Examining African American fathers' involvement in permanency planning: An effort to reduce racial disproportionality in the child welfare system

Examining African American fathers' involvement in permanency planning: An effort to reduce racial disproportionality in the child welfare system

Children of color are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system. In 2005 they comprised 53% of the 513,000 children in out-of-home placements in the United States [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau (2006). Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting Syste...

Examining Racial Disproportionality in Child Protective Services Case Decisions.

Using a national sample of 1,461 child protective services (CPS) investigations in the United States, we examine differences between black and white families with regard to caseworker ratings of risk and harm to the child, as well as the probability that a case is substantiated for maltreatment. We employ difference-in-difference methods to identify whether gaps in outcomes for black and white ...

Understanding and addressing racial/ethnic disproportionality in the front end of the child welfare system.

Racial/ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system is a complicated social problem that is receiving increasing amounts of attention from researchers and practitioners. This review of the literature examines disproportionality in the front-end of the child welfare system and interventions that may address it. While none of the interventions had evidence suggesting that they reduced di...

Editorial: Commentary on Disproportionality in Child Welfare Terry L. Cross PART I - UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY AND DISPARITY OF OUTCOMES Measuring Racial Disparity in Child Welfare

Exploring Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System

Disproportionality in the child welfare system refers to the overor underrepresentation of a group (usually a racial/ethnic group) compared to that group’s representation in a base population (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2016). This research brief explores rates of racial disproportionality in the Illinois child welfare system. It is the second brief in a series exploring disproportional...