Potential informants on child maltreatment include the youth who has experienced the
alleged maltreatment, and the youth's caregivers, social workers and case files. When …

The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on factors that
determine decision making in child protection investigations. More specifically, to investigate …

This study estimates the associations of income with both (self-reported) child protective
services involvement and parenting behaviors that proxy for child abuse and neglect risk …

The current study investigates the role of race and county characteristics in substantiation
and out-of-home placement decisions in the United States. Using multilevel models, we …

Families are impacted by a variety of risk and protective factors for maltreatment at multiple
levels of the social ecology. Individual-and neighborhood-level poverty has consistently …

The racial and ethnic disproportionality and disparity in the child protective system (CPS)
has been a concern for decades. Structural factors strongly influence engagement with the …

Importance States in the US have the option to eliminate the asset test and/or increase the
income limit for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility under a policy …

Background Child maltreatment disproportionately affects families experiencing poverty and
structural discrimination, including African American (AA) families. The generosity of …

Research finds that exposure to domestic violence can adversely affect the emotional,
behavioral, and physical health of children. These effects have led some child advocates …

In child welfare, there is sometimes a false dichotomy between child safety and family
preservation. In an evaluation of Family Group Decision Making in four child welfare …