Who Cares: A National Count of Foster Homes and Families
This wonderful interactive resource from The Chronicle of Social Change offers a comprehensive look at how many youth are in foster care in the U.S., by state and type of placement.
People Don’t Outgrow the Effects of Childhood Trauma Just Because They Become Adults
A good reminder of how childhood experiences (especially traumatic ones) shape our brains and how we don’t just outgrow them.
New UCLA Research Center Will Focus on Preventing Entries into Foster Care, Needs of Foster Youth
A new research center here in California should provide valuable insights for all who work with youth in foster care.
Losing children to foster care endangers mothers’ lives
An academic study of the dramatic effects on women whose children are put in foster care.
Foster carers are more than parents – it’s important to recognise that
The chief executive of The Fostering Network explains the subtle & important difference in terminology used in the UK for “foster carers” rather than “foster parents.”