More than 80% of children who enter into foster care after the age of 12 end up emancipating from care without achieving legal permanency–the court’s decision to make an adult a legal guardian for a youth. They also have higher rates of home life instability after adoption or guardianship compared… read more
Issues
Neighborhood racial segregation and premature births
Existing research has shown that Black women in the United States are more than 50% more likely to deliver a premature baby than white women. In a new article published in the Journal of Urban Health, alumna Yeonwoo Kim and professors Shetal Vohra-Gupta and Catherine Cubbin examine how the racial… read more
Clinician’s Corner
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has released their third edition of Clinician’s Corner on the digital blogging platform Medium. This annual publication is meant to unite social work research and practice by exploring various issues relevant to the social work discipline. The 2020 edition, titled “Everyday Justice: Cultivating intentional… read more
