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New Research: States Differ in Foster Care Payment Rates, Classifications |
 Each state has a standard rate for foster care providers in family settings. But not all children in family foster homes receive this rate, and in some states few children do. To provide readers with a more accurate understanding of family foster care reimbursement rates and practices nationwide, Child Trends released Family Foster Care Reimbursement Rates in the U.S., which summarizes key findings from a national survey about states' family foster care rates and provider classifications.
The survey was sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Casey Family Programs.
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New Research: How to Improve Policy for Birth through Eight |
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 Child Trends and the Alliance for Early Success published The Research Base for a Birth through Eight State Policy Framework to guide policies in ways that will improve the health, learning and economic outcomes for vulnerable young children. This "Research at a Glance" report offers a summary of research findings (with citations) related to health, family support, learning, standards, assessment practices and accountability systems that are important to early childhood developmental outcomes. Formerly the Birth to Five Policy Alliance, the Alliance for Early Success announced, on April 12th, its new name and extended focus on young children from birth through age eight.
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Trend Lines Blog: Baby Veronica and Mentoring Stories |
 Ambiguous Loss through Foster Care and Adoption
On our blog, Child Trends' child welfare policy expert Sharon Vandivere responds to the case of Baby Veronica, in which adoptive parents were ordered to return a little girl - who had lived with them from birth until age two - to her biological father, a member of the Cherokee Nation. He had won custody based on the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law that tries to keep American Indian children with American Indian families. The case is now before the Supreme Court.
In 2011, well over half a million children spent time living with caregivers other than their original birth parents. These children deal with a sense of ambiguity over who they will live with, what will happen to them in the end. How do children and youth deal with this type of stress?
Do You Have a Mentoring Memory to Share?
Our Trend Lines blog is inviting visitors to share their experiences mentoring. This week, Frank Walter, vice president of communications, detailed how his experiences as a mentor helped influence his career decisions. Frank was inspired to share his story by Child Trends' recent publication on mentoring and our work on child welfare and foster care issues.
We invite you to take a minute to share your own mentoring story by adding a comment below his post. |
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This week, Child Trends' Tamara Halle, Nicole Forry, Kathryn Tout and Paula Daneri head to Seattle, where they'll be part of a panel on "Definitions, Frameworks and Methods for Assessing 'Effective Implementation' of Early Childhood Programs and Systems" at the Society for Research in Child Development's 2013 conference.
Meanwhile, Selma Caal will be at TEDMED 2013, presenting her research on barriers and facilitators for Latina women accessing reproductive health care. Because she's made research-based recommendations for health care providers working with Latina women, Dr. Caal has also been invited to participate in TEDMED's Improving Medical Communications Challenge. Meet Dr. Caal and the rest of the team here.
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