This paper traces social work's historical and current relationships with three major child and
youth serving carceral systems in the United States—the child welfare system, the juvenile …

Prior work has examined racial and ethnic disparities in the access to and utilization of
healthcare services. However, evidence across studies is mixed, making it challenging to …

This article reviews the literature related to the disproportionate representation of Black,
Indigenous, and other People of Culture children raised in the foster care system. We …

The racialized nature of state intervention into family life has increasingly called attention to
the impact of parental incarceration and foster care placement on the wellbeing of children …

Background Research shows general increases in child maltreatment reports in the US
However, less is understood about how reporting varies across states and changes over …

Background Many child welfare agencies use the Nurturing Parenting Program Nurturing
Skills for Families (NPP) program to strengthen parenting skills. NPP includes a flexible …

In the US, Black children are overrepresented in Child Protective Services (CPS) reports
relative to their share of the population. Although a large body of research has described …

Administrative data allow researchers to examine the reach and composition of the child
welfare system service population, as well as the correlates and consequences of child …

Every tenth Norwegian child has been in contact with the child welfare services (CWS)
before age 18. This paper describes the variation in background characteristics of CWS …

The framework of reproductive justice recognizes the right to parent one's children in a
healthy and safe environment. Children have a right to be raised by their families and to …