Understanding and addressing racial/ethnic disproportionality in the front end of the child welfare system.
Racial/ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system is a complicated social problem that is receiving increasing amounts of attention from researchers and practitioners. This review of the literature examines disproportionality in the front-end of the child welfare system and interventions that may address it. While none of the interventions had evidence suggesting that they reduced disproportionality in child welfare front-end processes, some of the interventions may improve child welfare case processes related to disproportionality and outcomes for families of color.
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Kathy Lemon
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Bay Area Social Services Consortium, Center for Social Services Research, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
D'Andrade
Amy
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Austin
Michael J
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D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012940:Social Problems / Q000208:ethnology*; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States