August 02, 2011 - This May 2011
Chapin Hall Issue Brief by Fred Wulczyn, Michelle Ernst, and Philip Fisher examines 5 key domains in which infants in the out-of-home population differ from older children, including
incidence of first-time out-of-home placements and
vulnerability for delayed development. The authors argue that "from a policy perspective, infants represent a distinctive subset of the foster care population with service needs and developmental vulnerabilities and strengths that distinguish them from other children in out-of-home care."
