Pub Date : 2024-03-25DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2332611
Sunggeun (Ethan) Park, Melanie Nadon, Nathanael J. Okpych, Justin S. Harty, Mark Courtney
Transition-age youth with foster care involvement (TAY) face significant risks for food insecurity and other hardships in early adulthood. Using representative survey data of youth transitioning ou...
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Pub Date : 2024-03-18DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2328101
Micki Washburn, L. Christian Carr, Patrick Leung
Title-IV E training is thought to minimize PCW employee turnover. A total of 969 PCW workers in a southern state completed an anonymous survey about their intentions to remain employed in PCW. A mu...
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Child welfare agencies often experience challenges in meeting the unique needs of immigrant families. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with child welfare agency ...
{"title":"An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families","authors":"Kristina K. Lovato, Megan Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, Effie Clayton, Kelechi Chinyere Wright","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2320278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2320278","url":null,"abstract":"Child welfare agencies often experience challenges in meeting the unique needs of immigrant families. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with child welfare agency ...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173094","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 : 2024-03-15DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2329230
Helena M. Carvalho, Tiago Ferreira, Beatriz Santos, Mónica Costa, Paula Mena Matos, Catarina Pinheiro Mota
This study investigated the impact of an attachment-based intervention on care workers’ reflexive functioning (RF), analyzing 212 professionals in a randomized control trial. The study employed a m...
{"title":"What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning","authors":"Helena M. Carvalho, Tiago Ferreira, Beatriz Santos, Mónica Costa, Paula Mena Matos, Catarina Pinheiro Mota","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2329230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2329230","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the impact of an attachment-based intervention on care workers’ reflexive functioning (RF), analyzing 212 professionals in a randomized control trial. The study employed a m...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140152095","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 : 2024-03-05DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2319732
Daniel J. Gibbs, Paul Lanier, Claire McNellan, Katherine Bryant
Data-driven decision-making is a common approach for identifying child maltreatment. However, such strategies must be guided by ethical, equitable, and evaluative frameworks due to their potential ...
{"title":"Identifying children at risk for maltreatment fatalities: assessing the Current landscape of birth match policies in the United States","authors":"Daniel J. Gibbs, Paul Lanier, Claire McNellan, Katherine Bryant","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2319732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2319732","url":null,"abstract":"Data-driven decision-making is a common approach for identifying child maltreatment. However, such strategies must be guided by ethical, equitable, and evaluative frameworks due to their potential ...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140033885","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 : 2024-02-26DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2322524
Donnetta S. Washington
The United States (U.S.) media often scrutinizes and sometimes explicitly vilifies child welfare practices, particularly when the case attracts the public’s attention. In such cases, the public’s p...
{"title":"A balancing act: partnering with the media to provide a trauma-informed approach to U.S child welfare","authors":"Donnetta S. Washington","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2322524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2322524","url":null,"abstract":"The United States (U.S.) media often scrutinizes and sometimes explicitly vilifies child welfare practices, particularly when the case attracts the public’s attention. In such cases, the public’s p...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"170 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139977737","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 : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2306150
Berit Skauge, Halvor Fauske, Anita S. Storhaug
Several studies show insufficient practices regarding children’s participation in child welfare cases. This article is based on document analysis of 216 child welfare records from four Norwegian Ch...
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Pub Date : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2312844
Anna Yelick, Bruce A. Thyer
Child welfare professionals use structured decision-making models (SDMs) to increase consistency in decision-making. The current study examined the relationship between safety and removal decision...
{"title":"Using a structured decision-making model to inform child welfare practice in Florida: safety versus removal","authors":"Anna Yelick, Bruce A. Thyer","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2312844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2312844","url":null,"abstract":"Child welfare professionals use structured decision-making models (SDMs) to increase consistency in decision-making. The current study examined the relationship between safety and removal decision...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139754958","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 : 2024-02-14DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2315119
Nicole Megan Edwards
Caregiver – child dyads exist within systems that may reinforce and/or establish structures to support holistic needs, awareness of roles, and capacity-building efforts. Systems can be challenged i...
{"title":"Court-level stakeholders’ reunification decisions and perceived role in parents’ readiness to support early emotional development post-abuse and/or neglect","authors":"Nicole Megan Edwards","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2315119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2315119","url":null,"abstract":"Caregiver – child dyads exist within systems that may reinforce and/or establish structures to support holistic needs, awareness of roles, and capacity-building efforts. Systems can be challenged i...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"301 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755065","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 : 2024-02-12DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2024.2312846
Eunhye Ahn, Fred Morstatter, Debra Waters-Roman, Lindsey Palmer, Jacquelyn McCroskey
Assessing and responding to risks to children’s safety is a primary concern of the child protection system (CPS), and decision-support tools have been developed to assist child welfare workers (CWW...
{"title":"Qualitative exploration of child welfare workers’ decision-making experiences and perspectives on fairness","authors":"Eunhye Ahn, Fred Morstatter, Debra Waters-Roman, Lindsey Palmer, Jacquelyn McCroskey","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2024.2312846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2312846","url":null,"abstract":"Assessing and responding to risks to children’s safety is a primary concern of the child protection system (CPS), and decision-support tools have been developed to assist child welfare workers (CWW...","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755063","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}