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5 results foundAuthor: Cusick, Gretchen Ruth Title: Crime During the Transition to Adulthood: How Youth Fare as They Leave Out-of-Home Care Summary: This study examines criminal behavior and criminal justice system involvement among youth making the transition from out-of-home care to independent adulthood. It considers the importance of earlier experiences with maltreatment and within the child welfare system on criminal behavior during the transition to adulthood. In addition, it examines whether social bonds predict criminal behavior and the risk for criminal justice involvement among former foster youth. Details: Unpublished report to the U.S. National Institute of Justice, 2010. 83p. Source: Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118076 Keywords: Child MaltreatmentChild Welfare AgenciesCriminal CareersFoster CareJuvenile Offenders |
Author: Leone, Peter Title: Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems Summary: Children and youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, like all children, deserve a quality education that allows them to develop the skills and competencies necessary for them to become productive adults. Regrettably, this is infrequently the case. Many of these children and youth leave school without a regular diploma, and still others graduate without the academic skills and social-emotional competencies that constitute twenty-first learning skills. School-related problems are similar for students in both systems, which frequently serve the same children and youth. This paper explores the work that is being done in each system to better meet the educational needs of students within each system and those who are known to both - so-called crossover youth. The paper further challenges the two systems to think more holistically about how to operate in a seamless manner in meeting those needs. Details: Washington, DC: Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown University, 2010. 65p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 13, 2018 at: http://www.aecf.org/m/resourcedoc/CJJR-AddressingtheUnmetEducationalNeeds-2010.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118680 Keywords: Child Welfare AgenciesCorrectional Education, JuvenilesEducationJuvenile DelinquentsJuvenile Offenders |
Author: Hairston, Creasie Finney Title: Kinship Care When Parents Are Incarcerated: What We Know, What We Can Do Summary: When a parent is incarcerated, it affects their children, their extended family and the greater community. Family members who step in to care for the children during the parent’s absence face many obstacles. As well as practical considerations, such as domestic arrangements and financial issues, families must also meet the demands of the child welfare and criminal justice systems, and cope with the effects of social, community and institutional stigma. Many families are also dealing with issues such as poverty, and physical and mental illness. There are even greater stressors for the Native American and Latino populations that are over-represented in our prisons. Kinship arrangements made among these populations can be especially problematic, as parents may be incarcerated in prisons located far from reservation lands, isolated further by language barriers and burdened with fears that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) may remove their children from kinship care. Developing a better understanding of existing forms of kinship care for children of parents who are incarcerated is becoming increasingly central to our ability to address important social issues in the United States. Concerns about intergenerational crime and incarceration, significant increases in the number of women going to prison, and high concentrations of arrests in poor, inner city neighborhoods of color have directed considerable attention to the support and care of prisoners’ children. Kinship Care When Parents are Incarcerated examines the involvement of the child welfare system in children’s care and protection when parents are incarcerated, with a focus on kinship care. Kinship care is defined as care in which relatives other than a child’s parent assume parenting responsibilities for the child. It is a common care arrangement for children of incarcerated parents. There are three main forms of kinship care. Formal kinship care, also called relative foster care, refers to care provided by relatives when children are under the custody of the child welfare system. Voluntary kinship care typically refers to care provided by relatives when children are involved in the child welfare system, but not under the state custody. Private kinship care refers to private arrangements that families make without child welfare system involvement. Details: Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2009. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 24, 2011 at: http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Topics/Child%20Welfare%20Permanence/Foster%20Care/KinshipCareWhenParentsAreIncarceratedWhatWeKn/10147801_Kinship_Paper06a%203.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Topics/Child%20Welfare%20Permanence/Foster%20Care/KinshipCareWhenParentsAreIncarceratedWhatWeKn/10147801_Kinship_Paper06a%203.pdf Shelf Number: 122894 Keywords: Child Welfare AgenciesChildren of Prisoners (U.S.)Families of Inmates |
Author: Haynes, Alice Title: Realising the potential: tackling child neglect in universal services Summary: Neglect is the most common reason for a child to be on a child protection plan in England. By providing early help we can prevent children suffering unnecessary harm and save resources in a child protection system increasingly under pressure. This report draws on the views of 893 health visitors, school nurses, GPs, midwives, teachers and early years practitioners, and 18 young people (aged 11-24). They told us what help is currently provided by universal services to tackle child neglect, what the barriers are to providing early help and about their ideas on how services can be better supported to provide early help. Using this research we set out a model for the provision of early help for neglect in universal services and make recommendations for what is required to get there. Details: London: National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. 124p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 12, 2016 at: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/research-reports/realising-potential-tackling-neglect-universal-services-report.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/research-reports/realising-potential-tackling-neglect-universal-services-report.pdf Shelf Number: 138188 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect Child Maltreatment Child Protection Child Welfare Agencies |
Author: Williams, Mike Title: Evidence Based Decisions in child neglect: evaluation of an exploratory approach to assessment using the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale Summary: The Evidence Based Decisions (EBD) service aims to support social workers to make the right decision at the right time when working with families where there are concerns about child neglect. NSPCC practitioners worked in partnership with local authority social workers using the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS-G) to focus on improving evidence, understanding and decision-making. This report describes the different ways the EBD review was used and looks at how and why it differs from everyday practice, Key Findings: Social workers felt the review helped them make the right decisions for families: with 94% of the surveys returned, the professional felt that the review had influenced decisions. Professionals found the following features of the EBD helpful: requirement to be evidence-based - the EBD review required a score in each area of family-functioning and an explanation for how the data fit the scoring criteria professional challenge - the social worker and NSPCC practitioner were able to question and challenge each other about data underpinning their scores for family functioning more time given to the family - time dedicated to the review gave social workers more time to observe parent-child interactions in the home focus on parenting strengths as well as weaknesses. Some social workers said NCFAS-G provided more concrete evidence than assessments they commonly used, such as the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) triangle, and led to a more accurate assessment. Joint working helped improve the quality of evidence and understanding. Whilst one practitioner talked to the parents, the other practitioner was able to focus on listening. Sometimes issues such as workload or a lack of focus on identifying the key concerns relevant to neglect influenced social workers' ability to get the most out of the review. Some social workers felt that having the support of the NSPCC on a way forward gave them confidence to argue for a decision. The usefulness of the EBD review was sometimes limited if social workers already had evidence and a good understanding of what was happening with a family. Details: London: NSPCC, 2015. 84p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 12, 2016 at: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/research-reports/evidence-based-decisions-evaluation-report.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/research-reports/evidence-based-decisions-evaluation-report.pdf Shelf Number: 138189 Keywords: Child Abuse and NeglectChild MaltreatmentChild ProtectionChild Welfare Agencies |