Objectives. To estimate the cumulative prevalence of confirmed child maltreatment and foster care placement for US children and changes in prevalence between 2011 and 2016. Methods. We used synthetic cohort life tables and data from the Adoption and ...

Per person, Black children are almost twice as likely to be referred to state or local Child Protective Service agencies as are White children. That discrepancy has been the subject of allegations of racism and even a movement to eliminate Child Protective Services (CPS). But a new study by the Brown School’s Brett Drake, and other

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.

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