The Nation Needs Child Welfare

Lgbt Populations and the Child Welfare System: a Snapshot of the Knowledge Base and Research Needs

This brief summarizes the knowledge base and research needs related to LGBT people and child welfare programs. The brief address four topics: (1) the risk of child maltreatment for LGBT people, (2) the experiences of LGBT youth in child welfare programs, (3) the effectiveness of child welfare services for LGBT youth in foster care, and (4) the participation of LGBT adults in child welfare servi...

Industrial welfare and the state: nation and city reconsidered

Industrial welfare history presents important challenges to developmental state theories in “late” industrialization. This article expands the debate by examining how nation-states create statutory welfare by addressing institutional variety beyond markets. It is simplistic to argue linear growth of national welfare or of states autonomously regulating markets to achieve risk-mitigation. I cont...

Welfare Reform’s Impact on Child Welfare

Child Well-Being at the Outset of Welfare Reform: An Overview of the Nation and 13 States

law details numerous negative consequences associated with out-of-wedlock births, single-parent families, and welfare receipt that helped motivate the 1996 overhaul. With this law, Congress ended the existing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). TANF is intended to (1) provide assistance for needy families to...

[Child welfare risk, abuse].