Child welfare involvement among children in homeless families.
An analysis of 8251 homeless children in New York City found that 18% of them received child welfare services over the five-year period following their first shelter admission, and an additional 6% had a history of having received such services before their first shelter admission. Recurrent use of public shelters, exposure to domestic violence, older age at first episode of homelessness, and larger number of children in a household were associated with an increased risk of child welfare involvement. The high rate of crossover between homelessness and the child welfare system suggests the need for service coordination for children in homeless families.
Park
Jung Min
JM
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Metraux
Stephen
S
Brodbar
Gabriel
G
Culhane
Dennis P
DP
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011632:Public Assistance; D011638:Public Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors