Foster parents and social workers help children in difficult situations, but too often they lack the resources they need. Professor Antonio Garcia describes how this impacts foster children and what a focus on prevention could look like.

For More on This Topic:

• Read Garcia's brief, To Counter Child Abuse, Administrators and Case Workers Need Support to Implement Evidence-Based Improvements

Further Reading:

• Why U.S. States Vary in Their Responses to Child Abuse and Neglect, Frank Edwards, Cornell University
• How America's Head Start Program Improves the Lives of Children and Families, Anne Day Leong, National Institutes of Health