Evaluation of Services in the Bureau of Milwaukee County Child Welfare
2008
Mark E. Courtney,
Andrew Zinn
, Steven L. McMurtry, Peter Power, Katrin Maldre, Noel Bost
This series of reports presents the findings from a three-year evaluation of the child welfare program in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
Getting Ready for School: Palm Beach County's Early Childhood Cluster Initiative
2008
Julie Spielberger
, Stephen Baker, Carolyn Winje
These reports evaluate the results of a pre-kindergarten program that features low teacher-child ratios, trained and certified teachers, and activities to strengthen parent involvement.
A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime: Relational Permanence Among Young Adults with Foster Care Backgrounds
2008
Gina Miranda Samuels
This study uses interviews with 29 young adults who aged out of foster care to explore their existing support networks and how they learned to cope with people coming in and out of their lives.
Palm Beach County's Prime Time Initiative: Improving the Quality of After-School Programs
2008
Julie Spielberger
, Tracey Lockaby
This series of reports covers an evaluation of the Prime Time Initiative, a system-building effort to strengthen the quality of after-school programs in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Foster Care Dynamics 2000-2005: A Report from the Multistate Foster Care Data Archive
2007
Fred Wulczyn
, Lijun Chen,
Kristen Brunner Hislop
Using data from a sample of 348,695 children admitted to foster care for the first time between 2000 and 2005, this report provides a general overview of what happens when children are placed in foster care.
Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth
2007
Mark E. Courtney,
Amy Dworsky
,
Gretchen Ruth Cusick
, Thomas Keller, Judy Havlicek, Alfred Perez, Sherri Terao, Noel Bost
Findings from this study indicate that young adults who have aged out of the child welfare system are faring poorly as a group compared with their peers. The study also suggests that there are potential benefits of allowing foster youth to remain in care past age 18.
Racial Disparity in Foster Care Admissions
2007
Fred Wulczyn
, Bridgette Lery
African-American infants are nearly 3 times more likely than white infants to be placed in foster care, according to this Chapin Hall study, which explores the overrepresentation of African-American children in the nation’s foster care systems.
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