Policies and programs designed to serve children and families are sometimes misaligned
with developmental science research. Broad child neglect reporting laws, first adopted by …

The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018 affords child welfare agencies a new
opportunity to fund evidence-supported interventions to prevent children's removal into …

The role of, even the need for, child protective services (CPS) is being strongly debated in
the United States. Calls for change have come from a wide range of commentators …

Child neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment and neglect is present in 80%
of the child fatalities attributed to maltreatment. The disruption of child maltreatment must …

Get up-to-date information on children's and parent's rightsChildren have a basic human
right to be free of abuse and maltreatment. The late Dr. John Pardeck's Children's Rights …

The law governing children is complex, sometimes appearing almost incoherent. The
relatively simple framework established in the Progressive Era, in which parents had primary …

Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines
major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its …

Recent changes in public policy reflect increased efforts to scapegoat poor women and
children and to polarize the objectives of child protection and family preservation. This article …

A significant proportion of young children will be maltreated and become involved with child
welfare services. Of all American children investigated for child maltreatment, 20.6% are …

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