Vol. 11, No. 2 • May 2007

Resources for Learning More about Foster Care Outcomes

What Do You Know About YOUR County?
Curious about the experiences of the children served by your North Carolina county department of social services? Consult the “county experiences reports” made available by the NC Division of Social Services in partnership with the UNC-CH School of Social Work. Go to <http://ssw.unc.edu/cw> and click on your county on the map to see how your local DSS agency compares to similar sized agencies and to the state as a whole on a wide range of measures.

Other Resources
ChildTrends Data Bank. (2007). Foster care. Washington, DC: Author. <www.childtrendsdatabank.org>

NC Division of Social Services. (2007). Child welfare central registry statistics: Child abuse statistics summary. Raleigh, NC: Author. <www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dss/stats/docs/Annualtotals%202006.xls>

Pecora, et al. (2005). Improving family foster care: Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. Seattle, WA. <www.casey.org>

Stukes-Chipungu, S. & Bent-Goodley, T.B. (2004). Meeting the challenges of contemporary foster care. The Future of Children, 14(1) 75-93. <www.futureofchildren.org>

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. (2006). Child welfare outcomes 2003: Annual report. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. <www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cwo03/>.

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