METHODS Article Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria To be included, an article had to (1)
include a measure of CM during the COVID-19 pandemic,(2) be published in a peer …

Background Child maltreatment causes substantial numbers of injuries and deaths, but not
enough is known about social determinants of health (SDH) as risk factors. The aim of this …

Children of color are overrepresented in the child welfare system, and Black children have
been most significantly impacted by this racial disproportionality. Racial disproportionality in …

The child welfare system disproportionately harms Black children and families through
systemic over-surveillance, over-involvement, and the resulting adverse outcomes …

Each year, US child protection authorities investigate millions of families, disproportionately
poor families and families of color. These investigations involve multiple home visits to …

Foster care provides substitute living arrangements to protect maltreated children. The
practice is remarkably common: it is estimated that 5 percent of children in the United States …

An intense appetite for reforming and transforming child welfare services in the United
States is yielding many new initiatives. Vulnerable children and families who become …

Poverty is an important predictor of child maltreatment. Social policies that strengthen the
economic security of low-income families, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) …

In this study, we use microsimulation methods to estimate the reduction in child protective
services (CPS) involvement resulting from implementation of three of the policy packages …

Background Poverty is associated with greater risk for child maltreatment. Understanding the
impact of anti-poverty strategies in the United States has been the subject of many research …