The lived experiences of child protective services (CPS)–involved parents is rarely
considered from a social justice perspective. Parents and children endure the oversight of …

The problem of racism has always been a pervasive issue deeply rooted in the fabric of our
country. Many of our established social and human services have been structured based on …

Objective: Youth exiting foster care experience high rates of poverty, homelessness, and
food insecurity. However, little evidence documents their experiences of discrete economic …

Background Literature on outcomes of children in out-of-home care (OHC) is extensive.
However, less is known regarding associations of such placements with parental mental …

As we imagine the next generation of public child welfare, efforts to identify and eliminate
practices that are harmful to families must be pursued. This commentary uses available …

Child welfare investigations disproportionately affect Black families in the United States. The
Family Stress Model lends explanatory power to the lived experience of diminished …

Background & Purpose. Occupational stress and subsequent negative turnover are
prevalent and severe issues within health and human service systems in general, and …

The current project investigates how two different ways of operationalizing welfare—as an
expenditure or as a policy of restrictive regulations—could shape the distribution of crime …

This article is the result of a series of rapid research reviews conducted between April 18th
and May 20th, 2020 to explore the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for child welfare …

The purpose of this study was to understand the perceived benefits experienced by
participants in the “Tolls for Well-Being” curriculum and identify the content that creates …