Pub Date : 2024-01-07DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2301349
Caitlin Lau, Kira L. Alqueza, Melanie Sonsteng-Person, Victoria Copeland
Mandated reporting is the current system in place for school personnel to support youth whom they suspect have experienced maltreatment. However, limited research details the experiences of mandate...
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Pub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2022-12-15DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2022.2155754
Jordan M Braciszewski, Suzanne M Colby, Michael J Franklin, Robert L Stout, Adam Vose-O'Neal, Beth C Bock
Despite high rates of cigarette use, little attention has been paid to screening and cessation services for youth in foster care. Study aims were to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a technology-based smoking cessation intervention. Study enrollment, satisfaction, and engagement were high in the intervention arm, where readiness to change also significantly increased over time. Intervention and control participants significantly reduced cigarette use at 6-month follow up, though groups did not differ. Technology-based interventions appear to be attractive and offer a potentially scalable link to health care that this vulnerable population may not otherwise seek.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-30DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2299487
Kimberly A. Williams, Haksoon Ahn, Elsa Moeller
Collaboration between the child welfare and court systems is critical. Using qualitative data, experiences of stakeholders were examined to identify areas where growth is needed. Stakeholders inclu...
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Pub Date : 2023-12-28DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2299494
Abigail Williams-Butler
This paper conducts a scoping review to identify studies which use the framework of intersectionality to understand the overrepresentation of Black women, children, and families within the child we...
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Pub Date : 2023-12-26DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2299490
Melissa R. Trussell, Heather Farley
CarePortal allows community members to partner with the Division of Family and Child Services and make donations intended to prevent children from entering foster care or support current foster/kin...
{"title":"Economic impact of CarePortal donations in Glynn County, Georgia","authors":"Melissa R. Trussell, Heather Farley","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2299490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2299490","url":null,"abstract":"CarePortal allows community members to partner with the Division of Family and Child Services and make donations intended to prevent children from entering foster care or support current foster/kin...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"137 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139071440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Standardized, trauma-informed pre-certification trainings for resource parents may influence placement stability and outcomes for children in foster care. Eight focus groups were conducted to elici...
{"title":"Utilizing focus groups to inform the development of a standardized pre-certification resource parent training curriculum","authors":"Stephen DiDonato, Vanessa Thiel, Jeanne Felter, Rebekah Phillips, Lesly Jimenez, Kimberly Riordan, Adonis Banegas, Angelle Richardson, Rosemary Frasso","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2282539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2282539","url":null,"abstract":"Standardized, trauma-informed pre-certification trainings for resource parents may influence placement stability and outcomes for children in foster care. Eight focus groups were conducted to elici...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138543723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2278517
Emily Hindman, Ella Wiseman, Peter Hassmén
High child protection caseworker turnover diminishes care quality. While burnout is acknowledged, the impact of protective factors is unclear. This study examines caseworkers' burnout, individual r...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-15DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2282536
Zeynep Turhan, Aslıhan Demir, Ferda Karadağ
The ability to identify and report child abuse and neglect at schools plays a significant role in protecting children and reducing the consequences of violence and abuse. This research examines how...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2023.2279226
Keunhye Park, Michelle R. Munson, Mark E. Courtney, Kierra Blair
