The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2025 KIDS COUNT® Data Book is here, with the latest rankings and national- and state-level data on child and young adult well-being. This year’s trends paint a complex picture: steady progress in some areas, setbacks … Read More
Child Well-Being
Everyone Plays a Role: Elevating Education for PK-12 Students in Foster Care Through Lived Expertise, Practice and Policy National Working Group (NWG) Recorded Webinar
Last month, we let you know about an ABA workshop entitled, Everyone Plays a Role: Elevating Education for PK-12 Students in Foster Care Through Lived Expertise, Practice and Policy. The organizers have made a recording of the session available HERE. … Read More
A Majority of Hispanic Children in Households With Low Incomes Live in Two-Parent Families
The most common family structure among Hispanic children in households with low incomes is a married two-parent1 family (43%), according to our analysis of 2023 American Community Survey data. An additional 13 percent of these children live with two cohabiting parents. … Read More
Working With Families to Support the Children of the Opioid Epidemic
Babies born with prenatal opioid exposure (POE) can face developmental challenges as they grow, and our current systems of support do very little to help them. Every year, roughly 20,000 babies are born with POE in the United States and the extent … Read More
LGBTQ+ Youth and Families
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Foster and Adoptive Parents: Recruiting, Assessing, and Supporting Untapped Family Resources for Children and Youth provides social work practitioners with guidelines for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people interested in fostering or adopting. Although … Read More
National Family Unification Month
As part of the ABA Center on Children and the Law’s focus on family unity, we celebrate not just the families who have been able to reunify, but also the importance of preventing removals and separations whenever possible and keeping … Read More
State Supreme Court Mandates Domestic Violence Training For All Louisiana Judges
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 4) ordered all judges in the state to undergo training on running “trauma-informed courts” and learning best practices for domestic violence cases. The order, effective immediately, requires Louisiana judges to attend a one-hour … Read More
LDH Launches Project M.O.M. With New Director, Website, and Detailed Roadmap
Baton Rouge, LA – The Louisiana Department of Health is officially launching Project M.O.M. (Maternal Overdose Mortality) with the announcement of the project’s director, website, and patient journey map designed to introduce participating hospitals, providers, and other stakeholders to this … Read More
HALOS Kinship Navigator Program Final Evaluation Report
Over 2.4 million children in the United States are in living in kinship care arrangements, in which they are cared for full time by relatives or other adults with whom they have a close relationship (KIDS COUNT Data Center, 2025a). … Read More
Young People With Lived Experience in Foster Care Recommend Improvements to Mental Health Supports
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation’s Foster Youth Initiative (Initiative) aims to promote the well-being and future success of young people who have experienced foster care in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York City, and nationally. As the Initiative’s evaluation partner, Child Trends assesses progress … Read More