How Does Foster Care Work?: International Evidence on Outcomes

By: Anders Hjern and Anne-Dorthe Hestbaeck and Bo Vinnerljung and Catherine Roller White and E. Christopher Lloyd and Elaine Farmer and Elizabeth Fernandez and Eva Franzen and Fiona Daly and Frank Lindblad and Fred Wulczyn and Harriet Ward and Ian Sinclair and Irving Hwang and James K Whittaker and Jorge Fernandez del Valle and June Thoburn and Kirk O'Brien and Lajla Knudsen and Lee Ann Murdock and Lijun Chen and Marie-Pierre Paquet and Mónica López and Nancy Sampson and Paul Delfabbro and Peter Pecora and Piet Strijker and Richard Barth and Robbie Gilligan and Robert Flynn and Robyn Marquis and Ronald Kessler and Tine Egelund

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Synopsis: How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children's services across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice. This volume establishes a platform for comparison of international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today. Each contributor provides a commentary on one other chapter to highlight the global significance of issues affecting children and young people in care. Each chapter offers new ideas about how foster care could be financed, delivered or studied in order to become more effective. This book is important reading for anyone involved in delivering child welfare services, such as administrators, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, children's advocates, academics and students.