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Support Grows For No-Strings-Attached Cash For Families To Prevent Foster Care Removals

August 8, 2023 sarah JonasFeature Expert

Enthusiasm is growing for programs that provide guaranteed cash support for low-income families as a means to prevent foster care removals and decrease child maltreatment. Recent initiatives in California and New York have demonstrated promising results, and researchers like Will Schneider, a social work assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, are actively exploring the potential of cash transfers in the child welfare field.

Wayne State to collaborate with MDHHS on program to expand specialty courts for infants and toddlers in the child welfare system

January 13, 2023 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Wayne State University will collaborate with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and others on a five-year, $3.1 million grant from HRSA to support data-driven continuous quality improvement, evaluate the effort and serve on the state leadership team responsible for developing a statewide and local infrastructure to implement and expand the Safe Babies Court Team approach.

Temporary Child-Welfare Placements Target Nonwhite Children Disproportionately

December 21, 2022 sarah JonasResearch Results

Nationwide, children who are removed from their homes by child protective services for fewer than 30 days are overwhelmingly Asian American, Black or Native American, raising questions about the impartiality of states’ child welfare systems and policies, according to a Rutgers study.