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10/21/2025

Experts Find Foster Youth Fare Better In College Than Once Thought— But Still Need More Support Than They Get

Michael Fitzgerald

For years, the belief was that only 3% of foster youth graduate from college. New research finds the rate is much higher, but still reveals "large gaps."

10/8/2025

Little Is Understood About the Personal Lives of Foster Parents. A Georgia Researcher Is Working To Change That. 

Jordan Anderson

Evin Winkelman Richardson surveyed 80 caregiver couples across Georgia and found that the stronger their relationship, the more likely they would continue fostering.

6/27/2025

Cash Assistance Can Safeguard Youth Leaving Foster Care, Report Finds

Susanti Sarkar

Monthly payments can provide a lifeline to young people transitioning out of foster care in New York City, new youth-led research suggests. 

Youth Services Insider

6/17/2025

Duncan Lindsey, Founder of Children and Youth Services Review, Has Passed Away

John Kelly

By John Kelly

Duncan Lindsey
Duncan Lindsey, who founded one of the seminal research periodicals on children and the systems that serve them, has passed away at the age of 77.

11/11/2024

A Misguided Rush to Judgment on How Abortion Laws Impact Foster Care 

Opinion

Monica Faulkner, Katie Massey Combs, Amy Dworsky, Svetlana Shpiegel and Kristen L. Ethier

Reports linking abortion restrictions with child maltreatment are well-intentioned but oversimplify a complex issue.

Measuring the Impact of the CASA/GAL Model

2/6/2024

Measuring the Impact of CASA/GAL Model

Opinion

Tara Perry

The court-appointed special advocate/guardian ad litem model provides vulnerable children with an advocate and judges with more information, writes Tara Perry.

8/2/2023

Support Grows For No-Strings-Attached Cash For Families To Prevent Foster Care Removals

Michael Fitzgerald

Researcher Will Schneider looks into the optimism for and potential limitations of cash transfers as a way to decrease child maltreatment.

Youth Services Insider
Image showing anti-poverty effect of cash benefits.

6/27/2023

Study: Anti-Poverty Policies Could Deter CPS Investigations, Decrease Racial Disparities

Sara Tiano

Programs to decrease child poverty could lead to far fewer families investigated by child welfare systems, a new study has concluded. 

Youth Services Insider
Image showing anti-poverty effect of cash benefits.

2/16/2023

Child Tax Credits Led to Decreased Abuse and Neglect, New Study Shows

Sara Tiano

A new study found the monthly payments made to families in 2021 resulted in fewer children visiting the ER with abuse-related injuries.

11/14/2022

The Sounding Board

Opinion

Dee Wilson

In this installment of The Sounding Board, Dee Wilson reviews what we know about chronic maltreatment and how to stop the path to it

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