Re: race, termination of parental rights, foster care, etc.

[MLCorreia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Lisa,
Fred Wulczyn gave a presentation at the Child Welfare Data Conference entitled,
"Using Longitudinal Data to Get ot the Bottom of Racial Disproportionality."
I was presenting at the same time, or I would have attended! Perhaps you could get ahold of those materials?

Here are some other additional resources that are a bit more current:

Lu, Y. E., Landsverk, J., Ellis-Macleod, E., Newton, R., Ganger, W., & Johnson, I. (2004).
Race, ethnicity, and case outcomes in child protective services.
Child and Youth Services Review, 26, 447-461.

Needell, B., Brookhart, M. A., & Lee, S. (2003).  Black children and foster care placement in
California.  Children and Youth Services Review, 25, 393-408.

Vandergrift, K. (2006). Disproportionate representation in the child welfare system: Emerging
      promising practices survey. Washington, DC National Association of Public Child
      Welfare Administrators an affiliate of the American Public Human Services Association

Retrieved July, 6, 2004, from
www.aphsa.org/NAPCWA/docs/Disproportionate-Representation.pdf


There was also a study in Minnesota in 2005 - The African American Compartive Case Review Study.

Finally, if you haven't already seen "Children of Color in the Child Welfare System: Perspectives
from the Child Welfare Community" You can find it on the Children's Bureau web site.

I'm continuing to research this issue in NH, so please keep in touch!

-Melissa Correia
NH DCYF






"Lisa fontes" <lfontes@rcn.com>@cornell.edu on 09/14/2006 05:52:51 AM

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Dear Colleagues,

In the important article: Charlow, A. (2001-2002). Race, poverty and
neglect. William Mitchell Law Review, 28, 763-790.

Charlow described the particularly dire situation of African American
children being removed from their homes disproportionately, the parental
rights being terminated and their subsequent long stays in foster care,
often until they age out. This article was based in part on figures that
are
at this point a decade old.



Where can I find the more recent figures for children in foster care, by
race, likelihood of adoption, etc? I know the Anna E Casey foundation came
out with a study recently on Latino infants in foster care, but that was
based on 15 cities only, if I remember-I don't know how representative it
is. I am wondering if Charlow's observations continue to hold true, if the
situation has improved or deteriorated, how it is for American Indian
children, etc. Any thoughts on this?



All help much appreciated, on or off list.

Lisa Fontes, Ph.D.

Union Institute and University

LFontes@rcn.com

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