Child Maltreatment and the Ecosystem of Socioeconomic Inequities and Inequalities

Abortion Rights and the Child Welfare System: How Dobbs Exacerbates Existing Racial Inequities and Further Traumatizes Black Families

“…Overall, living in a neighborhood with concentrated poverty is associated with higher rates of CPS surveillance, reporting and investigation of abuse and neglect. 33 One study found that low-income Black children are more likely to be removed from their parents, despite being assessed lower risk scores than low-income white children. The study concluded that parents were blamed for the lack of available resources in Black communities.…”