Objectives. To estimate the cumulative prevalence of confirmed child maltreatment and foster care placement for US children and changes in prevalence between 2011 and 2016. Methods. We used synthetic cohort life tables and data from the Adoption and ...

Texas increases the number of its foster youth who are adopted. But its penchant for terminating the rights of parents is alarming to some advocates

As part of Activism in Adoption's educational series looking at ethics in adoption, we discuss the linking adoption pricing to race, and how this sets a up adoption as a marketplace.

Per person, Black children are almost twice as likely to be referred to state or local Child Protective Service agencies as are White children. That discrepancy has been the subject of allegations of racism and even a movement to eliminate Child Protective Services (CPS). But a new study by the Brown School’s Brett Drake, and other

Black and American Indian/Alaska Native children are overrepresented in child welfare and experience inequitable outcomes once they are involved with the system. Learn about racial disproportionality in child welfare and contributing factors.

"By blaming the parents you're diverting attention away from the structural reasons," argues scholar Dorothy Roberts

In the name of anti-racism, Bethany is willing to throw away a huge victory. Black children will bear the brunt of this decision.

A disproportionate number of Black children are removed from their homes in L.A. County. Now, the county has backed a "blind removal" pilot for study.

African Americans are in the minority in America, but black children cost less to adopt and are in the majority when it comes to needing forever homes.

Darker-skinned children wait longer to be adopted and it costs more to adopt a white baby.