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“Because I’m Young”: Experiences of Young Mothers with Child Welfare Involvement
Adolescent and young adult mothers face multiple well-documented challenges. Among mothers investigated by child welfare in Ontario, there are high...
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Resilience in Adolescent Girls in Child Welfare: Reliability and Validity of the RS-14
Adverse childhood experiences, such as abuse and neglect, have been shown to have longstanding negative consequences on a child’s development and...
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Child Maltreatment, Mental Health, and Self-Reported Health Among Adolescent Girls in Child Welfare: Mediating Pathways
Child maltreatment is common in the US and has been shown to be associated with physical and psychological health problems in adolescence and...
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Hel** Youth in Foster Care Develop Life Skills: Perspectives from Caregivers, Child Welfare Professionals, and Agency Representatives
BackgroundLife skills development among youth in foster care is critical in hel** them overcome the barriers they face when leaving care. While...
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Addressing Prenatal Alcohol and Other Drug Exposure in Tribal Child Welfare: an Environmental Scan
Tribal communities face critical challenges in identifying and addressing substance use by pregnant women. These challenges are often exacerbated by...
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Use of standardized decision support instruments to inform child welfare decision-making: lessons from an implementation study
Research has demonstrated children in out-of-home care have experienced trauma and a significant proportion are in need of behavioral health services...
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A Systematic Review of Sophisticated Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics in Child Welfare: Accuracy, Equity, and Bias
Child welfare agencies increasingly use machine learning models to predict outcomes and inform decisions. These tools are intended to increase...
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“So, we’ve been taken away since forever”: Indigenous Relative Caregivers’ Experiences as a Framework for Uncovering Coloniality in the Child Welfare System
This study examines to the gravity of the ongoing removal and separation of Indigenous children from their families and nations, the reality of...
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Family Intensive Treatment for Child Welfare Involved Caregivers with Substance Misuse Issues: Safety, Permanency and Well-Being Outcomes
The Family Intensive Treatment (FIT) team model provides intensive team-based, family-focused, comprehensive services to families in the child...
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“I wasn’t Enrolled”: Exploring the Educational Narratives of Black Caribbean Youth Navigating Out-of-Home Care in Ontario’s Child Welfare System
The educational system is the leading referral source for Black families involved in Ontario’s child system. Across both the education and child...
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The Perceived Job Performance of Child Welfare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
While the evidence on the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of frontline social workers is emerging, the research on the...
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Increasing Family Engagement in Child Welfare Practice: Findings from a Pilot of the Texas Permanency Outcomes Project
Family engagement, or meaningful family participation and involvement, has been linked to improved child welfare outcomes. Yet, to date,...
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Playing to Succeed: The Impact of Extracurricular Activity Participation on Academic Achievement for Youth Involved with the Child Welfare System
We examine the association of structured and unstructured extracurricular activities on academic achievement for youth with a history of child...
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The Impact of COVID-19 and Immigration Enforcement on Service Delivery for Immigrant Origin Families Involved in the Child Welfare System
This descriptive study sought to explore how child welfare agencies and community partner organizations experienced and adapted service provision for...
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Profiles of Protective Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Child Welfare System
Protective factors have been established as moderators in the association among adverse experiences and future outcomes as suicidality in adulthood,...
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Predictors of Positive Parenting: Mexican and Puerto Rican Mothers Vulnerable to Child Welfare Involvement
For young children, positive parenting is predictive of their prosocial development and positive emotional well-being. Understanding the factors that...
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Improving Child Welfare Practice Through Predictive Risk Modeling: Lessons from the Field
Predictive risk modeling (PRM) utilizes existing administrative data sources, including those integrated across multiple systems, to automatically...
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An Examination of Co** Strategies and Intent to Leave Child Welfare During the COVID 19 Pandemic
Child welfare work is inherently difficult, and child welfare agencies are known to experience high rates of turnover. We sought to expand the...
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The Child Welfare System: Problems, Controversies, and Future Directions
The main organization charged with responding to child maltreatment in the United States (USA) is the child welfare system. Approximately 10% of the...
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Child Welfare Services Response to COVID-19: Addressing Face-to-Face Contacts
During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, child welfare case managers faced contradictions in their responsibility to make regular in-person contact...