Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Weighing the Costs to Government against the Benefits to Youth
This Chapin Hall study, from June 2009, examines the positive impact that allowing youth to remain in foster care until 21 can have, one of the major findings is that it could lead to increased educational attainment.
4th National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4) Report to Congress
The NIS gathers information from multiple sources to estimate the number of children whoare abused or neglected children, providing information about the nature and severity of the maltreatment, the characteristics of the children, perpetrators, and families, and more.
