US: Child welfare systems face additional challenges during pandemic (Includes video)
Cronkite News – August 25, 2021
Across the country, child welfare departments have had a tough time adjusting to COVID-19 and its effects. Before March 2020, state child welfare departments already faced placement capacity shortages and a pattern of racial and economic inequalities. These problems were exacerbated as families like Sprinkles’ began to feel the effects of the pandemic. COVID-19 worsened the existing crises while adding the difficulties of monitoring an at-risk population, partially remotely. Emerging from the pandemic are parents who face new struggles to support their children after losing jobs and stable homes.
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2021/08/25/child-welfare-systems-face-additional-challenges-during-pandemic/