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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

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.