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Related Resources: Disproportionality
Includes State and local examples.
African American Children in the Child Welfare and Kinship System: From Exclusion to Over Inclusion
Smith & Devore
Child Abuse and Neglect, 26(5), 2004
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Describes the relationship of African-American children and families to the child welfare system and the practice of kinship care as an integral part of foster care planning in the child welfare system.
Benevolent Intervention or Oppression Perpetuated: Minority Overrepresentation in Children's Services
Crane & Ellis
Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 9(1/2), 2004
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Discussion of the overrepresentation of minorities among children in State custody.
Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Perspectives From the Child Welfare Community
Chibnall, Dutch, Jones-Harden, Brown, Gourdine, Smith, & Children's Bureau (2003)
Exploratory qualitative study of the child welfare system's response to children of color.
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Child Welfare and Civil Rights (PDF - 111 KB)
Roberts
University of Illinois Law Review, 2003
Ties the child welfare system's racial disparity to broader economic and racial inequities and argues that disparate State supervision and dissolution of black families inflict a racial harm.
Color of Child Welfare Policy: Racial Disparities in Child Welfare Services (PDF - 91 KB)
McRoy (2002)
Lecture transcript explores racial disparities in child welfare services.
Disproportionate Representation of Race and Ethnicity in Child Maltreatment: Investigation and Victimization
Fluke, Yuan, Hedderson, & Curtis
Children and Youth Services Review, 25(5/6), 2003
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Examines the disproportionality of racial and ethnic groups in investigation and disposition of child maltreatment.
Maybe Ignorance Is Not Always Bliss: The Disparate Treatment of Hispanics Within the Child Welfare System
Church, Gross, & Baldwin
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(12), 2005
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Study of the differences in child welfare practice between Hispanic children and White non-Hispanic children.
Minorities as Majority: Disproportionality in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
Green
Children's Voice, November/December 2002
Defines the scope and nature of disproportionality in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and looks at emerging research.
Race Matters in Child Welfare (PDF - 2596 KB)
Derezotes (2006)
In Permanency Planning Today
Describes strategies to prevent, intervene and eliminate adverse disproportionality and disparities in the child welfare system.
Race Matters Toolkit
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2005)
Designed to help advocates mobilize resources (data, knowledge, strategies, and tools) for vulnerable populations of color in order to reduce racial disparities/disproportionality and promote racial equity.
Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare
Mallon (2005)
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Audio recordings of a teleconference about racial disproportionality in child welfare.
Racial Equity in Child Welfare: The Role of State Legislators
National Conference of State Legislatures (2006)
Provides the agenda and materials from a 2006 annual meeting in Nashville, TN, including specific information on Michigan, Minnesota, Washington and Texas.
Recent State Legislative Initiatives
National Conference of State Legislatures (2006)
Outlines State legislative initiatives addressing racial disproportionality in the child welfare system.
The Role of the Caseworker in Identifying, Developing and Supporting Strengths in African American Families Involved in Child Protective Services: A Practice Guide (PDF - 66 KB)
FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (2006)
This guide will help child protective services caseworkers identify strengths in African American families and build upon them.
Targeting Special Populations for Family Preservation: The Influence of Worker Competence and Organizational Culture
Denby, Alford, & Curtis
Family Preservation Journal, 7(1), 2003
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Results of a national survey of family preservation workers regarding who is likely to target special populations, including children of color, for family preservation services.
Tribal Perspectives on Over-Representation of Indian Children in Out-of-Home Care (PDF - 611 KB)
Cross
Permanency Planning Today, 1(1), 2000
Examines the overrepresentation of American Indian children in the child welfare system and puts the situation in a historical context.
Understanding and Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in the Front End of the Child Welfare System (PDF - 711 KB)
Bay Area Social Services Consortium (2005)
Provides an overview of disproportionality in referral, investigation, substantiation, and out-of-home placement; offers theories; reviews interventions; and discusses implications for research and practice.
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State and local examples
Disproportionality in Child Protective Services: Statewide Reform Effort Begins With Examination of the Problem (PDF - 617 KB)
Texas Health and Human Services Commission/Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (2006)
Examines whether Texas's CPS enforcement actions are disproportionately initiated against any racial or ethnic group after accounting for other relevant factors.
Equity: Moving Toward Better Outcomes for all of Michigan's Children (PDF - 1519 KB)
FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (2006)
Discusses the overrepresentation of children of color in the child welfare system in Michigan and presents recommendations for addressing this issue.
Minority Over-Representation in Child Welfare Services: Child Protection and Youth in Conflict Cases 1995-2000: A Report to the Colorado Department of Human Services
Colorado Department of Human Services (2002)
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Study of the overrepresentation of minority children in Colorado's child welfare system.
Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System in King County Washington: Report, Quantitative and Qualitative Data on Racial Disproportionality (PDF - 370 KB)
Clegg & Associates, Inc./Wanda Hackett Enterprises (2004)
Discusses factors that contribute to disproportionality at different points in the child protective services process and proposes action steps to address them. Executive Summary (PDF - 38 KB)
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