Children in the Public Benefit System at Risk of Maltreatment

Vaithianathan, Rhema; Maloney, Tim; Putnam‐Hornstein, Emily; Jiang, Nan

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2013.04.022

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“…A growing literature has sought to develop predictive risk models to aid caseworkers in identifying children at risk of maltreatment (e.g., PutnamHornstein and Needell, 2011;Vaithianathan, Maloney, Putnam-Hornstein, and Jiang, 2013). A possible extension of this could be to develop models that aimed to identify the children at most risk of having an unstable foster care career using characteristics measured at the time of entry into foster care.…”

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Identifying divergent foster care careers for Danish children

Fallesen

2014

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Foster care children who experience placement disruption and foster care instability are at elevated risk for a host of poor outcomes, yet little work considers what these unstable foster care careers look like or what causes them. In this article, I start by using previous studies on foster care drift, instability, and placement disruptions to define the unstable foster care career as a subset of foster care careers. I then use administrative data on 30,239 Danish children born 1982-1987 who entered foster care to generate nine foster care careers, two of which meet the criteria for an unstable career. Children with a high number of risk factors associated with foster care entry were also the most likely to enter an unstable career. I end by discussing implications for recent studies of the effect of foster care on children's later life outcomes and the relevance of the findings for practitioners.Keywords: administrative data; foster care; instability; sequence analysis 3 Foster care is intended to provide children with the best possible opportunity for personal development and stability when their immediate family is unable to secure them a safe and stable upbringing. Nevertheless, some children's placement trajectories end up mirroring the instability they experienced prior to entering foster care (e.g., Andersen, 2012; Havlicek 2011). Previous studies have examined aspects of such unstable foster care trajectories, including foster care drift where children move aimlessly through the foster care system, without reaching a permanent placement, adoption, or successful reunification (e.g., Andersen, 2012;Hartley, 1984)

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Identifying divergent foster care careers for Danish children

Fallesen

2014

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…As rates of referral to child protection services increase dramatically, intense pressure on child protection systems have led many countries to significantly reconstruct their service systems in these ways, particularly in the wake of the fiscal constraints imposed by the worldwide recession. Such changes commonly focus on spreading the responsibility for child abuse responses beyond statutory agencies and introducing new technologies in attempts to make practice responses more systematised and targeted to those most at risk [57,58]. The state's role moves from being a "social state" to a "facilitating state", merely a coordinator of services, rather than a body responsible for their existence, functioning or resourcing [59].…”

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Current Debates on Variability in Child Welfare Decision-Making: A Selected Literature Review

Keddell

2014

Social Sciences

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This article considers selected drivers of decision variability in child welfare decision-making and explores current debates in relation to these drivers. Covering the related influences of national orientation, risk and responsibility, inequality and poverty, evidence-based practice, constructions of abuse and its causes, domestic violence and cognitive processes, it discusses the literature in regards to how each of these influences decision variability. It situates these debates in relation to the ethical issue of variability and the equity issues that variability raises. I propose that despite the ecological complexity that drives decision variability, that improving internal (within-country) decision consistency is still a valid goal. It may be that the use of annotated case examples, kind learning systems, and continued commitments to the social justice issues of inequality and individualisation can contribute to this goal.

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“…Such data are seen as an important new resource, with the potential to inform improvements in service design and delivery, and support better matching of service delivery with need (Currie, 2013;Hughes, 2015;Macchione, Wooten, Yphantides, & Howell, 2013;New Zealand Data Futures Forum, 2014;Putnam-Hornstein, Wood, Fluke, Yoshioka-Maxwell, & Berger, 2013;Vaithianathan, et al, 2012;Vaithianathan et al, 2013). Among the first Aotearoa New Zealand studies to use extensively linked administrative data relating to children was a feasibility study that examined a proposal for predictive modelling using linked data to be used as part of efforts to prevent child maltreatment (Wilson, Tumen, Ota, & Simmers, 2015;Wilson & Cram, in press).…”

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He awa whiria—braided rivers: Understanding the outcomes from Family Start for Māori

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Vette²,

Wilson³

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In Aotearoa New Zealand a braided rivers-he awa whiria metaphor is facilitating conversations between Māori (indigenous peoples) and non-Māori researchers about the integration of knowledge systems. This article explores how an approach based on he awa whiria can work in practice in the examination of the efficacy for Māori whānau (families) of the government's intensive home-visiting programme, Family Start. A retrospective impact evaluation of Family Start for children born from 2004 to 2011 examined the outcomes for children in families receiving Family Start, compared to a matched control group who did not receive this service. The awa-or knowledge streams-called upon to inform the consideration of the findings for Māori from this evaluation related to: Family Start and its child development and parenting curriculum Āhuru Mōwai and Born to Learn, whānau ora, and measures of whānau wellbeing, other indigenous home-visiting programmes, the impact evaluation method, and the indigenous data sovereignty movement. Braiding (whiria) across these knowledge streams offered new perspectives on the impact evaluation's results for Māori. These results suggested that Family Start reduced post-neonatal mortality for Māori children, regardless of whether the Family Start provider was Māori or nonMāori. Māori children receiving Family Start were more likely to be fully up-to-date with immunisations at age 2, and their mothers were more likely to access services for treatment of addiction relative to the control group. The impact of Family Start on child maltreatment was uncertain. He awa whiria provided a vehicle for Māori and non-Māori research and practice expertise to contribute knowledge to understanding Family Start and explaining these findings. This metaphor holds the promise of supporting Māori engagement with the growing use of linked administrative data.In 1998 the Aotearoa New Zealand government introduced Family Start, an intensive home-visiting programme for pregnant mothers and families with preschool children. The programme targets families and whānau 1 whose social, economic, and family circumstances put at risk good health, education, and social outcomes for their children. Referrals are made by a range of organisations and individuals, and families and whānau may self-refer. Families and whānau are generally enrolled prior to their child's first birthday and remain in the programme until the family can confidently cope and access support on their own, or the child reaches school age (Ministry of Social Development, 2016). Half the children served by Family Start are Māori (Vaithianathan, Wilson, Maloney & Baird, 2016).A recent impact evaluation of Family Start covered children entering the programme over the period 2004to 2011 -12 (Vaithianathan et al., 2016. During this time, Family Start workers made regular home visits (either weekly or fortnightly depending on need) and sought to improve parenting using a structured child development and parenting curriculum called "Āhuru Mōwai and Born to Learn" (se...

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Children in the Public Benefit System at Risk of Maltreatment

Cited by 89 publications

References 28 publications

Identifying divergent foster care careers for Danish children

Identifying divergent foster care careers for Danish children

Current Debates on Variability in Child Welfare Decision-Making: A Selected Literature Review

He awa whiria—braided rivers: Understanding the outcomes from Family Start for Māori

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