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• Closing the Front Door of Child Protection: Rethinking Mandated Reporting.

  Authors:Miriam Itzkowitz and Katie OlsonFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20226,374 words Report 1500LThrough an interdisciplinary and trauma-responsive lens, this article reviews the legal and social history of mandated reporting laws and family separation, examines the ethical conundrum of mandated reporting as it...

• Real or Imagined: Racial Bias in Family Assessments.

  Authors:Michele D. Hanna and Stephanie RogersFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20226,783 words Report 1360LQualitative content analysis was used to assess the presence of racial bias in completed family assessments (n = 49) in an urban county child welfare agency. Objectivity was assessed using five mutually exclusive...

• Using Institutional Analysis to Examine the Systemic Sources of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity: A Case Example.

  Authors:Kelechi Wright, Becci A. Akin, Kaela Byers, Sarah McCall, Dennis Alford, Amittia Parker, et al.From:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20228,531 words Report 1470LThis study sought to understand structural factors impacting lower and slower reunification among Black families involved in the child welfare system. Using Institutional Analysis framework, we present findings from case...

• Child Welfare Services: Its Ontology of Colonial Difference.

  Author:Mirna E. CarranzaFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20226,938 words Report 1360LChild welfare remains steeped in Western ontologies-reinscribing the norms of whiteness. This study examines the impact of child welfare and immigrant acculturation. The findings suggest that whiteness continues to...

• From the Editor: "Why are All the Kids Black and All the Staff White?": Anti-racism Work in Child Welfare.

  Author:Gerald P. MallonFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 2022696 words Editorial 1430L"What are all the kids Black and all the staff White?," asked Leslie, my then-nine-year-old neurodivergent daughter, when she was a child in the out-of-home-care system. Leslie, who is Black, was puzzled by what she had...

• A Note on Style.

  Author:Rachel AdamsFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 202256 words Brief article 1480LChild. Welfare follows the style guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition. In this special issue of the journal, some of our authors have chosen to use the lowercase...

• Parenting Amid Child Welfare Oversight: A Case Study of a Black Mother.

  Authors:Darcey H. Merritt, Rachel D. Ludeke, and Kimberly D. HudsonFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20227,435 words Case study 1560LChild welfare investigations disproportionately affect Black families in the United States. The Family Stress Model lends explanatory power to the lived experience of diminished autonomy in parental decision-making among...

• Introduction: Transforming Child Welfare through Anti-Racist Approaches.

  Author:Christine James-BrownFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20221,618 words Article 1680LThis issue of Child Welfare journal, Transforming Child Welfare through Anti-Racist Approaches, strives to promote discussion and research that encourages a more just, equitable, anti-racist approach to safety,...

• Navigating Racism in the Child Welfare System: The Impact on Black Children, Families, and Practitioners.

  Authors:Nia I. Cantey, Lamar W. Smith, Shemeka Frazier Sorrells, Dianne Kelly, Candis Jones, and Deborah BurrusFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20226,182 words Report 1500LThe child welfare system is a microcosm of white dominant culture within America. It reflects a history of separating Black children from their families guised as protective intervention, which has evolved into disparate...

• Families with Black Caregivers Were More Likely to Reunify? Explaining Findings from a RCT for Families who are Housing-unstable and Have Children in Foster Care.

  Authors:Cyleste Collins, Rong Bai, David Crampton, and Robert L. FischerFrom:Child Welfare (Vol. 100, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20226,221 words Report 1410LThis qualitative explanatory study examines findings from an RCT offering intensive case management for families who are housing-unstable and have children in foster care. Service providers offered feedback on why...