The Relationship Of County-Level Characteristics On Length Of Time Clients Are In Child Protective Services: The Context Of Care

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Social Service Research Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1080/01488376.2023.2226173

D. Kondrat, Jeremiah W. Jaggers, J. Castillo, Stephanie C. Kathan, Barbara Pierce, Ashley Allen

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Abstract

Abstract Time spent in the child welfare system changes the life trajectory of those in care. Children who spend longer in care are at greater risk for mental illness. Adoption and Safe Families Act put a limit on how long children could be in out-of-home care; 15 months out of the last 22. Researchers have studied both individual and environmental correlates of time in care. No study has explored individual and environmental predictors of time to case closure. This study sought to fill the gap by studying county and individual-level variables, including race and delinquency. Data came from a state administrative dataset (n = 46,923). Using multilevel modeling, results indicated that older children, being Black, or having a Child in Need of Services case was at a greater risk of time in care. The effects of these latter two variables varied by county. At the county level, percent minority and adjusted crime rate were related to time in care. Practitioners can use the results to address contextual and client-related factors to increased time to case closure. Future research should focus on understanding how these factors correlate with longer stays in care and on developing and testing interventions that address these correlates.

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县级特征与儿童保护服务时间的关系:护理背景

在儿童福利系统中度过的时间改变了被照顾者的生活轨迹。接受长期护理的儿童患精神疾病的风险更大。《收养和安全家庭法》限制了儿童在户外照顾的时间;过去22个月里有15个月。研究人员研究了个人和环境因素对护理时间的影响。没有研究探讨了个体和环境因素对结案时间的影响。这项研究试图通过研究县和个人层面的变量，包括种族和犯罪，来填补这一空白。数据来自州管理数据集(n = 46,923)。使用多层模型，结果表明，年龄较大的儿童，黑人儿童或需要服务的儿童在照顾时间上的风险更大。后两个变量的影响因县而异。在县一级，少数民族百分比和调整犯罪率与护理时间有关。从业者可以使用结果来处理上下文和客户相关的因素，以增加结案时间。未来的研究应侧重于了解这些因素如何与更长的护理时间相关，并开发和测试解决这些相关性的干预措施。

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Journal of Social Service Research SOCIAL WORK-

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2.70

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Social Service Research is exclusively devoted to empirical research and its application to the design, delivery, and management of the new social services. The Journal focuses on outcomes-based research and practice, and clearly presents the different types of funded and non-funded state-of-the-art research being carried out in the field. Each issue effectively highlights both the quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Contributors from the national and international social service arenas provide an important and critical basis for management and policy decisions in a wide variety of social service settings.