Administration for Children and Families

Recent papers from Administration for Children and Families

1. Mentoring Within a Culturally Responsive Program: Insights From Black Males and AdolescentsUrban Education · 2026
2. HTKS measure of executive function and self-regulation: two decades of progress in early childhood measurementFrontiers in Psychology · 2026
3. Parent–Child Attachment in Adoptive Families of Children With DisabilitiesFamilies in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services · 2026
4. From theory to practice: Piloting a measure of fidelity for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health ConsultationInfant Mental Health Journal · 2026
5. Extended Foster Care Practice and Program Reform: Perspectives of Workers and Community PartnersSocial Sciences · 2026
6. “Now that they come to our doorsteps to teach us these things…” – Postpartum contraception outcomes from a pre-post effectiveness-implementation study of an integrated community health worker intervention in rural NepalReproductive Health · 2025
7. Perceived Supports and Barriers in Transitioning to Adulthood From Alternative Care: A Multinational Study of 962 Adults With Care ExperienceChild & Family Social Work · 2025
8. Grandparent caregiving and epigenetic aging among midlife and older adults in the United StatesThe Journals of Gerontology Series B · 2025
9. Governmental Questionnaire Survey on Adolescent and Young Adults’ Views on the Clinical Application of XenotransplantationXenotransplantation · 2025
10. Governmental Questionnaire Survey on Adolescent and Young Adults’ Views on the Clinical Application of XenotransplantationXenotransplantation · 2025
11. Implementation and evaluation of a resilience supports program for children and youth services employeesJournal of Public Child Welfare · 2025
12. The 2025 Georgetown University Perinatal Symposium: Reimagining Perinatal Care to Promote Health EquityHealth Equity · 2025
13. An Integrated Review of Findings from the Early Head Start University Partnerships Buffering Toxic Stress ConsortiumPrevention Science · 2025
14. How and why funders support engaged researchProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2024
15. Co‐creating a conceptual model of Indigenous relational wellbeing in early childhood: Planting seeds of connectednessInfant Mental Health Journal · 2024
16. Impact Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Supportive Housing Demonstration Programme for Homeless, Child Welfare–Involved FamiliesChild & Family Social Work · 2024
17. Associations between child protective services workers’ attitudes toward kinship foster care placement, sociodemographic characteristics, and job characteristicsJournal of Public Child Welfare · 2024
18. Untreated Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Among Caregivers With Children Reported to Child Protective ServicesJAMA Health Forum · 2024
19. Height and Weight Measurement and Communication With Families in Head Start: Developing a Toolkit and Establishing Best PracticesChildhood Obesity · 2024
20. Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Screening and Services in Primary Care Across Underserved Communities in the United States—Initial Examination of Trends, 2020-2021Public Health Reports · 2024