The Institutional Analysis: A Tool for Diagnosing Structural Contributors to Racial Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Welfare

Weber, Kristen; Morrison, Sarah

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54314-3_19

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“…The overwhelming number of children of color in the CWS, combined with the unremarkable services while there and subsequent adverse developmental outcomes, create a dynamic of dysfunction that underscores a need for reconstructing the CWS. Some researchers and practitioners have argued that the phenomenon of racial disproportionality is fundamentally inherent in American values of child-rearing, which is projected onto the American CWS (Dettlaff, 2021;Weber & Morrison, 2021). Many others have examined the confluence of social and systemic factors, such as racism and poverty, as underlying factors within a circuitous and duplicitous agency that creates and worsens the very cycle of dysfunction that it is intended to shield (Broadhurst & Mason, 2020;Roberts, 2021).…”

Section: Disproportionality and Disparitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding challenges for children of color in the child welfare system.

2024

Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Psychological Research and Best Practices.

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Section: Disproportionality and Disparitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding challenges for children of color in the child welfare system.

2024

Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Psychological Research and Best Practices.

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“…The conventional use of single demographic variables as proxies for population groups (race, sex, class, and income) can never fully capture their intersectional identities and the nuanced ways individuals and groups come into contact with the CW/CPS system. Instead, we should ask how to counter historical and structural racism that is embedded in the child welfare system and instead commit to research that incorporates meaningful measures to eliminate racism and other forms of systemic oppression (Alson, Robinson, Pittman, & Doll, 2021; Weber & Morrison, 2021).…”

Section: Structural and Institutional Racism From An Intersectional Lensmentioning

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What Counts as Evidence in Child Welfare Research?

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Kanuha

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Research on Social Work Practice

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In this commentary, we respond to Barth, R. P., Berrick, J. D., Garcia, A. R., Drake, B., Jonson-Reid, M., Gyouroko, J. R., and Greeson, J. K. P. (2021). Research to consider while effectively re-designing child welfare services. Research on Social Work Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315211050000 and critique their premise that Western-based research with population-level administrative data is the best and only valid evidence on which to base child welfare policy and practice changes. We offer an alternative viewpoint on what forms of evidence should be brought to bear as we consider re-envisioning the child welfare system, highlighting the importance of lived experience and the need to consider the evidence regarding all marginalized racial and ethnic groups. We argue that evidence should represent the perspectives of those with lived experience and that collaborative child welfare research can strengthen the validity of analyses and interpretations. We hold that Barth et al. ask and answer the wrong questions. We press for deeper critical reflection, a more nuanced intersectional lens, and urgent action to address structural and institutional racism in the child welfare system.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Foster Care Placement Stability

2021

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OBJECTIVES To examine the impact of cumulative adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on a child’s foster care placement stability in Kansas. METHODS Secondary data analysis was conducted by using a purposive cohort sample of 2998 children, from 6 to 18 years old, in Kansas’s foster care system between October 2015 and July 2019. Multivariate hierarchical logistic regression models were used to examine the influence of cumulative ACEs on a child's placement stability. ACEs were measured at foster care intake and self-reported by the child. Placement stability variables were obtained through the state administrative database. RESULTS Children in foster care with greater cumulative ACE exposure were significantly more likely to experience placement instability. Compared to children with 1 to 5 ACEs, when controlling for all other variables, children with ≥10 ACEs had an increased odds of experiencing placement instability by 31% (odds ratio: 1.31; P < .05); and children with 6 to 9 ACEs had a 52% (odds ratio: 1.52, P < .001) increased odds of experiencing placement instability. A child’s race, biological sex, age at episode start, and whether they had siblings in foster care all significantly influenced placement instability. CONCLUSIONS Findings from this study, in conjunction with previous research on ACEs and foster care, highlight the need to proactively address ACEs and trauma exposure at foster care entry.

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The Institutional Analysis: A Tool for Diagnosing Structural Contributors to Racial Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Welfare

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Understanding challenges for children of color in the child welfare system.

Understanding challenges for children of color in the child welfare system.

What Counts as Evidence in Child Welfare Research?

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Foster Care Placement Stability

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