The majority of alleged abuse or neglect reports to the US child welfare system are either
screened out prior to an investigation (ie, at the “hotline” stage) or investigated only to be …

The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally
representative study of children who have been reported to authorities as suspected victims …

Recent attacks on the child protective system have included criticism of the mandatory
reporting laws to protect children from maltreatment After a brief history of the development …

The child welfare system provides a variety of child and family social services. About 3.4
million referrals for alleged maltreatment were reported to US child protection services in …

The nation's child protection system (CPS) has historically focused on preventing
maltreatment in high-risk families, whose children have already been maltreated. But, as …

Child maltreatment is a complex problem affecting millions of children in the United States
every year. This article examines existing knowledge on the scope, nature, and causes of …

In the mid-2000s, the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board developed an
intervention called the Community Response Program (CRP), intended to fill an important …

Specific, accurate understanding of the extent of maltreatment in American society, the
nature of the maltreatment that occurs, and the consequences it has for children are crucial …

Mounting pressures on the nation's system for helping children who are abused and
neglected have prompted new efforts to reform the child protective services (CPS) system to …

Child maltreatment calls for a broad range of preventative policies and practices, but limited
governmental funding and leadership has been devoted to the problem. Effective strategies …