Resource parent trainings are an important factor in caregiver readiness and retention, which can improve placement stability and permanency achievement for children and youth, especially those who are marginalized. Resource parents need access to evidence-based training programs attentive to caring for children and youth from a variety of diverse backgrounds. This study evaluates placement, permanency, and stability outcomes of children whose resource parents were trained in one such program: the National Training and Development Curriculum (NTDC). Participants include adults who completed a resource parent training program ( = 3822) and children in their care ( = 2565) in the U.S. states of Florida, Georgia, Illinois, and Missouri. This quasi-experimental study involved statistical testing of caregivers and children using AFCARS data. Propensity-score matching was used to control for differences in the child permanency analysis. With a better understanding of the realities of fostering, NTDC participants were slightly less likely to foster after training ( = 0.6; < .001), self-selecting out before taking a child into the home. Those who did foster were more likely to foster a child who is a teen ( = 1.4; = .004), Asian/Asian American ( = 3.8; = .02), Black/African American ( = 1.6; < .001), or Hispanic/Latinx ( = 1.7; = .002). Children of NTDC caregivers entered legal adoptions ( = 2.0; = .003) and guardianships ( = 2.9; = .03) at higher rates than children of comparison caregivers, while rates of reunification ( = 1.3; = .11) were not statistically different. Evidence points to the effectiveness of NTDC in preparing resource parents to provide care for a diverse range of children by age, race, and ethnicity, and for those children to achieve permanency.

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国家培训和发展课程培训计划对安置、持久性和稳定性的影响

资源家长培训是照顾者准备就绪和保留的一个重要因素，它可以提高儿童和青少年，特别是那些被边缘化的儿童和青少年的安置稳定性和永久性成就。资源父母需要获得基于证据的培训计划，关注照顾来自不同背景的儿童和青少年。这项研究评估了其资源父母接受过此类计划（国家培训和发展课程（NTDC））培训的儿童的安置、永久性和稳定性结果。参与者包括美国佛罗里达州、佐治亚州、伊利诺伊州和密苏里州完成资源家长培训计划的成年人 (= 3822) 和他们照顾的儿童 (= 2565)。这项准实验研究涉及使用 AFCARS 数据对护理人员和儿童进行统计测试。倾向得分匹配用于控制儿童永久性分析中的差异。随着对寄养现实的更好了解，NTDC 参与者在培训后寄养的可能性略低 (= 0.6; < .001)，在带孩子回家之前自行选择退出。那些进行寄养的人更有可能寄养青少年 ( = 1.4; = .004)、亚裔/亚裔美国人 ( = 3.8; = .02)、黑人/非裔美国人 ( = 1.6; < .001)、或西班牙裔/拉丁裔 (= 1.7; = .002)。 NTDC 照顾者的孩子获得合法收养 ( = 2.0; = .003) 和监护 ( = 2.9; = .03) 的比率高于对照照顾者的孩子，而团聚率 ( = 1.3; = .11) 没有统计学差异。有证据表明，NTDC 能够有效地帮助资源父母做好准备，为不同年龄、种族和民族的不同儿童提供照料，并帮助这些儿童实现永久生活。