ABSTRACTResearch shows that young people in foster care experience high levels of behavioral health problems that may lead to life obstacles, including legal system involvement (LSI) during the transition to adulthood. However, few longitudinal studies have examined LSI among foster youth from a behavioral health perspective during the transition to adulthood. To understand adolescent behavioral health conditions associated with adult LSI, we used longitudinal survey data of young people in foster care (n = 540) to compare the prevalence of different behavioral health disorders (age 17) between youth who later reported LSI and those who did not (ages 19–21). We also examined associations between adolescent behavioral health disorders and adult LSI, accounting for other covariates. We find that compared to those who did not, youth who reported later LSI in early adulthood had significantly higher rates of four behavioral health disorders at age 17: alcohol use, drug use, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. Regression results showed drug use disorder at age 17 to be a particularly strong predictor of later LSI after accounting for other covariates. Many individuals experience various risk factors for LSI, including behavioral health needs. We discuss implications for practice, policy, and research in the child welfare context.KEYWORDS: Behavioral healthlegal system involvementtransition to adulthoodfoster carechild welfare AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank partners at the California Department of Social Services and CalYOUTH Study project funders—the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Reissa Foundation, the Walter S. Johnson Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the California Wellness Foundation—for the support for administrative data used in this study and commitment to policy evaluation and program development for youth.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe findings reported herein were performed with the permission of the California Department of Social Services. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author and should not be considered as representing the policy of the collaborating agency or any agency of the California government.Notes on contributorsKeunhye ParkKeunhye Park is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University’s School of Social Work. Park’s research interests include child welfare services and policy, juvenile justice services and policy, educational experiences of marginalized youth, and the transition to adulthood among foster youth. Park’s work builds upon her field practice in public schools, juvenile detention centers, state departments of children and family services, and research institutes.Michelle R. MunsonMichelle Munson is a Professor at NYU Silver School of Social Work. She has professional interests in mental health services resear
摘要研究表明,寄养家庭的青少年在向成年过渡过程中存在高水平的行为健康问题,这些问题可能导致生活障碍,包括法律系统介入(LSI)。然而,很少有纵向研究从行为健康的角度考察了青少年在过渡到成年期的LSI。为了了解与成人LSI相关的青少年行为健康状况,我们使用了寄养青少年的纵向调查数据(n = 540)来比较后来报告LSI的青少年和没有报告LSI的青少年(19-21岁)之间不同行为健康障碍的患病率(17岁)。我们还研究了青少年行为健康障碍和成人LSI之间的联系,并考虑了其他协变量。我们发现,与那些在成年早期报告较晚LSI的青少年相比,在17岁时出现四种行为健康障碍的比例明显更高:酒精使用、药物使用、行为障碍和对立违抗障碍。回归结果显示,在考虑了其他协变量后,17岁时的药物使用障碍是后期LSI的一个特别强的预测因子。许多人经历过各种各样的LSI风险因素,包括行为健康需求。我们讨论了在儿童福利背景下对实践、政策和研究的影响。关键词:作者要感谢加州社会服务部的合作伙伴和加州青年研究项目的资助者——康拉德·n·希尔顿基金会、瑞萨基金会、沃尔特·s·约翰逊基金会、泽勒巴赫家庭基金会、威廉·t·格兰特基金会、以及加州健康基金会,感谢他们对本研究中使用的行政数据的支持,以及对青少年政策评估和项目开发的承诺。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。本文所报告的调查结果是在加州社会服务部的许可下进行的。此处表达的观点和结论仅代表作者的观点和结论,不应被视为代表合作机构或加州政府任何机构的政策。朴槿惠是密歇根州立大学社会工作学院的助理教授。她的研究兴趣包括儿童福利服务和政策、青少年司法服务和政策、边缘化青少年的教育经历以及寄养青少年向成年的过渡。Park的工作建立在她在公立学校、青少年拘留中心、国家儿童和家庭服务部门以及研究机构的实地实践基础上。Michelle Munson是纽约大学西尔弗社会工作学院的教授。她的专业兴趣是心理健康服务研究、干预开发和测试,她的工作主要集中在青少年和年轻人身上。Munson博士的研究旨在了解社会的结构条件和社会关系是如何通过语言和非语言交流来塑造年轻人寻求(或不寻求)专业心理健康服务的决定的。她的研究和奖学金也致力于为患有严重精神健康状况的青少年和年轻人开发、完善、调整和测试参与和治疗干预措施。Mark E. Courtney是芝加哥大学皇冠家庭社会工作、政策和实践学院的Samuel Deutsch名誉教授,也是加州大学伯克利分校加州儿童福利指标项目的杰出研究员,在那里他共同指导过渡年龄青年研究和评估中心(TAY-Hub)。他特别感兴趣的领域是儿童福利政策和服务,儿童福利服务与其他服务贫困家庭的机构之间的联系,边缘人群向成年期的过渡,以及社会工作的专业化。Kierra BlairKierra Crisswell是一名研究助理,获得芝加哥大学皇冠家庭社会工作、政策和实践学院的城市生活垃圾学位。
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ABSTRACTCamp-based reunification is a developmentally informed approach to strengthen the relationships of siblings in out-of-home care. Little is known about the collective impact of these programs, or if there is a benefit to multiple camp experiences. To address this, data were collected from 2,260 youth who were campers at one of 16 sibling reunification programs in the U.S. or Australia between 2013-2019. Increases in resilience, decreases in sibling support, and decreases in sibling conflict were observed among first-time campers. For repeat campers, changes to resilience were greatest during youths’ first year of camp. Recommendations for research and practice are provided.KEYWORDS: Child welfareinterventionpositive youth developmentsiblingsfoster care AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge Camp To Belong for their support of this research.