From Data to Practice: The Impact of Placement with Family on Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being
This report confirms kinship care as a preferred option for children when they cannot stay with their biological parents.
Demonstration projects
2015 Out-of-Home Care Analysis: Key Findings for Service Delivery
This inaugural From Data to Practice report explores the relationship between services and outcomes in a cohort of youth served in CFS out-of-home 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.
Making the Case for Early Childhood Intervention in Child Welfare: A Research and Practice Brief
The number of youth in foster care nationally has declined over the past decade, but similar declines have not occurred for children under 6.
Unleashing innovation in child welfare: The child welfare demonstration project allows states to efficiently invest Title IV-E dollars
The federal Child Welfare Demonstration Project allows states to apply for a waiver so that they may better invest their share of Title IV-E dollars.