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...

In a recently released study Harvard researchers determined that the black-white wage gap is the result of large differences in wages and...

Foster youth in California have dismal school outcomes. Two thirds will move schools at least twice during the school year compared with...

A 2015 study found that youth represented by a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer were significantly more likely to have a...

According to a report released Last week schools suspend foster youth five times more frequently than the average, and black male foster...

The San Francisco Chronicle ran an article on the front page of the paper on Feb. 17, 2018 titled, “Girl’s undue jailing exemplifies...

The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) is a vital resource for child welfare professionals who want to...

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a pediatrician and the CEO of The Center for Youth Wellness the in San Francisco's Bayview/Hunters Point. She...

This paper is an examination of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). In particular, it looks at the legal and cultural conflict...

Ballard, P.J., Hoyt, L.T. & Pachucki, M.C., Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in...

This power point explains why empirical research is as important in social science as it is for medical science. Although an intervention...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has maintained a database of evidence-based treatments for mental...

This is a literature review of the empirical research on the impact of openness in adoption on adoptees placed in voluntary infant...

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...