Mixed Methods Study of the Effectiveness of Intensive Family Finding Services with Youth in Congregate Care

Helping youth in congregate care form healthy relationships and achieve stability is an ongoing concern among child welfare stakeholders. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the effectiveness of a family finding intervention with youth with a history of congregate care placement and to explore factors related to the achievement of relational and physical permanency. Results from a logistic regression indicated that for youth previously in congregate care, intensive family finding increased the odds of achieving relational permanency, but not physical permanency. Qualitative analyses identified several themes surrounding successes and challenges to achieving relational and physical permanency.     

Finding Happiness

正Young and old, experts and average people, join in the search for happiness in a rapidly changing China In February, Niu Weiwei, a 19-year-old Chinese woman, was     

Finding Friends

An expatriate life has a certain thrill to it-a new country, a new culture, the exploits and escapades-but it is the interaction with the people that we carry with us on our last flight back home.My China sojourn began in the summer of 1999-September 20 to be exact. It was supposed to last a couple of months, and as it happens to many of us,I ended up staying longer than I had planned to.     

Finding Shangri-la

<正>Iwas standing in paradise, or at least that’s what the guidebook I had so blindly followed said. As I scanned my surround- ings, I felt duped. How could this be Shangri-la, that ancient utopia of perfection and youth?     

Finding an Identity

Macao helps its residents discover themselves through cultural heritage protection Macao, a tiny place less than 2.5 percent the size of Hong Kong, doesn't even have its own textbooks for primary and middle school students. The former Portuguese colony has instead for decades used textbooks compiled in Hong Kong.     

Finding True North

China is poised to play a role in the evolution of the Arctic Council In recent years, the Arctic Council has continued accelerating institutional development to cope with a host of challenges posed by hastening climate change. It is in     

Finding Root Solutions

Cutting-edge science and technology controls crop diseases and ensures food security In a flowerpot at Kang Zhensheng’s laboratory grows a cluster of wheat, a crop to which the agricultural scientist at Northwest A&F University has dedicated decades of work.In the university, located in Yangling, Shaanxi Province in northwest China, Kang has been leading a group researching wheat diseases such as stripe rust and scab, two major infections that may reduce yield by one third or even more.     

Finding Their Place

College graduates are choosing to work in rural areas as the job market tightens Lu Chengtian moved to Wali, a village in Mafang Town, Beijing's Pinggu District, in 2006 to take up la post as the assistant to the village Party secretary. Villagers held a small wel- coming ceremony upon his arrival. Lu, fresh     

Finding the Forgotten

Government-run sports schools groom future athletes despite a shrinking talent pool Twelve-year-old Yang Chen puts on a shy smile whenever answering a question, concealing the fact that one day soon she may be a world champion.     

Finding Role Models

<正>As a university educator, I employ literature as a guide for young womento navigate the field of choices. Theeducational gap by sex in China waswide in the late 1980s but has     

Finding Kung Fu

<正>I travelled to Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on a quest for cultural exchange in 2008. Along the way, I thought I might as well give martial arts a try. Traditional     

Finding Their Anchors

Revived contest shows TV hosts how to go beyond studio glitz and glam When Li Qiyue,a TV anchor,participated in a competition for anchors in 2011,she invited postman Cao Zhengfu to the studio for a fi ve-minute interview as part of the competition event.     

Finding a Cure

<正>Antibody drug brings new hope for pandemic control Though China’s COVID-19 vaccination rate has surpassed 80 percent, those who had been vaccinated were not spared during the country’s most recent epidemic upsurges. In Shaanxi Province’s most recent outbreak, 831 cases were reported between December 9 and 27, mostly in the provincial capital of Xi’an.     

Finding the Right Pace

Sharp appreciation of the yuan will harm the country’s economic stability and the global economic recovery The central parity rate of’the yuan, the Chinese currency,rose 1 15 basis points,or 0.17 percent,on September 29,to a new record high     

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The Potala Palace and other famed tourist destinations turn to livestreaming and cloud services‘Dear friends, welcome to Lhasa, I’m your tour guide today, said a blithe Tsering Drolkar, bringing an aura of faraway magic with her green chuba, the long sleeveless Tibetan tunic worn by women over a blouse.     

Finding a New Friend

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