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