What are some effective strategies for older youth adoption?
Learn about some of the strategies that are effective in securing permanent adoptions among older youth.
Resources
Do prior maltreatment reports serve as a risk factor for child fatalities?
Learn from a study that examines the relationship between nonfatal maltreatment allegations and child fatalities in young children.
Does a state’s social policy regime impact involvement with child welfare?
Learn from a research study that explores whether state-level social policies impact frequency and characteristics of child protection interventions.
Research from the field
Resources on this topical page provide summaries of key research studies that are applicable to the field of child welfare.
What do we know about services administered virtually?
This brief summarizes key considerations for delivering virtual services and supports to families.
Is it possible to modify neighborhood-level characteristics to reduce the rate of child maltreatment?
Explore findings from a study that suggests that strategies implemented at a neighborhood-level may effectively decrease child maltreatment.
Can providing material needs decrease the rate of child maltreatment?
Explore findings from a study that shares how offering material supports to families is effective in reducing maltreatment.
How are child protection agencies promoting and supporting joint sibling placements and adoptions?
Explore strategies that support keeping siblings together in foster care and in permanent families to better support their well-being.
What is the impact of a Title IV-E waiver kinship supports intervention?
Learn the findings from a study that examined the impact of a Kinship Supports Intervention (KSI).
How does the payment of child support impact time to permanency for children in foster care?
Learn from a study that examines how requiring child support payments to child protection agencies can impact time to permanency.