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, 20182 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, 20181 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, 20182 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 min
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, 20181 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, 20182 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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Apr 1, 20182 min
Girls in Foster Care Need Gender-Responsive Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma-informed care needs to look at the gendered needs of girls in foster care. An article first published in 2013 titled, “Responding...
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Mar 25, 20182 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 16, 20181 min
Foster Youth Education Toolkit
Foster youth in California have dismal school outcomes. Two thirds will move schools at least twice during the school year compared with...
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Mar 11, 20182 min
Building Relational Skills for Foster Youth
A study released in late 2017 examined four programs around the nation that instituted interventions to improve relational skills for...
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Mar 4, 20182 min
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, 20182 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, 20182 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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Feb 12, 20181 min
5 Step Rating for Child Welfare Practices
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) is a vital resource for child welfare professionals who want to...
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Feb 5, 20181 min
Expert in Treating Adverse Childhood Experiences to Speak in San Francisco
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...
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Jan 31, 201812 min
Tribal v. Individual Rights in Adoption
This paper is an examination of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA). In particular, it looks at the legal and cultural conflict...
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Jan 28, 20182 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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