Research has shown that relative caregivers are less likely to use formal supports and
services than non-relative foster parents. However, less is known about factors influencing …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence/predictors of mental health (MH) problems and
services use in 12-to 36-month-old children who had been investigated for maltreatment …

Social work has a unique history, purpose, perspective, and method. The primary purpose of
this series is to articulate these distinct qualities and to define and explore the ideas …

When a child must be removed from the family home, placement with a relative is often
sought because kinship care is the least restrictive and most family-like out-of-home …

Abstract First Nations (Native American) children are greatly overrepresented in the
Canadian child welfare system, and disproportionality in the substantiation of maltreatment …

Face-to-face interviews with 120 predominantly African American kin caregivers of children
in the child welfare system revealed significant associations between family functioning and …

Latino children and families are at disproportionate risk of experiencing a number of
psychosocial problems, primary among these being poverty. As of 2010, more than one in …

Objective To examine the prevalence/predictors of mental health (MH) problems and
services use in 12-to 36-month-old children who had been investigated for maltreatment …

Black and Latinx youth who are the subject of a child welfare investigation are more likely to
be placed into foster care compared to non-Latinx White youth. Foster care placement can …

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between caregiving stress and child
well-being (ie, child health and emotional/behavioral problems) among informal and formal …