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Bulgarian Foster Parents and Money: Strategies, Identity Work, and Relations With the Child

Social Inclusion
Recent research indicates that the cost of residential care per child in Central and Eastern Europe is three to five times higher than that of foster care (UNICEF, 2024). Short‐term foster care requires an intensive initial investment, but it reduces the
Radostina Antonova, Gergana Nenova
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Financing Entrepreneurship Programs for Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care [PDF]

, 2007
This publication is one of a series of briefs exploring strategies for financing supports and services that help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood. The Finance Project produced this brief with support from the Foster Care Work
Barbara Hanson Langford, Margaret Flynn-Khan, Rachel Sherman   +2 more
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A Positive Youth Development Approach to Improving Mental Health Outcomes for Maltreated Children in Foster Care: Replication and Extension of an RCT of the Fostering Healthy Futures Program.

American Journal of Community Psychology, 2019
Preventing the negative impact of maltreatment on children's mental health requires interventions to be contextually sensitive, grounded in theory and research, and effective in reaching and retaining children and families.
H. Taussig, Lindsey M. Weiler, Edward F. Garrido, T. Rhodes, Ashley A. Boat, Melody Fadell   +5 more
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Development of a Personalized Visualization and Analysis Tool to Improve Clinical Care in Complex Multisystem Diseases With Application to Scleroderma

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently, and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of the trajectory of a ...
Ji Soo Kim, John Scott, Lauren Fisher, Lauren N. Smith, Willie Stewart, Adrianne Woods, Rob Smithwright, Diane Koher, Parastoo Aslanbeik, Aalok B. Shah, Brad Tibbils, Samantha I. Pitts, Ayse P. Gurses, Yushi Yang, Ana‐Maria Orbai, Antony Rosen, Laura K. Hummers, Scott L. Zeger, Ami A. Shah   +18 more
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Examining the Intersections of Family Risk, Foster Care, and Outcomes for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children

Social Sciences
Purpose: When individuals under the age of 18 are victimized by sex trafficking, it is termed commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in the United States.
Courtney Furlong, James Benjamin Hinnant
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Monocyte LOXHD1 and RHOB Expression Predictive of Progressive Systemic Sclerosis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A leading cause of death among patients with scleroderma (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains challenging to prognosticate. The discovery of biomarkers that accurately determine which patients would benefit from close monitoring and aggressive therapy would be an essential clinical tool.
Cristina M. Padilla, Robert Lafyatis, Kevin F. Gibson, Christina Morse, Eleanor Valenzi, Xiaoping Chen, Xiaoyun Li, Yanwu Zhao, Yongseok Park, Dana Ascherman, Jonathan Minden, Robyn Domsic, Yingze Zhang, Daniel J. Kass   +13 more
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HEY Statistics: Health, Homelessness and Services [PDF]

, 2009
While youth are in care, their foster homes are paid monthly to house and care for them. However, once youth age out of care, they experience high rates of homelessness.

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Improving Information Sharing for Youth in Foster Care

Pediatrics, 2019
We describe the development of an information sharing system between the EHR and the child welfare database to improve health care delivery for children in custody.
Mary V. Greiner, Sarah J. Beal, J. Dexheimer, Parth Divekar, Vikash Patel, E. Hall   +5 more
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Heterogeneity of Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease by Longitudinal Forced Vital Capacity Trajectory and Associations With Disease Outcomes

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to identify unique disease trajectories within rheumatoid arthritis–associated interstitial lung disease (RA‐ILD) based on longitudinal forced vital capacity (FVC) values and their associated clinical outcomes. Methods We performed a cohort study of RA‐ILD within the Veterans Health Administration from 1999 to 2021.
Bryant R. England, Yangyuna Yang, Punyasha Roul, Tate M. Johnson, Scott M. Matson, Grant W. Cannon, Brian C. Sauer, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Joshua F. Baker, Ted R. Mikuls   +9 more
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Managementul orientat spre rezultate în cercetarea de evaluare a serviciilor de plasament familial

Revista Transilvană de Ştiinţe Administrative, 2008
The article is based on the findings of international empirical research and emphasizes the importance of results-oriented management in the evaluation of foster care outcomes.
Nicoleta NEAMŢU
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