By Barbara Ball, Ph.D., LPC-AT In our first blog from our February 2021 update, we shared the experiences of teens who were participating in child welfare court meetings. We discovered that… Read more »
By Barbara Ball, Ph.D., LPC-AT From June through August 2020, we interviewed 54 youth (ages 15 – 20) who are currently participating in the Texas Youth Permanency Study. We wanted to… Read more »
Ball, B., Sevillano, L., Faulkner, M. & Belseth, T. (2021). Agency, genuine support, and emotional connection: Experiences that promote relational permanency in foster care. Children and Youth Services Review(121). DOI:… Read more »
By Allie Long TXICFW’s Barbara Ball, Monica Faulkner, and Tymothy Belseth, in addition to Child Welfare PhD Fellow Lalaine Sevillano, recently published a new study in the Children and Youth… Read more »
Girasol was launched in September of 2018 as a culmination of over two years of volunteer work with immigrants in detention and training for the professionals who serve them. In… Read more »
LaBrenz, C.A., Baiden, P., Faulkner, M. & Fong, R. (2020). Service utilization and association with recurrences of child maltreatment post-reunification, Journal of Public Child Welfare, DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2020.1850602
White, K. R., Rolock, N., Marra, L., Faulkner, M., Ocasio, K., & Fong, R. (2021). Understanding wellbeing and caregiver commitment after adoption or guardianship from foster care. Journal of Public… Read more »
We recently video chatted with Sharon Hoefer, one of our newest TXICFW team members, to learn a bit more about her! Sharon is our Project Manager with the Texas Foster… Read more »
Welcome to our November 2020 News from the Field monthly feature! This is an extension of the bottom of our newsletter. We will be providing you with some of the… Read more »
Rolock, N., Ocasio, K., White, K., Cho, Y., Fong, R., Marra, L., & Faulkner, M. (2021). Identifying families who may be struggling after adoption or guardianship. Journal of Public Child… Read more »