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7 results foundAuthor: Flynn, Brean Title: Designing and Implementing Differential Response Systems in Child Protective Services: A Three State Case Study Summary: There are many types of child maltreatment and interventions must be able to address these differences. Differential Response Systems (DRS) are an alternative to traditional child protective service investigations based on the idea that flexibility in responding to reports of child maltreatment is in the best interest of children and their families. DRS focuses on the whole family unit, instead of addressing only the children involved. Relying on strength-based support through home or community visits, DRS offer services to empower families based on their unique strengths, and individual needs and risks. Family assessments and traditional investigations have an equal focus on child safety, and reports can be referred for an investigation if concerns about child safety arise during an assessment. As with any human service system, reform can be daunting and more difficult than expected. This report documents accomplishments and challenges that Minnesota, North Carolina, and Nevada have experienced during implementation of a Differential Response System. Our aim, in partnership with Casey Family Services, is to outline the story of change and the process of implementing the DRS models experienced by this small sample of states. Based on information collected from key interviews and literature, including but not limited to evaluation reports on each state’s DRS model, we have highlighted several important similarities and differences across the three states. We hope that these findings will provide insight to other states considering the implementation of a Differential Response System. Details: Medford, MA: Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, 2011. 150p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 6, 2011 at: http://ase.tufts.edu/uep/Degrees/field_project_reports/2011/Team_1_Final_Report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://ase.tufts.edu/uep/Degrees/field_project_reports/2011/Team_1_Final_Report.pdf Shelf Number: 122666 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)Child MaltreatmentChild Protection |
Author: Children's Advocacy Institute Title: State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S.: An Evaluation of CAPTA-Mandated Public Disclosure Policies about Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities or Near Fatalities, with State Rankings - 2nd Edition Summary: This 2nd edition of State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S. grades all fifty states and the District of Columbia on their laws and regulations pertaining to public disclosure of child abuse or neglect deaths and near deaths. It includes an analysis of the elements of an effective statute and describes how each state includes or omits such features. The federal government has determined that the good that can be gained from disclosing information about child abuse or neglect deaths or near deaths will exceed any potential harm or embarrassment that some individuals might experience as a result. Through this report, the Children’s Advocacy Institute (CAI) and First Star aim to encourage each state to adopt laws that further the spirit and intent of federal law, facilitate full disclosure, and ultimately better protect children from abuse and neglect. State legislatures should formalize their policies in statutory form and agencies need to adopt binding rules to implement those laws. When states do have these predictable and enforceable policies encouraging transparency, we hope advocates within the states will use this report as a motivator to pursue appropriate remedies to ensure the proper enforcement of the state’s public disclosure laws. The Child Abuse Prevention and Training Act (CAPTA) acknowledges that, while maintaining confidentiality of child abuse and neglect records is important, there are some cases which have been carved out from this shield of confidentiality and must be made public. Specifically, cases where child abuse and neglect leads or contributes to a fatality or near fatality must be made public so that they can be examined to identify needed systemic reform. Thus, CAPTA requires that states have policies that allow for public disclosure of the findings or information regarding such cases. As of 2012, all 50 states and the District of Columbia accept CAPTA funds. It should follow that all states provide for public disclosure of information about cases of fatal and near-fatal child abuse and neglect. While every state now does have some identifiable public disclosure policy regarding child abuse or neglect deaths, unfortunately, a few states still do not have identifiable public disclosure policies that cover near fatalities, and many states have policies that fail to further the congressional goal of identifying systemic problems in order to implement meaningful reform. Details: San Diego, CA: Children's Advocacy Institute, University of San Diego School of Law, 2012. 101p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 24, 2012 at http://www.caichildlaw.org/Misc/StateSecrecy2ndEd.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.caichildlaw.org/Misc/StateSecrecy2ndEd.pdf Shelf Number: 125048 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)Privacy (U.S.) |
