Summarizes for a general audience experiences of 585 children in foster care in the Casey Family Living Program from 1966-1984. Focuses on advantages of private, voluntary agencies like the Casey Family Program, and on the needs for long-term care of the most difficult (generally homeless) children in foster care. (SAK)

The departure of children from foster care, the demography of foster children, the number of moves in foster care, and other foster care status changes, including adoption and hospitalization, are analyzed in a 5-year longitudinal study of 624 children, from infancy to 12 years of age, who entered foster care in New York City in 1966. (BRT)

Summarizes a study of the Family Union, an agency intended to provide services to prevent the placement of children of client families in New York City's Lower East Side into foster care. Discusses child welfare policy recommendations and research opportunities. (BB)