What lasting impact has foster care had on the adult lives of former foster children? Noting how trends in expectations and outcomes in foster care have changed

This brief examines the U.S. foster care system and seeks to explain why the foster care system functions as it does and how it can be improved to serve the bes

On any given day, nearly half a million children are served by foster care services in the U.S. at an annual cost of over $25 billion. Growing demand and shrink