Author: Randour, Mary Lou Title: A Common Bond: Maltreated Children and Animals in the Home. Guidelines for Practice and Policy Summary: Practitioners, advocates, policymakers, and researchers now acknowledge that violence against children frequently exists alongside other forms of family violence, such as domestic violence. A shift in conceptualizing child maltreatment and family violence occurred, and it no longer seemed wise to treat those different forms of violence as separate, unrelated problems. In a similar spirit, A Common Bond examines the significant role that animals play in child development and in family and community life—whether the animals are beloved, mistreated, or simply forgotten. Accepting this moreinclusive understanding of the many currents in child development and maltreatment generates important questions: • How can child protective services agencies work with other agencies to both intervene sooner and enhance safety when homes being investigated for suspected child abuse or neglect include family pets? • What are the factors that need to be considered in these families? • How can abusers be held accountable while also protecting the close bonds that may exist between children and their family pets? • Does considering animal maltreatment as an important part of child maltreatment have implications for the identification of victims, the treatment of families, and legal and policy responses? Details: Englewood, CO: American Humane and The Humane Society of the United States, 2008. 53p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 4, 2013 at: http://awionline.org/sites/default/files/uploads/legacy-uploads/documents/DV-CommonBond-040811-1302285421-document-39019.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://awionline.org/sites/default/files/uploads/legacy-uploads/documents/DV-CommonBond-040811-1302285421-document-39019.pdf Shelf Number: 128201 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)Child MaltreatmentCruelty to Animals |
Author: Lindo, Jason M. Title: Economic Conditions and Child Abuse Summary: Although a huge literature spanning several disciplines documents an association between poverty and child abuse, researchers have not found persuasive evidence that economic downturns increase abuse, despite their impacts on family income. In this paper, we address this seeming contradiction. Using county-level child abuse data spanning 1996 to 2009 from the California Department of Justice, we estimate the extent to which a county's reported abuse rate diverges from its trend when its economic conditions diverge from trend, controlling for statewide annual shocks. The results of this analysis indicate that overall measures of economic conditions are not strongly related to rates of abuse. However, focusing on overall measures of economic conditions masks strong opposing effects of economic conditions facing males and females: male layoffs increase rates of abuse whereas female layoffs reduce rates of abuse. These results are consistent with a theoretical framework that builds on family-time-use models and emphasizes differential risks of abuse associated with a child's time spent with different caregivers. Details: Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013. 44p. Source: Internet Resource: NBER Working Paper No. 18994: Accessed May 4, 2013 at: http://www.nber.org/papers/w18994 Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w18994 Shelf Number: 128663 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)Child MaltreatmentEconomics and CrimePoverty |
Author: National Child Abuse and Neglect Training and Publications Project Title: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: 40 Years of Safeguarding America's Children Summary: The story of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) is one of interrelationships among advocates, researchers, policymakers, and public and private agencies. At times a story of challenges and obstacles, this rich history is ultimately one of cooperation and collaboration in addressing the critical issue of child maltreatment. It is a story told by the pioneers, past and present: Those who have led the field of child maltreatment research and practice, as well as those who continue to respond to the daily challenges of ensuring that children have an opportunity to grow into healthy and productive adults. CAPTA and the work that it has engendered are understood best in the context of politics, cultural events, and societal changes. Over four decades, CAPTA has progressed from responding primarily to the occurrence and effects of child maltreatment to focusing more on risk, protection, and prevention. This evolution has included broad recognition of the need for a multidisciplinary approach and development of vital cross-system partnerships. CAPTA is also a story of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) and its successor, the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN). In 1974, CAPTA recognized that a national problem required a national response and mandated the creation of a National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect to spearhead federal efforts. NCCAN, and later OCAN, provided leadership and funded the vital programs that helped to inform and transform child protection throughout the nation. The National Conferences on Child Abuse and Neglect are also woven into this rich history. Since 1976, the National Conferences have served to simultaneously drive and respond to the field by focusing on the most current thinking on child maltreatment issues and trends. The themes and content of these major training and technical assistance events reflect both the changing CAPTA requirements and the emerging work of NCCAN and later the Children's Bureau's OCAN, their stakeholders and partners. The story of the next 40 years is already being written: through innovative Children's Bureau-supported projects throughout the country; in the technical assistance being provided to states to improve child protection systems; and in the strong partnerships with states and tribes, national organizations, and recognized experts who help guide and support these efforts. The goal may be the most ambitious ever undertaken: a comprehensive child welfare system that supports children, families, and communities in ways that will prevent the occurrence - or recurrence - of maltreatment in the future Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau, 2014. 