issue 4)Foster youth allowed to remain in care past age 18 are more likely to go to college, according to a study released in December by the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. The study, the most...
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From:Child Welfare (Vol. 97, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedEducational barriers for youth in foster care are formidable and complex, with only 50% of youth in foster care receiving a high school or equivalency diploma by the time they age out of care, and 1% to 11% of current...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 119, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE. The problems children have upon entering foster care can potentially explain prior research findings that frequent placement changes are associated with poor outcomes. This study sought to disentangle this...
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From:Policy & Practice (Vol. 65, Issue 3)What would you do if a foster parent killed a child? What if a child returns home from state care and is murdered by a parent? What if a child in state custody disappears? What if someone hides information to prevent...