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This study examines the recurrence of substantiated reports of maltreatment among children who have been placed in out-of-home care by child protective services, with particular attention given to the effect of placement characteristics. The sample consisted of 4120 children reported to Quebec CPS in 2003–2004 and 2007–2008 and removed from their homes. A survival analysis found that the overall…

Child welfare professionals increasingly recognize the importance of the client's perspective in evaluating service outcomes, but there is a dearth of well-developed instruments that meet the needs of service providers and planners. This article describes the implementation of a measure of primary caregivers' satisfaction with mandated child welfare services. This measure is significant for its…

… evolving relationship between casework skills, engagement, and positive case outcomes in child protection: A structural … evolving relationship between casework skills, engagement, and positive case outcomes in child protection: A structural … This paper reports a study that aims to increase the understanding of the relationship between workers and their child protection clients through the development of a client engagement model. A conceptual exploratory structural equation model (SEM) of caseworker skills, engagement and client outcomes is presented. Results indicate that including parents in the planning, not ignoring problems…

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ+) youth are notably overrepresented in the foster care system, often entering the child welfare system because of abuse or neglect associated with familial rejection of youths’ sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression. LGBTQ+ foster youth are often exposed to identity-based victimization within the foster care…

Although reunification is the most common and preferred exit from the U.S. foster care system, little is known about the well-being of children following foster care. Even less is known about reunification following long-term foster care. Geographically limited studies suggest poor behavioral outcomes following reunification. A secondary data analysis was performed using a subsample of 604…

… Corporal punishment and physical abuse: population-based trends for … States Journal article … 1 … en … Corporal punishment and physical abuse: population-based trends for … The aim of this study is to explore the trends in corporal punishment and physical abuse of three-to-11-year olds, the children most likely to be subjected to corporal punishment. Using nationally representative samples, National Family Violence Surveys (NFVS) was conducted via in-person interviews in 1975 and by telephone in 1985 with 1139 and 3360 families with children, respectively. Changes…

… disparity in placement instability among African-American and white children in child welfare: A Blinder-Oaxaca … disparity in placement instability among African-American and white children in child welfare: A Blinder-Oaxaca … African-American children in the child welfare system are at disproportionate risk of adverse experiences including placement instability. This article compares placement instability among African-American and white children in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being and identifies mechanisms underlying racial disparities using a Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition. The type of initial…

One hanging question in child welfare policy and research is whether there is an artificial overrepresentation of the poor in child welfare caseloads or whether this reflects the co-occurrence of poverty and need. In order to address this question, this study uses data from child welfare (report, assessment, service and re-report), income maintenance, special education, hospitals, juvenile court…

Older adolescents in foster care represent a heterogeneous population, though such heterogeneity is often underemphasized in research and practice. This study employed a cluster analysis to identify subpopulations in a large, national sample of 17-year-old youth based on the following indicators: educational attainment, connection to a supportive adult, adolescent parenthood, homelessness,…

… Previous Case Openings in Substantiated Child Maltreatment Investigations in Ontario in 2008 Information Sheet # 94 … The Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, 2008 (OIS-2008) is the fourth provincial study … to examine the incidence of reported child maltreatment and the characteristics of children and families …