Black and American Indian/Alaska Native children are overrepresented in child welfare and experience inequitable outcomes once they are involved with the system. Learn about racial disproportionality in child welfare and contributing factors.

Explore the overlap among families experiencing poverty and those reported to the child welfare system for neglect, the societal context within which poverty and neglect exist, and strategies for preventing and addressing both poverty and neglect.

Explore factors that contribute to racial and ethnic disproportionality and disparity in the child welfare system. The publication also outlines strategies to assist professionals with addressing these issues and decision-making along the continuum.