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{"title":"Resource parents during two pandemics: navigating racism and COVID-19","authors":"Kenyon Lee Whitman, Matthew A. Ruderman, Vanessa Perez, Jill Waterman, Todd Franke, Audra K. Langley","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2264800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2264800","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe emergence of COVID-19 created a global health crisis and impacted children and families, disproportionately affecting minoritized communities. Simultaneously, protests and anti-racist uprisings against police violence occurred worldwide. This mixed method study examined how a group of racially diverse resource parents navigated these two pandemics. Resource parents (N = 527) in Los Angeles County were surveyed about concerns related to COVID-19, racial injustice, and the sociopolitical climate. Quantitative findings revealed that increased difficulty coping with COVID-19 was associated with the increased reported impact of events surrounding racial injustice. Qualitatively, resource parents expressed a concern for children and stress, anxiety, and fear.KEYWORDS: COVID-19racial injusticeresource parentschild welfaretransracial families Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1. see Southern Poverty Law Center (2022) https://www.splcenter.org/20220309/year-hate-extremism-report-2021Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the The Pritzker Foster Care Initiative.Notes on contributorsKenyon Lee WhitmanKenyon Lee Whitman, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has over 10 years of experience working in higher education, much of that time supporting foster youth. Most recently he was a UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, and previously he directed the Office of Foster Youth Support Services at UC Riverside for six years. He received his PhD in Higher Education Administration and Policy at UC Riverside. Kenyon’s research is interdisciplinary, he focuses on underrepresented students in higher education, specifically, the racialized college-going experiences of foster youth. As a former foster youth, he understands first-hand the challenges foster youth face as they work toward earning a college degree. Kenyon also holds a B.S. and M.A. from Fresno State.Matthew A. RudermanMatthew Ruderman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who specializes in early childhood mental health, research and evaluation, bullying and victimization, preschool mental health consultation, and trauma-informed care. He received his doctorate in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Ruderman completed his doctoral internship at St. John's Child and Family Development Center and his postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA TIES for Families. Before rejoining the TIES staff, he served as staff psychologist, supervisor, and trainer at a community mental health clinic. Dr. Ruderman is the recipient of Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars fellowship focusing on addressing health disparities, health inequities, and building a culture of health.Vanessa PerezVanessa Perez graduated from UCLA in 2020 with a major in Psychology and a minor in Applied Developmental Psychology. While at UCLA, she worked as a research assistant in the C","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136358671","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}

{"title":"Foster parent factors associated with placement stability: An umbrella review","authors":"Jeanna T. Pixley","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2264806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2264806","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTJBI protocol for umbrella reviews was applied in the narrative synthesis of data from four systematic reviews and one meta-analysis through an intersectionality lens to isolate empirical evidence specifically related to foster parents and placement stability. Twelve of sixteen foster parent factors identified as associated with placement stability are related to social-emotional competencies (SEC). Recommendations include further exploration of the connection between SEC of foster parents and placement stability, more research regarding foster parent emotional health, and increased focus on intersectionality of variables related to placement types and outcome.KEYWORDS: Foster parentsystematic reviewplacement stabilityintersectionalityfoster care Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementNo original data was collected in this literature review and narrative synthesis. Data was synthesized from systematic reviews included in this umbrella review. Data can be obtained from original sources as made available by original source authors.Additional informationFundingThere is no funding for this research.Notes on contributorsJeanna T. PixleyJeanna T. Pixley is currently a Doctor of Social Work candidate at the University of Alabama.","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135146630","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}

