Posts Categorized: Spotlight

New Study Finds No Link Between Reductions in Foster Care Entry Rates and Child Maltreatment Deaths
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
Research Summary: The Role of Economic Setbacks and Hardships in Child Welfare Involvement
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
Extreme Family Stress, Extraordinary Family Investment: Lessons from a pandemic that upended the New York City child welfare system
This paper was originally published on the website of the Narrowing the Front Door of NYC’s Child Welfare System Work Group. What would happen if... Read More