US: Nearly Half of Children Experience CPS Investigations For Abuse And Neglect Before 18, New Estimates For Large Counties Show
Imprint – July 30, 2021
Following an international uprising over the breadth and depth of institutional racism and systemic injustice, a new peer-reviewed study released in a prominent scientific journal this month estimated child protection investigations to be far more common than previously thought — especially for children of color. In some American counties, more than 60% of Black children’s homes could be scrutinized by abuse and neglect investigators. In others, more than one in ten Indigenous children could be removed from their parent’s home and taken into foster care, the new findings show.
Also: New Study Confirms High Prevalence of Investigations, Loss of Parental Rights (May require subscription): https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/study-high-prevalence-investigations-loss-parental-rights/53687

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