Hard Times Made Harder: Struggling Caregivers and Child Neglect

• Neglected children from households with caregivers who struggle with drug use were three times as likely to be placed in out-ofhome care than those without drug problems. • Neglected children who lived with caregivers with mental health problems, alcohol problems, or who had trouble paying for basic necessities were about twice as likely to be placed in out-ofhome care. • Neglected children in rural and urban America had the same probability of being placed in out-of-home care. • There was no difference in poverty and where neglected children were placed (for example, kin care, foster care, or group home/other placement). Hard Times Made Harder: Struggling Caregivers and Child Neglect