107p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 12, 2014 at: http://childlaw.sc.edu/doc/CAPTA.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: http://childlaw.sc.edu/doc/CAPTA.pdf Shelf Number: 132332 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)Child MaltreatmentChild Protection |
Author: U.S. Attorney General's Advisory Committee on American IndianAlaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Title: Ending Violence so Children Can Thrive Summary: Day in and day out, despite the tremendous efforts of tribal1 governments and community members, many of them hindered by insufficient funding, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children suffer exposure to violence at rates higher than any other race in the United States. The immediate and long term effects of this exposure to violence includes increased rates of altered neurological development, poor physical and mental health, poor school performance, substance abuse, and overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system. This chronic exposure to violence often leads to toxic stress reactions and severe trauma; which is compounded by historical trauma. Sadly, AI/AN children experience posttraumatic stress disorder at the same rate as veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and triple the rate of the general population.2 With the convergence of exceptionally high crime rates, jurisdictional limitations, vastly under-resourced programs, and poverty, service providers and policy makers should assume that all AI/AN children have been exposed to violence. Through hearings and Listening Sessions over the course of 2013-14, the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence3 examined the current epidemic of violence and evaluated suggestions for preventing violence and alleviating its impact on AI/AN children. This report presents the Advisory Committee's policy recommendations that are intended to serve as a blueprint for preventing AI/ AN children's exposure to violence and for mitigating the negative effects experienced by Al/AN children exposed to violence across the United States and throughout Indian country. The primary focus of the report is the thirty-one wide-ranging findings and recommendations that emerged from hearings and Listening Sessions. The Advisory Committee also examines the reports of the Attorney General's National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence in 20124 and the Indian Law and Order Commission (ILOC) in 2013,5 and incorporates some of the recommendations from these important reports that most strongly impact AI/AN children exposed to violence. This report contains five chapters: (1) "Building a Strong Foundation"; (2) "Promoting Well-Being for American Indian and Alaska Native Children in the Home"; (3) "Promoting Well-Being for American Indian and Alaska Native Children in the Community"; (4) "Creating a Juvenile Justice System that Focuses on Prevention, Treatment and Healing"; and (5) "Empowering Alaska Tribes,6 Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Attorney General's Office, 2014. 258p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 8, 2014 at: http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/defendingchildhood/pages/attachments/2014/11/18/finalaianreport.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/defendingchildhood/pages/attachments/2014/11/18/finalaianreport.pdf Shelf Number: 134286 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)Child MaltreatmentChild ProtectionChildren and ViolenceIndians of North AmericaIndigenous Peoples |
Author: Child Welfare Information Gateway Title: Establishment and Maintenance of Central Registries for Child Abuse Reports Summary: This publication examines State laws and procedures for maintaining records of child abuse and neglect. Most States maintain a central registry, which is a centralized database of child abuse and neglect investigation records. In some States, the individual State agencies that received the reports of suspected abuse or neglect are required to maintain these records. Central registry reports are typically used to aid social services agencies in the investigation, treatment, and prevention of child abuse cases and to maintain statistical information for staffing and funding purposes. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau, 2014. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 19, 2015 at: https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/centreg.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United States URL: https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/centreg.pdf Shelf Number: 134648 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)Child MaltreatmentChild Protection |