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    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Some Foster Youth Need More Mental Health Services

    A study published in 2018 identified certain foster care characteristics that are associated with later psychological problems. The...

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    • Nov 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    Trauma Systems Therapy Effective

    A pair of longitudinal studies published in 2017 demonstrate both the complexity of implementing trauma systems therapy (TST) in child...

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    • Oct 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    Can Big Data Make Accurate Predictions About Child Abuse?

    “Predictive analytics refers to the practice of extracting information from existing data sets and identifying patterns that may help to...

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    • Sep 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    Almost Half of Adolescents in Non-Kin Foster Homes Attempt Suicide

    A study published in 2018, “Characteristics of Foster Care History as Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders Among Youth in Care” by...

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    • Sep 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    California Child Welfare Less Likely to Note Lack of Attachment as a Risk Factor for Children

    A small 2015 study examined how child welfare workers in England, Norway, and California (USA) assessed emotional bonding as a risk...

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    • Aug 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    Foster Youth Can Avoid Homelessness If Helped

    In a study published in 2018, researchers did an outcome evaluation of Bay Area Youth Center’s Real Alternatives for Adolescents (RAFA)...

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    • Aug 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Trauma Screening for Foster Youth Essential

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

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    • Jul 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    Multiple Placements in Foster Care Leads to Poor Permanency Outcomes

    Three studies on permanency outcomes for children adopted or placed in guardianship from the foster care system all found that multiple...

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    • Jul 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Social Work Students Benefit from CASA Volunteering

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

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    • Jul 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Girls with a History of Multiple Types of Abuse Most Likely to Enter the Justice System

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

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    • Jun 25, 2018
    • 1 min

    California Instituting Trauma-Informed Care in Child Welfare

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

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    • Jun 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    Negative Experiences in School May Explain Foster Youth Educational Outcomes

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

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    • Jun 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    An Evidence-Based Guide for CASA Programs

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

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    • May 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Which Young Women in Foster Care are Most Likely to Become Pregnant

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

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    • May 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Famous Kaiser/CDC Study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

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

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    • May 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    CASA Follows Best Practice for Mentoring Programs

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

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    • May 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    Very Low Earnings for Young Parents Who Age Out of Foster Care

    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...

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    • Apr 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    Extended Foster Care Results in More Educated Foster Youth

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

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    • Apr 15, 2018
    • 1 min

    Female Foster Youth Most Likely to Run Away & Black Youth Least Likely to Find a Permanent Home

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

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    • Apr 8, 2018
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    Older Foster Youth and Psychiatric Drug Usage

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

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