{"id":31940,"date":"2022-01-28T20:49:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T20:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caseyfamilyv2.wpengine.com\/cps-contact-race-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T20:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:34:05","slug":"contacto-cps-carrera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/es\/cps-contact-race\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfEl contacto con los servicios de protecci\u00f3n infantil var\u00eda seg\u00fan la raza\/etnia y el condado?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This summary synthesizes findings from a single research study, Contact with Child Protective Services is pervasive but unequally distributed by race and ethnicity in large US counties. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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What can we learn from this study?<\/h2>\n \n \n \n

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Involvement with child protective services is not uncommon in the lives of children, but the risks are unequally distributed by race\/ethnicity and geography. Prior analysis indicates that 1 in 3 children will be involved in a maltreatment investigation at some point in their childhood, 1 in 8 will experience confirmed maltreatment, 1 in 17 will experience foster care, and 1 in 100 will be involved in a case where parental rights are terminated. Outcomes are elevated for Black children across all decision points, and for American Indian\/Alaska Native children in the areas of foster care placement and the termination of parental rights. This study provides county-level estimates of the cumulative prevalence of the above four categories for the 20 largest counties in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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  • Population:<\/b> Children with CPS contact living in the 20 most populous counties in the U.S.<\/li>\n
  • Data source:<\/b> Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System; National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System<\/li>\n
  • Methodology:<\/b> Synthetic cohort life tables<\/li>\n
  • Dates:<\/b> 2014 to 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Citation:<\/strong> Edwards, F., Wakefield, S., Healy, K., & Wildeman, C. (2021). Contact with Child Protective Services is pervasive but unequally distributed by race and ethnicity in large US counties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118<\/em>(30).<\/p>\n

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    What are the critical findings?<\/h2>\n \n \n \n

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    Involvement in a child protection investigation is relatively common in large counties, but there is wide variation in the data at later stages of child protection involvement, with risk of continued involvement more common for children from historically marginalized populations. Among the 20 large counties:<\/p>\n

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