Child Welfare最新文献

{"title":"Family Stability and Child Welfare Involvement among Families Served in Permanent Supportive Housing.","authors":"Debra J Rog,&nbsp;Kathryn A Henderson,&nbsp;Andrew L Greer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the effectiveness of supportive housing in fostering family preservation and reunification for homeless families with multiple housing barriers. Results indicate that more thanhalfofthe supportive housing program families who are separated from their families by Child Protective Services prior to entering the program are reunified during the 12-month period after entering housing. The rate of reunification for supportive housing families is significantly higher than the rate for matched families who enter shelters, but not significantly different than the rate experienced by matched families entering public housing. This study provides encouraging evidence that housing for families in the child welfare system, including but necessarily limited to supportive housing, can facilitate the reunification of children.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"189-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35830875","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, Homelessness, and Family Break-Up.","authors":"Marybeth Shinn,&nbsp;Jessica Gibbons-Benton,&nbsp;Scott R Brown","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the extent and correlates of family separations in families experiencing homelessness. Of 2,307 parents recruited in family shelters across 12 sites, a tenth were separated from partners and a quarter from one or more children. Additional separations before and after shelter entry and reasons, from parents' perspectives, were documented in qualitative interviews with a subsample of 80 parents. Separations were associated with economic hardship, shelter conditions, and family characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"105-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760188/pdf/nihms927084.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35729525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Physically Hazardous Housing and Risk for Child Protective Services Involvement.","authors":"Bomi Kim Hirsch,&nbsp;Mi-Youn Yang,&nbsp;Sarah Font,&nbsp;Kristen S Slack","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The quality and safety of the home environment is a common focus of Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations.Yet little is known about whether such conditions influence CPS outcomes. The present study uses a sample of low-income families to assess the relative importance of housing conditions and other common risk and protective factors associated with child maltreatment. Results show that hazardous conditions predict investigated child neglect, but not physical abuse or indicated reports.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"87-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35829870","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":"Factors Influencing Risk of Homelessness among Youth in Transition from Foster Care in Oklahoma: Implications for Reforming Independent Living Services and Opportunities.","authors":"Brandon L Crawford,&nbsp;Jacqueline McDaniel,&nbsp;David Moxley,&nbsp;Zohre Salehezadeh,&nbsp;Alisa West Cahill","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research suggests that youth aging out of foster care may be at higher risk of experiencing homelessness than other youth. Among this already at-risk population there may be certain characteristics that further exacerbate the risk. This paper uses data collected from various local and state agencies to further examine significant predictors of homelessness among youth who have aged out of foster care.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"19-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35829866","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":"Housing Trajectories for Youth Transitioning from Foster Care: Gender Differences from 2010-2014.","authors":"Robert G Iii Hasson,&nbsp;Andrew D Reynolds,&nbsp;Ihomas M Crea","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study focuses on longitudinal housing trends for males and females among transitional youth who were participants of a transitional living program (2010 to 2014). Results indicate that young women were more likely to transition to secure independent housing than young men. Demographic characteristics, education, and employment predicted time to secure independent housing. Additionally, results indicate that more highly educated young women transitioned to independence at a faster rate than young men with lower education status.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"35-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35829868","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":"Partnering to Leverage Multiple Data Sources: Preliminary Findings from a Supportive Housing Impact Study.","authors":"Jessica Raithel,&nbsp;Miranda Yates,&nbsp;Amy Dworsky,&nbsp;Maryanne Schretzman,&nbsp;Whitney Welshimer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents preliminary findings from an impact study that drew upon administrative data collected by city agencies and data collected by a supportive housing program for young adults who are aging out of foster care, homeless, or at risk of homelessness. Participation in the program was associated with a reduction in shelter use and jail stays during the two years after program entry. The study demonstrates the benefits of collaboration and the possibilities of using administrative data from multiple public agencies to evaluate program impacts on young adult outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"73-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35829871","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":"Economic Well-Being and Independent Living in FosterYouth: Paving the Road to Effective Transitioning out of Care.","authors":"Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo,&nbsp;Gayle Davis,&nbsp;Terri Hipps","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a mixed-methods methodological approach, the proposed study examines the associations between economic well-being and independent living experiences in foster youth. Quantitative data were collected from N = 294 in-care foster youth using the Casey Life Skills assessment (α = .79 to α = .95). Qualitative data were collected via focus groups with aged-out foster youth (N =15). Results provide important insights on youth's economic well-being, financial literacy, individual experiences regarding aging out of foster care and independent living. This study provides new insights into the complex dynamics of successfully transitioning out of foster care and the need for supporting economic well-being in foster youth to better prepare them to live independently and develop coping skills for the challenges they might experience once they leave the system.