{"title":"Poverty and child maltreatment: a systematic review","authors":"Jinyung Kim, Yoonzie Chung, Haksoon Ahn","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2264819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2264819","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTPoverty has long been indicated as a risk factor for child maltreatment. This review aims to synthesize the existing literature regarding the relationship between income-level poverty and child maltreatment in the United States. Of the 27 studies included, approximately 40% measured poverty using only income indicators, and 71% measured child maltreatment using administrative data. While the type of child maltreatment varied across studies, the associations generally revealed that higher income decreased the risk of child maltreatment, or families living in poverty had a higher risk of child maltreatment. The current study proposed several child welfare-related implications based on the findings.KEYWORDS: Povertychild maltreatmentsystematic reviewincomewelfare benefit Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. Because some studies used more than two indicators to measure child maltreatment, the total n and estimated percentage may not equal the total number of records screened for analysis (N = 27).2. Most studies reported more than one finding, so the total n and percentage may not be summed to 27 and exceed 100%.Additional informationNotes on contributorsJinyung KimJinyung Kim is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Jinyung is currently part of the Child Welfare Accountability Act project led by Dr. Haksoon Ahn, which includes Child and Family Services Review, Integrated Practice Model, and Continuous Quality Improvement. Her research interests are two-fold, public health in social work and child welfare, including safety, well-being, and permanency. Her research interests range from substance use, cyberbullying, child maltreatment, and child protective services using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Jinyung received her MA and PhD in social work and BA in international studies at Ewha Womans University, South Korea.Yoonzie ChungYoonzie is a doctoral student at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Prior to joining her PhD program, Yoonzie worked as an assistant manager at SK Energy, Korea for 6 years as responsible as a project leader for a donation program targeting 4,000 Community Child Centers for children from low-income households. Her research interests focus on child maltreatment prevention with an emphasis on neighborhood. Her research interests include parenting, low-income households, poverty/inequality, and policy effects on child wellbeing. Yoonzie received her MSW from Ohio State University and BA in Economics at Ewha Womans University, South Korea.Haksoon AhnHaksoon Ahn is an Associate Professor with the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Her research interests include child and family welfare and advanced quantitative analysis utilizing large-scale datasets. As a principal investigator, Haksoon has been leading a range of research projects funded by the Maryland Department of Human Resourc","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135352558","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}

{"title":"A preliminary view of the use of telehealth in a child welfare agency during the pandemic","authors":"Mary C Acri, Jennifer Joseph, Glenn Saxe","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2264801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2264801","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIntroduction The child welfare system’s method of service delivery shifted abruptly during the pandemic to a telehealth modality. The perceived impact of this change upon service delivery is largely unknown, however. The purpose of this study was to describe how a large child welfare agency shifted to telehealth delivery, including investigating barriers and innovative strategies that were undertaken to resolve obstacles and enhance engagement and the provision of services.Method In September, 2020, direct service providers, supervisors and clinic directors at a large, Southeastern child welfare agency completed a survey that tapped into the perceived impact of telehealth on service delivery, and barriers and benefits of telehealth delivery. Twenty-six (n = 26) individuals completed the survey.Results Over half of participants reported an improvement in service delivery through the use of telehealth, and most saw it as being beneficial to both families and staff. Few participants believed that services were negatively impeded by telehealth.The main barrier to telehealth delivery was technology access and navigation (both on the part of families and staff).Discussion Telehealth was largely perceived as a facilitator to child welfare service delivery; implications and use of remote platforms are discussed.KEYWORDS: Child welfare systeCOVID-19service delivery during the pandemicperceived barriers and facilitators to telehealthImpact of telehealth on service provision Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsMary C AcriMary C. Acri, PhD is a mental health services researcher and Research Associate Professor within the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University Langone Health. Dr. Acri’s research focuses on reducing mental health disparities through testing innovative interventions to facilitate detection and access to treatment as well as implementation factors that impede and facilitate the adoption and sustained utilization of evidence-based interventions in naturalistic settings.Jennifer JosephJennifer Joseph, MPA, is a Program Coordinator at New York University Langone Health within the Center for Child Welfare Practice Innovation.Glenn SaxeGlenn Saxe, MD, is a professor within the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health, Director of the Center for Child Welfare Practice Innovation, and Director of the Trauma Systems Therapy Training Center. Dr. Saxe’s research focuses on the emotional, behavioral, and developmental consequences of traumatic events in children. Dr. Saxe developed Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) with colleagues, an intervention for children with traumatic stress who live in enviornments with ongoing stressors.","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135481365","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}

{"title":"Child maltreatment in Swiss welfare care until 1981: former caregivers’ perspectives on the welfare context","authors":"Shauna L. Rohner, Melanie Dorigo, Aileen Najinsky Salas Castillo, Sarah J. Mäder, Myriam V. Thoma","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2264799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2264799","url":null,"abstract":"Caregivers can provide insight into the welfare aspects of institutional child maltreatment not apparent to children in care. This qualitative study investigated how socio-ecological and contextual aspects of the welfare system were linked to (quality of) care provision and the well-being of minors in care. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 Swiss former caregivers. Welfare aspects included a shortage of resources, poor working conditions, and lack of oversight by the authorities. Social norms also contributed to stigmatization, discrimination, and the normalization of adverse care practices. Potential protective factors included external support and resource provision, caregiver resistance, and (later) social acknowledgment.","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135590683","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}

