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 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 15, 2018
- 1 min
Most Homeless Youth in San Francisco Had a Child Abuse Report
In 2017, researchers published a study that found more than 50% of 2,241 youth ages 17-24 accessing homeless services in San Francisco...
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- Jul 1, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 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 22, 2018
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Employment Outcomes Dim for Former Foster Youth--Especially African Americans
Former foster youth studied in California, Minnesota and North Carolina had low rates of employment at age 24 compared to other...
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- Apr 15, 2018
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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
- 2 min
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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- Mar 25, 2018
- 2 min
Fighting Racial Bias and Black Male Mentors Essential to Closing the Black-White Wage Gap
In a recently released study Harvard researchers determined that the black-white wage gap is the result of large differences in wages and...
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- Mar 4, 2018
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Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Foster Youth Permanency Outcomes
A 2015 study found that youth represented by a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer were significantly more likely to have a...
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- Feb 26, 2018
- 2 min
Foster Youth Suspended at Five Times the Rate of Other Students
According to a report released Last week schools suspend foster youth five times more frequently than the average, and black male foster...
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- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
Foster Youth Unfairly Criminalized
The San Francisco Chronicle ran an article on the front page of the paper on Feb. 17, 2018 titled, “Girl’s undue jailing exemplifies...
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- Jan 28, 2018
- 2 min
The Impact of Civic Engagement in Adolescence on Adult Outcomes
Ballard, P.J., Hoyt, L.T. & Pachucki, M.C., Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in...
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- Jan 22, 2018
- 1 min
Are We Really Doing Good?
This power point explains why empirical research is as important in social science as it is for medical science. Although an intervention...
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