The impact of income on reunification among families with children in out-of-home care

Lee, Jo Ann; Romich, Jennifer L.; Kang, Ji Young; Hook, Jennifer L.; Marcenko, Maureen O.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.10.020

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“…1 Although placement of a child in foster care is a recognized factor influencing children's health, behaviour, and social trajectories, very little has been documented about its consequences on the health and social outcomes of mothers. 2,3 Mothers of these children represent a highly marginalized and growing population of caregivers, who are disproportionately poor, racialized, and likely to have also been in foster care as children. 4,5 Among mothers, Indigenous women experience the highest rates of forced separation from their children, with census data showing Indigenous children comprising over 50% of all children aged 4 years and younger in foster care, while accounting for only 7% of the child population.…”

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Mental Health Harm to Mothers When a Child Is Taken by Child Protective Services: Health Equity Considerations

Kenny

2017

Can J Psychiatry

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Mental Health Harm to Mothers When a Child Is Taken by Child Protective Services: Health Equity Considerations

Kenny

2017

Can J Psychiatry

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“…Preventative interventions studied included home visiting programmes ( B. L. Green et al, 2017 ; Lanier & Jonson-Reid, 2014Lanier & Jonson‐Reid, 2014 ; Murphey & Braner, 2000 ), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy ( Lanier et al, 2014 ), and family supportive housing ( Hong & Piescher, 2012 ). Other more ‘down-stream’ interventions and services included family drug treatment court ( Bruns et al, 2012 ), cash benefits for families whose children were removed due to maltreatment ( Lee et al, 2017 ), and treatment foster care ( Larson, 2010 ).…”

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Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies

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Background This scoping review aimed to overview studies that used administrative data linkage in the context of child maltreatment to improve our understanding of the value that data linkage may confer for policy, practice, and research. Methods We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and ERIC electronic databases in June 2019 and May 2020 for studies that linked two or more datasets (at least one of which was administrative in nature) to study child maltreatment. We report findings with numerical and narrative summary. Results We included 121 studies, mainly from the United States or Australia and published in the past decade. Data came primarily from social services and health sectors, and linkage processes and data quality were often not described in sufficient detail to align with current reporting guidelines. Most studies were descriptive in nature and research questions addressed fell under eight themes: descriptive epidemiology, risk factors, outcomes, intergenerational transmission, predictive modelling, intervention/service evaluation, multi-sector involvement, and methodological considerations/advancements. Conclusions Included studies demonstrated the wide variety of ways in which data linkage can contribute to the public health response to child maltreatment. However, how research using linked data can be translated into effective service development and monitoring, or targeting of interventions, is underexplored in terms of privacy protection, ethics and governance, data quality, and evidence of effectiveness.

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“…Other evidence suggests that low-income mothers are less likely to reunify (Kortenkamp et al 2004). Findings from Lee et al (2017) contradict this evidence suggesting that the amount of income may be less important than the source of income, with women who are employed less likely to reunify than women who receive their income from public benefits.…”

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Imagining a new future: elimination of child support obligations for child welfare-involved families

Berrick

2021

Journal of Public Child Welfare

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As we imagine the next generation of public child welfare, efforts to identify and eliminate practices that are harmful to families must be pursued. This commentary uses available research evidence to argue against child support enforcement for child welfare-involved families. Although research on this topic is sparse, the evidence from the few available studies suggests that child support enforcement likely harms child welfare-involved families. It delays reunification, increases family financial precarity, is cost ineffective, and is anathema to the values of family support. Federal policies that require or encourage referral of child welfare-involved families to child support agencies should be eliminated to better promote family strengths and cohesion.

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The impact of income on reunification among families with children in out-of-home care

Cited by 13 publications

References 26 publications

Mental Health Harm to Mothers When a Child Is Taken by Child Protective Services: Health Equity Considerations

Mental Health Harm to Mothers When a Child Is Taken by Child Protective Services: Health Equity Considerations

Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies

Imagining a new future: elimination of child support obligations for child welfare-involved families

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