{"title":"State variations in child maltreatment reports among adolescents in the United States","authors":"Lucinda Okine, Rebecca Rebbe, Julie A. Cederbaum","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2264808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2264808","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTUnderstanding child maltreatment on a national level is complicated by lack of consistency in definitions of abuse and reporting by state. Adolescents experience child maltreatment, but responses to their maltreatment likely differ from younger children due to differences in development and vulnerability. The present study examined state variations of adolescent child protective systems reports using data from the 2015–2019 NCANDS. We calculated the rates of maltreatment reports, substantiations, and maltreatment subtypes per 1,000 adolescents in the population. Findings revealed wide variations across all three measured rates. Examining state variations involved with CPS is critical to informing policy and practice solutions.KEYWORDS: Child abuse and neglectchild protectionadolescentschild maltreatmentchild welfare Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsLucinda OkineLucinda Okine is a PhD Candidate at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at the University of Southern California. Her research is focused on child and family welfare and the role of childhood adversity, childmaltreatment and family stress on the well-being of parents and their children. Using a family system and resilience lens, her research explores the strengths and challenges experienced by vulnerable families. Her research aims to inform families, child welfare workers, early childhood educators, and policymakers as they invest in children and build systems that enable all children and families to thrive.Rebecca RebbeRebecca Rebbes’s research examines the measurement of and community responses to child maltreatment. Her research is informed by 7 years of post-MSW practice working with families involved with child welfare systems, in both the public and private sectors. Rebecca has training using demographic methods and specializes in using population-based linked administrative datasets to better understand child maltreatment. Rebecca is the principal investigator of the NICHD-funded research project “The impact of COVID-19 on child maltreatment-related medical encounters and system responses using linked administrative data” (1R21HD105907-01).Julie A. CederbaumJulie Cederbaum is an associate professor in the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Her work focuses on the impact of childhood adversity and family processes on the well-being of youth. Using a dyad and family systems lens, her research explores the strengths and challenges experienced by diverse families, and ways in which parenting processes and behaviors positively influence mental health, reproductive health, and substance use behaviors in children, adolescents and young adults.","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135900098","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}

{"title":"Understanding subgroups of child welfare placement histories in the context of youth behavior and development: a latent class analysis","authors":"Lauren Pryce McCarthy","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2261398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2261398","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis study aimed to identify latent classes of child welfare placement histories, with a focus on entry to residential treatment settings (RTS), and how youth behavior and development are associated with the probability of latent class membership. This study utilized secondary child welfare administrative data. The study found that a four-class model was the best fit for the data. The four latent classes were defined by instability while in family settings, stability in kinship care, movement through congregate care settings, and stability in non-kinship foster care. Youth behavior and developmental period were significantly associated with latent class membership.KEYWORDS: Residential treatment for youthlatent class analysischild developmentChild welfareOut-of-home care AcknowledgmentsDeclaration of Interest: The author reports that there are no competing interests to declare.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsLauren Pryce McCarthyLauren Pryce McCarthy is the Berger Fellow at the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. Lauren received her PhD from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Prior to her PhD, Lauren enjoyed a clinical career providing in-home family therapy to youth in Philadelphia. Lauren’s research interests lie in ensuring equitable access to quality mental health care for all children and their families to reduce the need for residential treatment for youth.","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136060134","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}

{"title":"2022 Article of the Year","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2260635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2260635","url":null,"abstract":"\"2022 Article of the Year.\" Journal of Public Child Welfare, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), p. 1","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136235226","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}

{"title":"Family poverty, family adversity, neglect, and entry into out-of-home care","authors":"R. Barth, Yanfeng Xu","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2248048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2248048","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49371406","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}

{"title":"Examining the use of foster care during emerging adulthood in the United States","authors":"Ashley N. Palmer, Amanda Aykanian, Catherine A. LaBrenz, S. Dunkerley","doi":"10.1080/15548732.2023.2249839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2249839","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16907,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Child Welfare","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41972683","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}