IN THE NEWS

Sept 24, 2024

These Maternity Homes Offer Sanctuary, but It Can Feel Oppressive

Unregulated homes are proliferating amid abortion restrictions and a housing crunch. Some limit residents’ movements, contacts and day-to-day decisions.

New York Times, by Laura C. Morel

Jun 11, 2024

2024–2026 IRP Extramural Large Grants

The 2024 extramural research funding program supports research on using the Child and Caregiver Outcomes Using Linked Data (CCOULD) dataset and focusing on policy implications for child welfare and Medicaid services administered by HHS.

Institute for Research on Poverty – UW-Madison (wisc.edu)

Nov 8, 2023

“Taking it day by day”: Maternity group homes in the lives of mothers aging out of foster care

Melissa Radey, Shamra Boel-Studt, Christopher J. Collins | Children and Youth Services Review

Jul 10, 2023

Reflections on care experiences among early, middle, and late adolescents in residential care

Boel-Studt, S., & Dowdy-Hazlett, T. Developmental Child Welfare

Jul 3, 2023

A mixed-methods evaluative study of the Life Model of residential care for trauma-affected children and youth

Boel-Studt, S. M., Deichen Hansen, M., & Dowdy-Hazlett, T. | Journal of Public Child Welfare

Jul 3, 2023

“I hope my voice is heard.” A mixed-methods study of youths′ perceptions of residential care

Boel-Studt, S. M., Huang, H., & Collins, C. | Children and Youth Services Review

IQCS-directors

Mar 1, 2023

FSU announces new institute to promote quality out-of-home care for children

Shamra Boel-Studt, associate professor in FSU’s College of Social Work will serve as the new institute’s director. Jonathan Huefner, Research Scientist, Boys Town National Research Hospital will serve as its co-director.