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How States Can Use Workforce Pell to Address ECE Workforce Shortages | Child Trends

Youth in Research Zine - Child Trends

How Fathers Spend Time With Their Children | Child Trends

Understanding Child Care Access Challenges Requires Family-Centered Solutions | Child Trends

Promising Practices for Integrating Positive Youth Development in the Workplace - Child Trends

Mental Health Conditions Are the Dominant Underlying Cause of Maternal Death for American Indians and Alaska Natives | Child Trends

Almost Half of U.S. Children Who Exited Foster Care in 2024 Were Reunited With Their Families | Child Trends

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More Than One in Four U.S. Children Who Exited Foster Care in 2024 Were Adopted | Child Trends

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5 Ways to Help Boys Use Tech Respectfully | Child Trends

Post-secondary Education Enrollment Remains Stable Among Youth With Foster Care Experience | Child Trends

Foster Care Emancipations Drop to a 10-Year Low After a Decade of Growth | Child Trends

The Number of Older Youth in Congregate Foster Care Decreased in 2024 | Child Trends

Child Welfare Agencies Increasingly Use Smaller Federal Funding Sources, Including Various Grants | Child Trends

State and Local Funding for Child Welfare Has Largely Held Steady | Child Trends

Child Welfare Agencies Are Using Fewer TANF Funds | Child Trends

Three Community Participatory Action Research Practices to Engage and Support Youth Researchers | Child Trends

Child Welfare Agencies Are Relying Less on Social Services Block Grant Funds | Child Trends

Public Benefits and Financial Aid Support Education Beyond High School and Long-Term Economic Well-Being for Low-Income Young Adults | Child Trends

Child Welfare Agencies’ Use of Medicaid Has Increased Since 2012 | Child Trends

The Largest Share of Child Welfare Spending Is on Out-of-Home Placements | Child Trends

How Current Data Can Help Us Measure Progress Toward a Home for Every Child | Child Trends

4 Key Insights from Black Emerging Adults on Protective Community Resources | Child Trends

Black Emerging Adults Identify Protective Community Resources That Promote Their Well-being | Child Trends

Parental Drug Use Remains a Top Reason for Foster Care Entries | Child Trends

5 Lessons for Designing and Implementing Baby Bonds Programs | Child Trends

Case Studies to Build Facilitators’ Youth Engagement Skills | Child Trends

13 States and Washington, DC Have Mandatory Paid Family and Medical Leave Policies | Child Trends

Lessons for Engaging Youth in an After-School Program | Child Trends

New Data Reveal Wide Variation in States’ Use of Formal Kinship Care | Child Trends

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Healthy and Ready to Learn: National and State Data on 3-Year-Old Development - Child Trends

Colorado’s New Paid Leave Initiative Aims to Support Parents of Newborns in Intensive Care | Child Trends

State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States | Child Trends

Seeking, Giving, and Receiving Consent for Sexual Activity - Activate Center

State-level Rates of Adverse Childhood Experiences Were Largely Stable From 2018 to 2023 | Child Trends

Guidance for Parents on Encouraging Boys to Be Upstanders Against Harmful Behavior | Child Trends

Child Welfare Agencies’ Use of Title IV-E Funding Has Increased Since 2012 - Child Trends

AI Literacy to AI Coherence Webinar: How Educators Can Integrate AI in Teaching and Learning

Five Lessons for Schools to Prepare Students and Teachers to Use AI - Child Trends

Child Welfare Agencies’ Use of Title IV-B Funding Has Decreased - Child Trends

Helping Boys Navigate Harmful Online Influences - Child Trends

Incorporating Early Educators' Experience Into Career Pathways - Early Care & Education Workforce CenterIncorporating Early Educators' Experience Into Career Pathways - Early Care & Education Workforce Center

Foster Youth Employment at Age 21 Recovers From Pandemic-era Dip - Child Trends

ECE Access Center - Child Trends

Honoring Indigenous Families’ Preferences and Contexts in Child Care and Early Education - Child Trends

Two Thirds of Foster Youth Remain Stably Housed Through Age 21 - Child Trends

New State Paid Leave Policies Grant Parents Access to Critical Prenatal Care - Child Trends

Total Child Welfare Agency Spending, Across All Sources, Has Increased Over the Decade - Child Trends