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Research has demonstrated the employment and earnings benefits accompanying educational attainment, and the relatively poor educational attainment and economic well-being of young people who transition to adulthood from foster care. Policymakers' concern over these poor outcomes has long been reflected in U.S. child welfare policy, most recently in the provisions of the 2008 Fostering Connections…

Although much research considers the relationship between family income and child maltreatment, contact with child protective services (CPS), and out-of-home placement, little research provides a strong causal test of these different relationships. And, as such, it remains unclear how increasing or decreasing the generosity of social welfare programs could affect children's risk of experiencing…

Systemic challenges within child welfare have prompted many states to explore new strategies aimed at protecting children while meeting the needs of families, but doing so within the confines of shrinking budgets. Differential Response has emerged as a promising practice for low or moderate risk cases of child maltreatment. This mixed methods evaluation explored various aspects of North Carolina'…

… of placement changes among young people in care: Youth and caregiver associations Journal article … 1 … en … Number … of placement changes among young people in care: Youth and caregiver associations … Placement stability is a key goal within child welfare. Unfortunately, placement disruptions are common and result in widespread negative outcomes for youth in care. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine the youth and resource caregiver variables associated with the number of placement changes among 1,624 Canadian youths aged 10–17 years. Data were based on information…

… Prevalence and predictors of dating violence among adolescent female … of child sexual abuse Journal article … 1 … en … Prevalence and predictors of dating violence among adolescent female … The purpose of this study was to (a) describe the amount of psychological and physical dating violence experienced by a sample of adolescents who were sexually abused as children and the reciprocity of the violence; and (b) to investigate the specific contribution of certain child sexual abuse characteristics as risk markers for interpartner abuse. Participants were female (n=126) adolescent…

… Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual risk behaviors: The role of attachment … article … 1 … en … Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual risk behaviors: The role of attachment … Previous research has shown an association between child maltreatment (sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, or witnessing interparental violence) and adolescent sexual risk behaviors (SRBs). The mechanisms explaining this association are not well understood, but attachment theory could provide further insight into them. This study examined the relationships between child maltreatment and SRBs…

The current retrospective archival study investigated the patterns of normative sexualized behavior (NSB), problematic sexualized behavior (PSB), and sexual perpetration for three age cohorts of boys and girls in a high-risk child welfare sample. All children in the present sample had exhibited some form of PSB in the past. We hypothesized that the incidence rates (IR) of NSBs would increase…

… Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 … to 2017 Journal article … 1 … en … Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care … By 2014, the majority of U.S. states had implemented differential response (DR), a system policy that seeks to serve families of low-to moderate-risk for child maltreatment through family engagement, diversion from formal child protective services investigations, and service provision. However, the effects of DR programs on child welfare dynamics have yet to be evaluated nationally using causal…

Ce chapitre présente un projet de recherche sur des collectivités des organismes de service aux enfants et aux familles autochtones des Premières nations de partout au Canada. On y traite des expériences et des perceptions de ces organismes et collectivités au chapitre de la planification et de la prestation de services aux enfants et aux jeunes ayant des troubles d'apprentissage ou de…

… Receiving Child Welfare Services: Seeking to Understand How to Reduce Risk and Increase Protective Factors 2009 Authors Maiter, Sarah … 20 participants d’origine sud-asiatique dans une grande ville cosmopolite canadienne. Les questions … Les auteurs ont cherché à mieux comprendre l’impact de la migration, les ressources perdues lors de l’immigration au Canada et le lien possible avec l’implication des services de protection de l'enfance. Ils ont utilisé une approche qualitative inductive pour interviewer 20 participants d’origine sud-asiatique dans une grande ville cosmopolite canadienne. Les questions concernaient l’histoire de…