Improving Services for Expectant and Parenting Youth in Care

This bulletin provides strategies for caseworkers, agencies, and other youth-serving professionals to better support expectant and parenting youth and their families. It includes general information about working with these young people and case-level and systemwide strategies that may contribute to overall improved outcomes.

Acknowledgment(s): This bulletin was developed in close partnership with lived experience leaders from FosterClub who have expertise as expectant or parenting youth in care. Thank you to those who shared their experiences, insights, and advice to help shape the content of this publication.

Suggested Citation: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2023). Improving services for expectant and parenting youth in care. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/support-expecting-parenting/

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