Child welfare caseworkers can be an invaluable resource in helping communities respond to the human trafficking of children. Children involved with child welfare are at risk for being targeted by traffickers because of their potentially unstable living situations, physical distance … Read More
Foster Care
Without Family, U.S. Children in Foster Care Easy Prey for Human Traffickers
Without family, U.S. children in foster care easy prey for human traffickers Thomson Reuters Foundation – May 03, 2018 Hundreds of thousands of U.S. children live in foster care, prey to predator sex traffickers who may find their young victims … Read More
Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Child Welfare
Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Child Welfare This brief, written by Child Trends for First Focus State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC), provides an overview of useful data sources for the child welfare community, including what the major … Read More
Tags: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Fostercare
Trends in Foster Care and Adoption: FY2002-FY2012
Trends in Foster Care and Adoption: FY2002-FY2012 (Based on Data Submitted by States as of July 19, 2013). United States. Children’s Bureau has released a new report, September 2013. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/trends_fostercare_adoption2012.pdf
Tags: Adoption, Foster Care, Fostercare
Updated Database on Foster Care Placements
NCCPR has updated its interactive database on foster care placements. The database shows the proportion of children in each type of “care” (kinship foster care, foster care with strangers, group homes and institutions, etc.) in 2009 and 2010. Data are … Read More
Relative Caregiving Facts FFY 2014: Louisiana
This fact sheet provides statistics on number and characteristics of foster children living with relative foster families in Louisiana and in the United States. Information is provided on the number of foster children living with relatives, the age of the … Read More
Relative Caregiving Facts FFY 2014: Louisiana
This fact sheet provides statistics on number and characteristics of foster children living with relative foster families in Louisiana and in the United States. Information is provided on the number of foster children living with relatives, the age of the … Read More
Family Visitation in Child Welfare: Helping Children Cope With Separation While in Foster Care
This brief looks at best practices around visitation while children are in foster care. It looks at factors that support visitation as well as challenges. Additionally, ways that the juvenile court system can support parental visitation are highlighted. http://partnersforourchildren.org/sites/default/files/publications/2011._family_visitation……_helping_children_cope_brief.pdf
Parent-Child Visiting in the Foster Care System
Visiting the Heart of Reunification: Technical Assistance for Thibodeaux Region DCFS – State of Louisiana [PowerPoint Presentation] By: Mallon, Gerald P.; Lathrop, Julia. In a recent Technical Assistance Visit to the Thibodaux Region of Louisiana, Dr. Gary Mallon, Executive Director of … Read More
Tags: Foster Care, Fostercare, Parental Visitation
When Child Welfare Works: A Working Paper
When Child Welfare Works: A Working Paper by the Annie E. Casey Foundation Research and analysis, combined with lessons learned from public systems, have led to widespread recognition that the federal child welfare financing system needs to support best practices to … Read More