Disparities in Child Welfare: Considering the Implementation of Differential Response Published by the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR), this issue brief seeks to explore the ways in which a differential response-organized Child Protection … Read More
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Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds Racial-Ethnic Fairness Section
Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds Racial-Ethnic Fairness Section Developed by the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and the National Juvenile Justice Network with support from the MacArthur Foundation, the Juvenile Justice Resource Hub provides timely research and information on juvenile justice issues and trends. In addition to sections on mental … Read More
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OJJDP Releases Updated DMC Fact Sheet-November, 2012
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published an update to the In Focus fact sheet, Disproportionate Minority Contact. This fact sheet provides an overview of OJJDP’s efforts to reduce disproportionate minority contact (DMC) in juvenile justice systems, … Read More
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THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM: SOCIAL WORKER PERCEPTION
This is a doctoral thesis by Marquita Marie Smith, California State University at San Bernadino – Presented 6/17 This study explored social workers perceptions of disproportionality of African American children in the child welfare system, with a particular focus how … Read More
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2017 USHRN HUMAN RIGHTS STATUS REPORT COVERS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
By Madeline Streilein The 5th edition of the US Human Rights Network’s Human Rights Status Report was released on January 15, 2018 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). The report was drafted “in order to highlight the issues that Dr. King organized around … Read More
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Each year since 1997, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has published a report on the well-being of children and families. Pending data availability, the Forum updates all 41 indicators annually on its Web site (http://childstats.gov) and … Read More
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Child Maltreatment Data Tool
Child Maltreatment Data Available Online The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has launched an online access tool of national data gathered from the Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4): Report to Congress. The NIS-4 data, collected in … Read More
Children of Immigrants Data Tool
Children of Immigrants Data Tool This database from The Urban Institute allows users to search for data relating to the demographics of immigrant children. (2012)
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National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services
In September, 2011, the National Quality Improvement Center on the Privatization of Child Welfare Services conducted the National Survey of Private Child and Family Serving Agencies in collaboration with the Child Welfare League of America and the Alliance for Children … Read More
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The Costs and Economic Impact of Violence Against Children
The Costs and Economic Impact of Violence Against Children. Pereznieto, Paola. Montes, Andres. Routier, Solveig. Langston, Lara. Child Fund Alliance. Overseas Development Institute. 2014 http://www.odi.org/publications/8845-violence-against-children-youth-child-rights-development-childfund-alliance