FCRC Publications

The Fostering Connections Resource Center provides nonpartisan data and analyses on all aspects of the new law. The FCRC has developed a number of analyses, tools and guides to help states with implementation. Our Connections series (see below) spans the topics covered by the law. In addition, the FCRC developed some non-technical briefs describing each of the major topics addressed in the law which may helpful for distribution to audiences such as family, youth, etc.

Connections

No. 1 - Number of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Continues to Rise, by Marci McCoy-Roth, Madelyn Freundlich and Timothy Ross January 2010
No. 2 - Designing Foster Care to 21 - A discussion guide for policymakers, by Barbara Langford, Margaret Flynn-Khan and Katherine Gaughen May 2010
No. 3 - Research Support for Achieving Permanency for Youth in Foster Care through Kin Connections COMING SOON
No. 4 - Fostering Connections through Adoptions, Time to Adoption Decreases Since 1998, but Thousands Still Wait COMING SOON
No. 5 - West Virginia’s Rules of Juvenile Procedure: Supporting Education and Transition Services for Young People, by Madelyn Freundlich, June 2010

Non-technical briefs describing the law

The law made significant changes related to several child welfare-related issues or services. The Fostering Connections Resource Center developed a series of non-technical descriptions of these changes. Click below to view pdf files: