Journal of Public Child Welfare

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Public Child Welfare is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Child’s adjustment and parent-child contact after child placement into foster care: a systematic review12
Caring for children in foster and kinship care during a pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations12
Indigenous-centered racial disproportionality in American foster care: a national population study12
Perceptions of agency leadership and intent to stay: an examination of turnover in the child welfare workforce10
Understanding wellbeing and caregiver commitment after adoption or guardianship from foster care10
Attempting to operationalize a multi-dimensional definition of permanency in child welfare practice: results from a demonstration project9
Attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of child welfare workers toward LGBTQ youth9
Feasibility of engaging child welfare-involved parents with substance use disorders in research: key challenges and lessons learned8
Resilient Outcomes among Youth Aging-Out of Foster Care: Findings from the National Youth in Transition Database7
Tuning in to Teens (TINT) with adoptive parents and guardians in the US: the replication phase of intervention research7
Exploring self-care practices in foster carers: a qualitative study5
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA): Where we’ve been, where we’re headed, and where we need to go5
Peer models for families involved in the child welfare system: a systematic review4
Trial home visits and foster care reentry4
Child and state factors in positive permanency: a multi-level survival analysis4
Physiological evidence of escalating stress during COVID-19: a longitudinal assessment of child welfare workers4
A mixed methods study of how interprofessional communication relates to timely reunification in the U.S. child welfare system4
The effects of neighborhood factors, maternal depression and parental emotional support on social – behavioral outcomes of children involved in the child welfare system4
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway: A balancing act4
Building evidence for family group decision-making in child welfare: operationalizing the intervention3
Investigations involving urgent protection concerns vs. chronic needs: are there differences in post-investigation service decisions?3
Trajectories of psychosocial functioning and attachment behaviors among children adopted in the Ontario child welfare system3
Kinship Care: Evaluating Policy and Practice3
Policy on the ground: caseworker perspectives on implementing alternative response3
Evaluation of a Brief Foster Parent/ Case Worker Training to Support Relationship Building Skills and Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth in Care3
Comparing population views on state responsibility for children in vulnerable situations – the role of institutional context and socio-demographic characteristics3
A longitudinal investigation of infants and out-of-home care3
Preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent youth development program for siblings separated by foster care: pandemic related impacts to service delivery and youth well-being3
Transformative lessons learned from COVID-19 to reimagine child welfare work3
Impact of COVID-19 on the educational experiences of youth in foster care: caseworker perspectives3
Differences in developmental problems between victims of different types of child maltreatment2
Intersectional individualization: toward a theoretical framework for youth transitioning out of the child welfare system2
Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: equal and individualized treatment2
A statewide integrated child welfare coaching and mentoring program: Mentored workers’ perception of quality, impact, and satisfaction2
STRENGTHS-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT2
Inviting Plain Mennonite and Amish families to provide foster care for children2
Factors leading to foster care reentry: experiences of housing unstable families2
The impact of title IV-E training on public child welfare turnover2
Enhancing Behavioral Health Services for Child Welfare-Involved Parents: A Qualitative Study2
Child protection agencies collaborating with grass-root community organizations: partnership or tokenism?2
Secondary traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among foster parents2
Fostering a sense of belonging: The role of family terminology and discourse for individuals involved in non-kinship foster care2
Persistent racial disproportionality in investigated and substantiated child maltreatment reports: Trend analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2020)2
The socio-technical organization of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in child welfare1
“Resilience,” as Defined by Foster Youth and Key Stakeholders1
Which participation practices can be found in child welfare service records?1
Smart Start: a feasible intervention for young children with disabilities and trauma1
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Child Welfare and Court: Identifying Challenges and Implications to Move Social Work Practice Forward1
Predicting substance use treatment completion & reunification among family treatment court-involved parent–child dyads1
Experiences of perceived support post discharge among foster care alumni: differences among LGBTQ+ youth and youth of color1
Foster Parent Perspectives and Experiences with Public Child Welfare1
An exploratory study of foster child stress and behavioral health during Hurricane Irma1
A comparison of child welfare outcomes and cost savings achieved in diverse implementation contexts with 30 days to Family® intervention1
Absorptive capacity in child welfare: a qualitative study with child welfare staff eliciting key factors for evidence-based practice adoption1
Centering unacknowledged histories: revisiting NABSW demands to repeal ASFA1
Estimating a national college enrollment rate for youth with foster care histories using the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD): limitations of NYTD and a call to revise and relaunch1
Bringing fidelity monitoring to child welfare: lessons learned from the CORE Teen resource parent training1
Family poverty, family adversity, neglect, and entry into out-of-home care1
Mandatory reporting of child abuse/neglect among substance use counselors1
Integrating trauma-informed practices in child welfare: a process study of graduate education1
“There’s so much history”: shared parenting dynamics in kinship families1
Sexual identity development and sexual well-being: differences between racial/ethnic minority and non-racial/ethnic minority former foster youth1
The future of child welfare will look toward children’s health: the case of the Kentucky Health Information Data Sharing (KHIDS) project1
Service utilization and association with recurrences of child maltreatment post-reunification1
COVID-19 and resource families: an examination of ongoing impact and disparities1
Measuring school engagement for youth involved with the child welfare system: a structured review of the literature1
What makes a case difficult: Definitions from child welfare workers and implications for workload and caseload management1
Exploring the relationships between self-care and well-being outcomes among child welfare professionals1
Who are our caregivers? An assessment of the characteristics of foster parents at certain foster parenting milestones across two states1
Exploring alternative care options for children in China: recent developments and challenges1
Experiences of Psychologists in Applying Mandatory Reporting in Ireland (Children First)1
Child maltreatment in Swiss welfare care until 1981: former caregivers’ perspectives on the welfare context1
Service provider perspectives on educational needs of students transitioning from foster care to permanency placements1
The use of mental health services among children in kinship care: an application of Andersen’s Behavioral Model for Health Services Use1
Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) and child welfare outcomes in the United States1
Poverty and child maltreatment: a systematic review1
Impact of visits on fostered children’s and families’ well-being: views of birth families, foster families and social workers0
Navigating the world of work: experiences and perspectives of care leavers in China0
Barriers to the involvement of extended family and fictive kin in the lives of children in foster care0
Attention to disability in child protection policies across four liberal welfare regimes0
Connecting children and youth with their families during COVID-19: perspectives of child welfare workers and foster parents0
Perspectives and experiences of preschool teachers in preventing and intervening child abuse and neglect0
Impact of COVID-19 on child welfare practice and implications for future practice: perspectives from youth, family, frontline workers, and other professionals0
Navigating the child welfare system: the role of enhanced parent advocacy supports in child protection0
Foster parent factors associated with placement stability: An umbrella review0
“Siblings must stick together”: Chilean parents’ perspectives on sibling group adoption and post-adoption contact0
Child maltreatment prevention interventions for Latinx immigrant populations: a systematic review0
According to their own accounts: former child welfare involved youth recalling their participation in child protective services interviews that occurred at school0
The caseworker as an external locus of hope for LGB youth in foster care0
Understanding the roles and challenges of child protection employees in out-of-home care arrangements for children of minority and immigrant backgrounds in Rogaland, Norway0
Understanding vocational rehabilitation service access among adolescents and young adults in foster care0
Using procedural justice theory to understand public perceptions of child protection0
Disentangling the impact of poverty threshold and material hardship on child maltreatment: a mediating role of parenting aggravation0
Examining the use of foster care during emerging adulthood in the United States0
Safeguarding children with disabilities: a life course perspective0
Community- and systems-level factors that contribute to foster care entry: Perspectives from child-serving professionals0
Children hospitalized for suspected maltreatment in Greece: who, why and what for?0
Children removed for inadequate housing are less likely to be reunified than peers: analysis from AFCARS data0
State variations in child maltreatment reports among adolescents in the United States0
Behavioral health and legal system involvement among transition-age youth in foster care: a longitudinal analysis of youth in California0
Examining prevalence and predictors of food insecurity for transition-age youth transitioning out of foster care0
A preliminary view of the use of telehealth in a child welfare agency during the pandemic0
Interprofessional collaborations in child welfare: providers’ experiences0
Adoption from the perspective of Iranian fertile mothers: a qualitative study0
“Why is my skin so intimidating to you?”: Exploring social connectivity and racial identity of youth of color with foster care experience0
Supporting LGBTQIA+ youth in foster care: Considerations for FosterCARE training0
Newcomer parents with child welfare histories: dilemmas of caring and control0
Exploring Organizational Learning, Risk, and Psychological Safety: Perspectives of Child Welfare Senior Leaders in Canada0
Navigating the context of uncertainty in child protection practice0
Examining the feasibility and acceptability of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction program for frontline child protection social workers in England0
“Unachievable adulthood?!” – exploring family formation journeys of care leavers in China0
Associations between child protective services workers’ attitudes toward kinship foster care placement, sociodemographic characteristics, and job characteristics0
Development and validation of a self-assessment tool to assess resource parents’ personal attributes, knowledge, attitudes & behaviors around caring for teens (RPSAC-T): an exploratory study0
The Inclusion of Spirituality/Religion in Child Welfare Practice: Strengths and Barriers0
Facilitators and barriers of using mental health services among children in foster care: insights from foster parents in a Southeastern state0
Building trust with children in collaborative processes within in-home child welfare services0
Leveraging Qualified Residential Treatment Program requirements to facilitate data driven decision-making: a guide for child welfare administrators0
Reinstating Parental Rights That Have Been Terminated: Finding Ways to Restore Legal Connections for Children Who Had Been in Foster Care0
Supervision in child welfare: Its importance to investigators and case managers0
How to protect those who protect: psychosocial risks in child welfare workers during the pandemic0
How do academic and career services affect employment, education, and disability benefit receipt in the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities who have aged out of foster care?0
Incorporating data-driven decision making in family preservation: an examination of recurrence rates, case reviews, and lessons learned0
Sinking or swimming: perspectives of the children without placement crisis0
Imagining a new future: elimination of child support obligations for child welfare-involved families0
Technology-Based Smoking Cessation for Youth Exiting Foster Care: A Pilot Randomized Trial0
Association between child’s mental health and emotional maltreatment among children in out-of-home placement in Israel: importance of the child’s age, poverty, domestic violence and number of maltreat0
The efficacy of a voluntary, community-based program in preventing recurrence of child maltreatment: Community Support for Families0
“They want to hear my voice”: facilitators of interprofessional collaboration among professionals supporting the education of children and youth in foster care0
A holistic analysis of the effects on tangible domains of a multi-domain independent living program0
Qualitative exploration of child welfare workers’ decision-making experiences and perspectives on fairness0
2022 Article of the Year0
Examining the role of the parent-caseworker relationship in child maltreatment decision-making0
Examining the impact of participation in a foster parent support program on child welfare outcomes in Georgia0
Court-level stakeholders’ reunification decisions and perceived role in parents’ readiness to support early emotional development post-abuse and/or neglect0
CaseAIM: child welfare workers’ experiences using information and communication technology for case management services0
Reproductive Justice for young Black women aging out of foster care0
What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning0
A principles-based approach to evaluating family engagement group strategies: Lessons from a IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project0
“Unfortunately what’s right isn’t always what’s best”: Exploring teacher and school staff experiences with mandated reporting0
Understanding subgroups of child welfare placement histories in the context of youth behavior and development: a latent class analysis0
Economic impact of CarePortal donations in Glynn County, Georgia0
Burnout, resilience, and retention of child protection caseworkers0
Call for commentaries: Child Welfare Futures0
Examining Employment Outcomes of Recently Hired, Older Workers in the Child Welfare Workforce0
Using a structured decision-making model to inform child welfare practice in Florida: safety versus removal0
Exploring child welfare worker wellbeing, organizational social context, and staff recommendations for change: a mixed method case study0
Do intensive specialized services prevent family separation in parents with intellectual disabilities? A treatment effects analysis0
Reverse visitation between former foster parents and adopted children0
Identifying children at risk for maltreatment fatalities: assessing the current landscape of birth match policies in the United States0
Long-term foster parenting: grief, loss, love, persistence, and growth in the face of tragedy and trauma0
A mixed-methods evaluative study of the life model of residential care for trauma-affected children and youth0
Understanding the health and well-being of adults 10-15 years after adoption from the US foster care system0
A multi-year study of camp-based reunification and the well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care0
The determinants of responses to physical abuse among Armenian-American school teachers0
The impact of targeted permanency and post-permanency services on continued family stability: an introduction0
Intersectionality and the Overrepresentation of Black Women, children, and families in the child welfare system: A scoping review0
The Cuyahoga youth count: one county’s prevalence of and experience data from LGBTQ+ youth in out-of-home placements0
2021 Article of the Year0
A propensity score matched pair outcome evaluation of a parenting program for dually involved youth0
To report or not report? How attitudes, values, and knowledge play a role in mandated reporting0
Using leisure in foster care to generate advantage0
Development and Application of a Self-Report Measure for Measuring Change During Simulation Training in Child Protection0
Effectiveness of parent–infant psychotherapy for infant development, parenting, parental mental health, and the attachment relationship: a review of the literature0
Establishing centers of excellence: a primer for child welfare0
Synergistic benefits of inclusive leadership to foster child welfare workers’ job self-efficacy: race matters0
Everyone benefits when there is another MSW in child welfare: exploring ways to support Title IV-E MSW student-employees0
Adoptive parents’ perspectives on adoption adjustment and post-adoption support0
Promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in child welfare: perceptions of public child welfare administrators0
Foster parents’ need for greater information sharing when caring for children with prenatal substance exposure within child welfare0
Assessing the relationship between client-perpetrated violence and intentions to leave child welfare0
Foster caregivers in crisis: a comparison study of the perceptions of foster caregivers and child welfare workers0
Retrospective narratives of challenges experienced during adolescence and young adulthood after child welfare-involvement0
A balancing act: partnering with the media to provide a trauma-informed approach to U.S child welfare0
Independent living skills program use and outcomes of youth in and aging out of foster care in Florida0
2020 Article of the Year0
Information needs of current and prospective foster caregivers: a content analysis of Reddit posts0
Connecting technical assistance to implementation progress in child welfare capacity building efforts0
Diagnostic disparities among maltreated youth in a child protective services agency0
An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families0
Resource parents during two pandemics: navigating racism and COVID-190
Utilizing focus groups to inform the development of a standardized pre-certification resource parent training curriculum0
Service referral decisions for children involved in the child welfare system: modeling the decision-making ecology framework using latent profile analysis0
A fight to work with families, rather than against them: exploring social workers’ experiences of working within the family safeguarding model; an IPA analysis0
US Child Welfare Practice During the COVID Pandemic: An Exploratory Study of Working Conditions, Practice Experiences, and Concerns0
Do online parenting blogs discourage psychological maltreatment and corporal punishment?0
Disparities in Mental Health Service Referrals in Child Sexual Abuse Cases0
Experiences with and perceptions of the child welfare system during the perinatal period of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities0
Supporting the educational success of children in foster care: the educational advocacy program0
From student engagement to school engagement of students: toward providing the luxury of engagement to youth involved with the child welfare system0
A Multiple-Path Model of Workforce Development for Improving the Fidelity of Family Team Conference in the Child Welfare System0
Examining the roles of rurality and Latine ethnic density on child maltreatment report and substantiation rates among Latine families: A county-level analysis0
The problems of social preparedness of orphanage graduates in Kazakhstan0
“My heart is in the right place, but I don’t feel the court’s heart is beating”: perspectives on feeling valued from multiple nonprofessional stakeholders in child welfare court0
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