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Author contributionsJeffrey Waid & Armeda Wojciak are responsible for the study conception and design. Material preparation and data analysis were performed by Jeffrey Waid and Faith VanMeter. The first draft of the manuscript was written by all three authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.Data availability statementAll data generated from this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.Ethics approval and consent to participateInstitutional Review Board approval was provided by the University of Minnesota, study #1610E97742. Written informed consent was obtained from the youth participants’ legal guardians. Verbal assent was obtained from study participants.Additional informationFundingThe research reported in this publication was supported by grants from the University of Minnesota.Notes on contributorsJeffrey WaidJeffrey Waid is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. He is an intervention and services researcher whose scholarship focuses on the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Across projects, his work aims to improve the health and well-being of children and families and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying how interventions work, for whom, and under what conditions.Faith VanMeterFaith VanMeter is a Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) state policy post-doctoral fellow. She recently received her doctorate in developmental psychology at the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development. Broadly, Dr VanMeter’s primary research interest is families involved in the child welfare system. She ultimately hopes to inform practices and policies that contribute to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and the promotion of family wellbeing.Armeda Stevenson WojciakArmeda Stevenson Wojciak is Associate Professor and Director of the Couple and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Dr Wojciak maintains a robust rese
{"title":"A multi-year study of camp-based reunification and the well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care","authors":"Jeffrey Waid, Faith VanMeter, Armeda Stevenson Wojciak","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2275076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2275076","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTCamp-based reunification is a developmentally informed approach to strengthen the relationships of siblings in out-of-home care. Little is known about the collective impact of these programs, or if there is a benefit to multiple camp experiences. To address this, data were collected from 2,260 youth who were campers at one of 16 sibling reunification programs in the U.S. or Australia between 2013-2019. Increases in resilience, decreases in sibling support, and decreases in sibling conflict were observed among first-time campers. For repeat campers, changes to resilience were greatest during youths’ first year of camp. Recommendations for research and practice are provided.KEYWORDS: Child welfareinterventionpositive youth developmentsiblingsfoster care AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to acknowledge Camp To Belong for their support of this research.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Author contributionsJeffrey Waid & Armeda Wojciak are responsible for the study conception and design. Material preparation and data analysis were performed by Jeffrey Waid and Faith VanMeter. The first draft of the manuscript was written by all three authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.Data availability statementAll data generated from this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.Ethics approval and consent to participateInstitutional Review Board approval was provided by the University of Minnesota, study #1610E97742. Written informed consent was obtained from the youth participants’ legal guardians. Verbal assent was obtained from study participants.Additional informationFundingThe research reported in this publication was supported by grants from the University of Minnesota.Notes on contributorsJeffrey WaidJeffrey Waid is an Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. He is an intervention and services researcher whose scholarship focuses on the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Across projects, his work aims to improve the health and well-being of children and families and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying how interventions work, for whom, and under what conditions.Faith VanMeterFaith VanMeter is a Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) state policy post-doctoral fellow. She recently received her doctorate in developmental psychology at the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development. Broadly, Dr VanMeter’s primary research interest is families involved in the child welfare system. She ultimately hopes to inform practices and policies that contribute to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and the promotion of family wellbeing.Armeda Stevenson WojciakArmeda Stevenson Wojciak is Associate Professor and Director of the Couple and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Dr Wojciak maintains a robust rese","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"29 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134905769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}