Foster care
This brief reports that children with frequent family contact while in foster care experience a greater likelihood of reunification, shorter stays in out-of-home care, overall improved emotional well-being, and positive adjustment to placement.
August 20, 2013
System reform
This brief describes POC's formative evaluation of the early stage of the Case Resolution Meeting (CRM).
March 05, 2013
Prevention/early intervention
This brief discusses the Parents Representation Program (PRP), which was developed to enhance the quality of defense representation for parents in dependency and termination hearings.
January 16, 2013
Foster care
This brief provides highlights from the 2008 Parent Survey, which shows that parents involved with Washington State's child welfare system are poor, unemployed, disproportionately of color, and living in unstable situations.
January 16, 2013
Low-income families/poverty
This brief examines the two-way link between poverty/homelessness/substandard housing and child welfare involvement.
January 16, 2013
Low-income families/poverty
This legislative brief provides highlights from the 2008 Parent Survey, with an emphasis on parents’ economic hardships, parents’ risk factors, and the differences between parents' and social workers' views of the parents' service needs.
January 12, 2013