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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
It is not a broken system, it is a system that needs to be broken: the upEND movement to abolish the child welfare system102
Outcomes following child welfare services: what are they and do they differ for black children?46
Systematic literature review of foster and adoptive caregiver factors for increasing placement stability and permanency15
Caring for children in foster and kinship care during a pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations10
Attempting to operationalize a multi-dimensional definition of permanency in child welfare practice: results from a demonstration project9
Supporting disabled parents and their families: perspectives and recommendations from parents, attorneys, and child welfare professionals9
Feasibility of engaging child welfare-involved parents with substance use disorders in research: key challenges and lessons learned8
Attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of child welfare workers toward LGBTQ youth8
Child’s adjustment and parent-child contact after child placement into foster care: a systematic review8
Understanding wellbeing and caregiver commitment after adoption or guardianship from foster care8
Indigenous-centered racial disproportionality in American foster care: a national population study7
Children prenatally exposed to alcohol and other drugs: what the literature tells us about child welfare information sources, policies, and practices to identify and care for children7
Perceptions of agency leadership and intent to stay: an examination of turnover in the child welfare workforce6
The ‘cost’ of collaborating and other challenges in inter-organizational child welfare practice: a community-wide perspective6
Tuning in to Teens (TINT) with adoptive parents and guardians in the US: the replication phase of intervention research6
Kinship navigator program development: Listening to family, youth, and advocate voice5
Resilient Outcomes among Youth Aging-Out of Foster Care: Findings from the National Youth in Transition Database5
Moving from procedure to practice: a statewide child protection simulation training model4
Peer models for families involved in the child welfare system: a systematic review4
Substantiation of child maltreatment among parents with disabilities in the United States4
Physiological evidence of escalating stress during COVID-19: a longitudinal assessment of child welfare workers4
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway: A balancing act3
Child and state factors in positive permanency: a multi-level survival analysis3
Building evidence for family group decision-making in child welfare: operationalizing the intervention3
Impact of COVID-19 on the educational experiences of youth in foster care: caseworker perspectives3
Exploring self-care practices in foster carers: a qualitative study3
Trajectories of psychosocial functioning and attachment behaviors among children adopted in the Ontario child welfare system3
Comparing population views on state responsibility for children in vulnerable situations – the role of institutional context and socio-demographic characteristics3
The effects of neighborhood factors, maternal depression and parental emotional support on social – behavioral outcomes of children involved in the child welfare system3
Inviting Plain Mennonite and Amish families to provide foster care for children2
Fostering a sense of belonging: The role of family terminology and discourse for individuals involved in non-kinship foster care2
Kinship Care: Evaluating Policy and Practice2
Psychometrics of family empowerment scale scores for caregivers of youth transitioning from therapeutic residential care2
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA): Where we’ve been, where we’re headed, and where we need to go2
Persistent racial disproportionality in investigated and substantiated child maltreatment reports: Trend analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2020)2
Connecticut’s Family Assessment Response system2
Child protection agencies collaborating with grass-root community organizations: partnership or tokenism?2
Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: equal and individualized treatment2
Investigations involving urgent protection concerns vs. chronic needs: are there differences in post-investigation service decisions?2
Transformative lessons learned from COVID-19 to reimagine child welfare work2
Examining a peer-delivered program for child welfare-involved caregivers at risk for depression2
Identifying families who may be struggling after adoption or guardianship2
Intersectional individualization: toward a theoretical framework for youth transitioning out of the child welfare system2
A longitudinal investigation of infants and out-of-home care2
Trial home visits and foster care reentry2
Evaluation of a Brief Foster Parent/ Case Worker Training to Support Relationship Building Skills and Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth in Care2
A mixed methods study of how interprofessional communication relates to timely reunification in the U.S. child welfare system2
STRENGTHS-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT2
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
Predicting substance use treatment completion & reunification among family treatment court-involved parent–child dyads1
Enhancing Behavioral Health Services for Child Welfare-Involved Parents: A Qualitative Study1
Foster Parent Perspectives and Experiences with Public Child Welfare1
Factors leading to foster care reentry: experiences of housing unstable families1
Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) and child welfare outcomes in the United States1
A statewide integrated child welfare coaching and mentoring program: Mentored workers’ perception of quality, impact, and satisfaction1
Preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent youth development program for siblings separated by foster care: pandemic related impacts to service delivery and youth well-being1
Variation by race and ethnicity in the prevalence and trends of parental opioid misuse in child welfare: findings from the Regional Partnership Grant-11
Bringing fidelity monitoring to child welfare: lessons learned from the CORE Teen resource parent training1
Mandatory reporting of child abuse/neglect among substance use counselors1
Family poverty, family adversity, neglect, and entry into out-of-home care1
Experiences of perceived support post discharge among foster care alumni: differences among LGBTQ+ youth and youth of color1
The use of mental health services among children in kinship care: an application of Andersen’s Behavioral Model for Health Services Use1
Service utilization and association with recurrences of child maltreatment post-reunification1
What makes a case difficult: Definitions from child welfare workers and implications for workload and caseload management1
Policy on the ground: caseworker perspectives on implementing alternative response1
Validating the factor structure of the drug free schools and communities scale for child welfare involved youth1
The intersection of child welfare, intimate partner violence and child custody disputes: secondary data analysis of the Ontario incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect1
Scottish children’s panels: Where volunteers are essential for fostering child well-being1
Experiences of Psychologists in Applying Mandatory Reporting in Ireland (Children First)1
Differences in developmental problems between victims of different types of child maltreatment1
Sexual identity development and sexual well-being: differences between racial/ethnic minority and non-racial/ethnic minority former foster youth1
Service provider perspectives on educational needs of students transitioning from foster care to permanency placements1
Secondary traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among foster parents1
COVID-19 and resource families: an examination of ongoing impact and disparities1
Absorptive capacity in child welfare: a qualitative study with child welfare staff eliciting key factors for evidence-based practice adoption1
Measuring school engagement for youth involved with the child welfare system: a structured review of the literature1
Who are our caregivers? An assessment of the characteristics of foster parents at certain foster parenting milestones across two states1
A preliminary view of the use of telehealth in a child welfare agency during the pandemic0
Child maltreatment prevention interventions for Latinx immigrant populations: a systematic review0
A principles-based approach to evaluating family engagement group strategies: Lessons from a IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project0
Navigating the child welfare system: the role of enhanced parent advocacy supports in child protection0
Using a structured decision-making model to inform child welfare practice in Florida: safety versus removal0
“Unfortunately what’s right isn’t always what’s best”: Exploring teacher and school staff experiences with mandated reporting0
Establishing centers of excellence: a primer for child welfare0
Call for commentaries: Child Welfare Futures0
Foster parent factors associated with placement stability: An umbrella review0
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
Do online parenting blogs discourage psychological maltreatment and corporal punishment?0
The Inclusion of Spirituality/Religion in Child Welfare Practice: Strengths and Barriers0
Burnout, resilience, and retention of child protection caseworkers0
Diagnostic disparities among maltreated youth in a child protective services agency0
The future of child welfare will look toward children’s health: the case of the Kentucky Health Information Data Sharing (KHIDS) project0
The socio-technical organization of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in child welfare0
Exploring Organizational Learning, Risk, and Psychological Safety: Perspectives of Child Welfare Senior Leaders in Canada0
Examining the roles of rurality and Latine ethnic density on child maltreatment report and substantiation rates among Latine families: A county-level analysis0
Long-term foster parenting: grief, loss, love, persistence, and growth in the face of tragedy and trauma0
Court-level stakeholders’ reunification decisions and perceived role in parents’ readiness to support early emotional development post-abuse and/or neglect0
US Child Welfare Practice During the COVID Pandemic: An Exploratory Study of Working Conditions, Practice Experiences, and Concerns0
Technology-Based Smoking Cessation for Youth Exiting Foster Care: A Pilot Randomized Trial0
Keeping youth in the community through an intensive case management and family partnerships model0
State variations in child maltreatment reports among adolescents in the United States0
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Child Welfare and Court: Identifying Challenges and Implications to Move Social Work Practice Forward0
Barriers, strengths, and strategies for the post-hospital treatment of children born with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their mothers: a Delphi study0
Examining Employment Outcomes of Recently Hired, Older Workers in the Child Welfare Workforce0
2020 Article of the Year0
A mixed-methods evaluative study of the life model of residential care for trauma-affected children and youth0
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
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
Sinking or swimming: perspectives of the children without placement crisis0
The efficacy of a voluntary, community-based program in preventing recurrence of child maltreatment: Community Support for Families0
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
Reproductive Justice for young Black women aging out of foster care0
Behavioral health and legal system involvement among transition-age youth in foster care: a longitudinal analysis of youth in California0
2022 Article of the Year0
Understanding vocational rehabilitation service access among adolescents and young adults in foster care0
Which participation practices can be found in child welfare service records?0
A propensity score matched pair outcome evaluation of a parenting program for dually involved youth0
Child maltreatment in Swiss welfare care until 1981: former caregivers’ perspectives on the welfare context0
Connecting children and youth with their families during COVID-19: perspectives of child welfare workers and foster parents0
Independent living skills program use and outcomes of youth in and aging out of foster care in Florida0
The impact of targeted permanency and post-permanency services on continued family stability: an introduction0
Disparities in Mental Health Service Referrals in Child Sexual Abuse Cases0
“Why is my skin so intimidating to you?”: Exploring social connectivity and racial identity of youth of color with foster care experience0
Incorporating data-driven decision making in family preservation: an examination of recurrence rates, case reviews, and lessons learned0
Resource parents during two pandemics: navigating racism and COVID-190
Exploring the relationships between self-care and well-being outcomes among child welfare professionals0
Newcomer parents with child welfare histories: dilemmas of caring and control0
A Multiple-Path Model of Workforce Development for Improving the Fidelity of Family Team Conference in the Child Welfare System0
Qualitative exploration of child welfare workers’ decision-making experiences and perspectives on fairness0
Adoption from the perspective of Iranian fertile mothers: a qualitative study0
Barriers to the involvement of extended family and fictive kin in the lives of children in foster care0
A holistic analysis of the effects on tangible domains of a multi-domain independent living program0
A comparison of child welfare outcomes and cost savings achieved in diverse implementation contexts with 30 days to Family® intervention0
Intersectionality and the Overrepresentation of Black Women, children, and families in the child welfare system: A scoping review0
An exploratory study of foster child stress and behavioral health during Hurricane Irma0
2019 article of the year0
Children hospitalized for suspected maltreatment in Greece: who, why and what for?0
A balancing act: partnering with the media to provide a trauma-informed approach to U.S child welfare0
Supporting LGBTQIA+ youth in foster care: Considerations for FosterCARE training0
Using leisure in foster care to generate advantage0
Impact of COVID-19 on child welfare practice and implications for future practice: perspectives from youth, family, frontline workers, and other professionals0
Promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in child welfare: perceptions of public child welfare administrators0
Economic impact of CarePortal donations in Glynn County, Georgia0
Smart Start: a feasible intervention for young children with disabilities and trauma0
Imagining a new future: elimination of child support obligations for child welfare-involved families0
Utilizing focus groups to inform the development of a standardized pre-certification resource parent training curriculum0
Examining the feasibility and acceptability of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction program for frontline child protection social workers in England0
Children removed for inadequate housing are less likely to be reunified than peers: analysis from AFCARS data0
Child welfare supervisors empowered through MSW education: graduates of a statewide title IV-E MSW program for public child welfare supervisors describe their learning0
Reverse visitation between former foster parents and adopted children0
Perspectives and experiences of preschool teachers in preventing and intervening child abuse and neglect0
Examining the use of foster care during emerging adulthood in the United States0
Poverty and child maltreatment: a systematic review0
Implementation fidelity of the family finding intervention: the perspectives of permanency specialists0
Reinstating Parental Rights That Have Been Terminated: Finding Ways to Restore Legal Connections for Children Who Had Been in Foster Care0
Navigating the context of uncertainty in child protection practice0
Community- and systems-level factors that contribute to foster care entry: Perspectives from child-serving professionals0
Development and Application of a Self-Report Measure for Measuring Change During Simulation Training in Child Protection0
Understanding subgroups of child welfare placement histories in the context of youth behavior and development: a latent class analysis0
“Resilience,” as Defined by Foster Youth and Key Stakeholders0
“There’s so much history”: shared parenting dynamics in kinship families0
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
To report or not report? How attitudes, values, and knowledge play a role in mandated reporting0
2021 Article of the Year0
Understanding the health and well-being of adults 10-15 years after adoption from the US foster care system0
Assessing the relationship between client-perpetrated violence and intentions to leave child welfare0
Leveraging Qualified Residential Treatment Program requirements to facilitate data driven decision-making: a guide for child welfare administrators0
The caseworker as an external locus of hope for LGB youth in foster care0
From student engagement to school engagement of students: toward providing the luxury of engagement to youth involved with the child welfare system0
Centering unacknowledged histories: revisiting NABSW demands to repeal ASFA0
Attention to disability in child protection policies across four liberal welfare regimes0
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