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KENTUCKY'S
RACE, COMMUNITY, AND CHILD WELFARE INITIATIVE FACTOIDS
Helen Deines,
EdD, MSSW, Professor Emeritus, Spalding University School of Social
Work
Member, Jefferson Area Core Team, Casey Family Programs Breakthrough
Series Collaborative on Reducing Disproportionality and Disparate
Outcomes for Children and Families of Color in the child Welfare
System, 2006-2007
Best Practice
Trends
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Juvenile
Justice
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Disproportionality
and Black Children
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"…there
are few things as dangerous as sleepwalkers."
Ralph Ellison,
The Invisible Main, p. 5
Disproportionality
and Latino/a Children
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Are these
issues just fads?
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What is
disproportionality?
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What do
we mean by disparate outcomes?
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Child Maltreatment
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Maltreatment
in Black Communities?
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Investigations
In 2003, aproximately
68 percent of all reports of maltreatment of a national basis
were investigated. Race seems to interact with other factors in
the decision whether to investigate.
Reporting
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Substantiation
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Placement
in Foster Care
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Race, Advantage,
and Foster Care?
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Exits from
Foster Care
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Reentry
to the Child Welfare System
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"The
Visibility Hypothesis"
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Services
to Families and Children of Color
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Disparities
in "Kinship Care"
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Mental
Health Services and Disproportionality
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