Research library
Evidence-based content on foster care
For prospective foster parents and the professionals who work with them. Sourced from AFCARS and peer-reviewed research.
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How Many Kids Are in Foster Care in the US? Top States
As we celebrate 2023 May National Foster Care month, here is the latest publicly available data. In 2021, an estimated 391,098 children…
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Foster Child Stability: Is Authoritative or Authoritarian parenting better?
We had a very successful first virtual meeting on May 19, 2021 between prospective foster parents and foster care professionals. Some of…
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Kinship care or Foster care : Which is better?
Kinship care refers to a relative (including grandparents) who takes care of the child with the inability of the parents to do…
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Predictors of success: Therapeutic Foster Parenting
It’s easy to imagine that a child who goes into foster care is different from a child who is in a normal…
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Become a Foster Parent is a calling
Here is a great news story from Renae Skinner KOAA NBC Southern Colorado. To even enquire about foster parenting needs a lot…
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Why StartFosterCare.Org? Our Story..
We started with some agencies to support their recruiting efforts digitally. Face-to-Face methods continued like open houses at the organization, a table…