It can be difficult to wrap one’s head around the ways in which parental substance use disorder (SUD) can impact children

NCFA reviews annual foster care adoption data and identifies the trends that help to understand the state of the U.S. child welfare system and meet the needs of the children and families it serves.

Substance use disorders (SUDs) are characterized by recurrent use of alcohol or drugs (or both) that results in problems such as being unable to control use of the substance; failing to meet obligatio...

Knowing the amount of time children spend in foster care is essential, yet data on how long children remain in foster care has disappeared from federal reports.