Parental drug use and permanency for young children in foster care: A competing risks analysis of reunification, guardianship, and adoption

Margaret H. Lloyd, Becci A. Akin and Jody Brook

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 77, issue C, 177-187

Abstract: •Drug removals are a barrier to reunification and guardianship.•Children ages 0–3 with drug removals face a unique disadvantage for permanency.•Likelihood of permanency exits depends both on child age and drug removal status.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.04.016

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