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An independent, nonpartisan entity dedicated to developing effective, practical policy recommendations to improve the foster care system
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FFTA is committed to enhancing the lives of children within families through strengthening family-based organizations
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A major national effort to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood. It brings together the people and resources needed to help youth make the connections they need to education, employment, health care, housing, and supportive personal and community relationships
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How great is the need for foster care? How safe are the services provided? What are the trends for the future of these children?
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Articles about the out of home placement system from Connect For Kids |
Provides planned, long-term out-of-home care to
children and youth, with long-term family foster care as its core
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Collects case level information on all children in foster care for whom State child welfare agencies have responsibility for placement, care or supervision and on children who are adopted under the auspices of the State's public child welfare agency. AFCARS also includes information on foster and adoptive parents
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Information about youth who are aging out of the foster care system
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A UK national charity working to improve public care for around 60,000 children and young people who are separated from their families and living in residential or foster care
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This study is the result of a two-year undertaking by the Institute for Children to gather accurate data on three of the most pressing questions in child welfare: (1) How many children are in foster care? (2) How many of these children are legally free to be adopted? (3) How well are the states doing at finding adoptive homes for children?
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This site is for the purpose of sharing information with foster and adoptive families, prospective foster and adoptive families and anyone involved in the field of working with at-risk children
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Promoting and protecting the rights of abused and neglected children in failing foster care systems, using policy analysis, public education and the power of the courts
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One of the most recent stunning changes in the child welfare system has been the major growth in the number of children in state custody who are living with their relatives. This shift has been so significant that its importance is fully national in scope
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A history of living in either foster or kinship care is a marker for high-risk sexual behaviors, and the risk is comparable in both out-of-home living arrangements. Recognition of these risks may enable health care providers to intervene with high-risk youth to prevent early initiation of sexual intercourse and early pregnancy
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Child Welfare
