US: Proper Supports Could Transform Child Welfare, Chapin Hall Brief Finds
Imprint – August 04, 2021
A range of concrete and economic supports could sufficiently stabilize families and children to the point that they could avoid traumatic involvement with the child welfare system, according to a newly updated policy brief by researchers from Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. The study synthesized existing and new research on the role of economic hardship in the maltreatment of children and how economic supports, when properly implemented, have been shown to help families function more effectively.
Also: System Transformation to Support Child & Family Well-Being: The Central Role of Economic & Concrete Supports: https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/Economic-and-Concrete-Supports.pdf