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"53-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35829867","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":"Integrated Solutions for Intertwined Challenges: A Statewide Collaboration in Supportive Housing for Child Welfare-Involved Families.","authors":"Anne F Farrell,&nbsp;Kellie G Randall,&nbsp;Preston A Britner,&nbsp;Betsy Cronin,&nbsp;S Kim Somaroo-Rodriguez,&nbsp;Lisa Hansen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper describes Connecticut's Supportive Housing for Families (SHF) program, which is one of five national sites comprising a federally- funded demonstration of housing and child welfare. Evaluations of supportive housing (SH) interventions are complicated by contextual factors that make it difficult to isolate their effects. 'Ihese and other challenges complicate efforts to conduct rigorous research and establish external validity, and to date, few studies examine the impact of SH interventions for child- welfare involved families. We describe retrospectively the development of SHF using. six stages of imple- mentation articulated within an implementation science framework, noting both the core components of the program and its expansion from a small pilot exploration, to a statewide initiative, and now to the center of a systems change effort with potential to influence national policy and implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"94 1","pages":"141-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2015-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35829874","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":"Using Qualitative Data Mining for Practice Research in Child Welfare","authors":"Colleen Henry, Sarah Carnochan, M. Austin","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780197518335.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518335.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"In their daily practice, social service professionals routinely collect and record large quantities of data about client characteristics, practice interventions, and client outcomes (Epstein, 2002, 2009). While documentation of service activities are not new to child welfare (CW), over the last 30 years, federal legislation, including the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (P.L. 96-272) and the Adoption and Safe Families Act (P.L. 105-89), has promoted increased documentation in CW. Consequently, administrative CW data has proliferated and administrative data systems (ADS) have made these data more accessible to researchers.To date, the majority of studies using administrative CW data have focused on the quantitative categorical data stored in ADS (see Conn et al., 2013; Putnam-Hornstein & Needell, 2011). Quantitative data help researchers and CW administrators identify rates of reported and substantiated child maltreatment, detect corresponding risk factors, or categorize service responses. The mining of these data teaches us about the kinds of maltreatment, placements, and services children referred to CW systems experience; identifies the frequency of these experiences; and can be used to make predictions about which children will return home and which will remain in care. However, these quantitative data tell us little about how CW workers define maltreatment, why children referred to CW systems are placed in specific settings, or how children and families engage in services. These latter questions are better answered through the mining and analysis of qualitative data stored in ADS.Qualitative Data-Mining (QDM), the mining of the narrative text contained in documents stored in ADS (e.g., risk assessments, investigative narratives, court reports, and contact notes), provides CW researchers with a unique opportunity to use existing data to examine CW practice (Epstein, 2002, 2009). Use of QDM to improve CW has received limited attention (Epstein, 2002; Tice, 1998), as few CW studies have focused on the qualitative data stored in CW ADS or described how qualitative data is used by CW researchers (for exceptions see Coohey, 2007; Cordero, 2004; Cross, Koh, Rolock, & Eblen-Manning, 2013; Henry, 2014). This paper seeks to fill this gap by describing how researchers can use QDM techniques to create rich databases for qualitative CW research and answer unique questions about CW clients and practice. In a seven-step guide, the paper summarizes QDM strategies and methods, and reports on the work of the Child Welfare Qualitative Data-Mining (CWQDM) Project to illustrate these methods and strategies. The paper concludes with a discussion of how QDM can be used to enhance CW practice, research, and education.Project BackgroundThe CWQDM Project developed in the context of a longstanding practice- research partnership between a university-based research center and a regional social services consortium involving the directors of 11 county social serv","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"93 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61546911","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":"Efficacy of Blended Preservice Training for Resource Parents.","authors":"Lee White,&nbsp;Richard Delaney,&nbsp;Caesar Pacifici,&nbsp;Carol Nelson,&nbsp;Josh Whitkin,&nbsp;Maureen Lovejoy,&nbsp;Betsy Keefer Smalley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To evaluate a new way of meeting the growing demand for training prospective resource parents, our study compared the efficacy of a blended online and in-person approach with a traditional classroom-only approach. Findings based on a sample of 111 resource parent prospects showed significantly greater gains in knowledge from pre- to posttest for the blended approach over the classroom-only approach. The blended approach also produced dramatically lower dropout rates during preservice training. Both groups made significant gains in parenting awareness from pre to post, but those gains were greater for the classroom-only approach. Post hoc analyses examined this finding more closely. Satisfaction with training was comparably high for both groups. Gains in knowledge and awareness were sustained at a 3-month follow-up assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":9796,"journal":{"name":"Child Welfare","volume":"93 6","pages":"45-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471628/pdf/nihms862968.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35098794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}