This new brief from CHAMPS summarizes the latest research on the benefits of family-based foster care over group care. It highlights effective policies to creating alternatives to group care by strengthening kin and non-kin recruitment, retention and support. Share this…
CHAMPS, which stands for Children Need Amazing Parents, is a policy campaign focused nationally and in states to advance better outcomes for children by improving foster parenting policies. CHAMPS offers a policy playbook and related resources to help state and…
"As millions of families struggle with addiction, children are caught in the fray." The American Academy of Pediatrics, in partnership with Casey Family Programs, has issued state-by-state and national fact sheets that provide a snapshot of the impact that the nation's…
"Positive school experiences can counteract the negative effects of abuse, neglect, separation and lack of permanency experienced by more than 400,000 U.S. children and youth in foster care." See this data-rich publication, compiled by the Legal Center for Foster Care and…
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