Is it possible to modify neighborhood-level characteristics to reduce the rate of child maltreatment?
Explore findings from a study that suggests that strategies implemented at a neighborhood-level may effectively decrease child maltreatment.
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Can providing material needs decrease the rate of child maltreatment?
Explore findings from a study that shares how offering material supports to families is effective in reducing maltreatment.
What is the impact of a Title IV-E waiver kinship supports intervention?
Learn the findings from a study that examined the impact of a Kinship Supports Intervention (KSI).
How does the payment of child support impact time to permanency for children in foster care?
Learn from a study that examines how requiring child support payments to child protection agencies can impact time to permanency.
Do child care subsidies decrease rates of child maltreatment?
Learn the findings from a study that examines the effect of child care subsidies on child maltreatment.
Do perceptions of risk impact how mothers interact with social service providers?
Learn findings from a study that examined how low-income mothers limit their engagement with needed support services for fear of CPS report.
Upstream investment in children and families pays off
This resource highlights the tremendous costs of child abuse and neglect and the benefits of investing in programs aimed at children and families.
Are Universal Mandatory Reporting policies effective in identifying child physical abuse?
Learn findings from a study that examined the efficacy of Universal Mandatory Reporting policies in identifying victims of physical abuse.
Do states with refundable Earned Income Tax Credits have lower rates of children involved in foster care?
Learn from a study that examines the effect that refundable Earned Income Tax Credits have on the rate of children entering foster care.
Can decreasing unwarranted reports to child protection agencies improve outcomes for children and families?
Learn from a study that examines the relationship between previously reported sentinel injuries and later physical abuse in infants.
