Read FPP’s City Council testimony on the Executive Budget here Parents understand intuitively that raising children can be made easier, or harder, by the conditions... Read More
Little information on child abuse and neglect hotlines and screening tools is available publicly, and research on the screening process remains limited. To examine how... Read More
‘Two years after implementation, there were 8 fewer neglect investigations per 1,000 4-year-old children. We found large effects of universal pre-K among non-Hispanic Black and... Read More
Analysis of a decade of national data shows no evidence that higher foster care placements correlate to a drop in child abuse- or neglect-related deaths... Read More
‘By relying on CPS to respond to issues of poverty and adversity, we’re creating a heightened sense of insecurity for families that’s counterproductive to everything... Read More
New research has found that family economic setbacks and lack of access to basic economic needs predict child welfare involvement—and that economic policies that soften financial... Read More
“If you really want families to stay together or to reunify, material needs should not be part of the equation. Otherwise you’re just penalizing people... Read More
‘I think a new hood is possible if people have the space to dream it and the tools to achieve it. So the first step... Read More