How have states implemented parental rights restoration and reinstatement?
Parental rights restoration is an option for some youth when parents have addressed the issues that led to the termination of their rights.
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Is there an effective policy framework for oversight and monitoring of the use of psychotropic medication by youth in out-of-home care?
Given the high rate of psychotropic medication use by youth in out-of-home care, it is vital to establish effective oversight plans.
Strategies to Promote Research Use in Child Welfare
This research brief highlights the gap between research and practice in child welfare and identifies potential opportunities to increase use of research in the field.
Supporting Lifelong Families: Ensuring Long-Lasting Permanency and Well-Being
This research brief addresses re-entries into foster care, relevant programs and services, and recommendations for supporting long-term permanency.
Strategies for Successfully Recruiting and Retaining Preferred-Placement Foster Homes for American Indian Children
This brief highlights strategies used by tribal and state teams working to increase the number of foster parents for American Indian children.
Addressing Unaddressed Needs: Helping Agencies Target Services to Children and Caregivers in Child Welfare
Children and caregivers in the child welfare system have a high degree of unmet service needs.
Assembling the Pieces: Research, Policy, and Practice in Child Welfare
This research brief was developed to advance discussions of what it takes to make valuable research use commonplace and offer concrete strategies for doing so.
Community-Based Family Support: Exemplars with Implementation and Evaluation Strategies
This brief examines the need for community-based initiatives, lessons learned on implementation, and promising evaluation strategies.
Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Students from Foster Care: Readings, Resources, Program Links
This Supporting Success supplement offers resources for postsecondary education professionals working to support students from foster care.
Research Evidence and Benefit-Cost Data for Title IV-E Waiver Interventions
States with Title IV-E demonstrations are using evidence-based practices, but more cost-benefit analyses are needed.
