title: Reforming child protective services.
abstract: Child welfare analysts, practitioners, and the general public all agree: the child protective services system (CPS) is in crisis and is in urgent need of reform. Children at risk are not being adequately protected, and they and their families are not receiving the services that they need. This article briefly reviews the problems facing CPS today, outlines a vision for reforming CPS, and suggests ways to move from today's CPS to the CPS of the future.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waldfogel
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002669:Child Welfare; D003256:Community Participation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States