Journal of Public Child Welfare

Article	Citations
Meeting them where they’re at: service provider perspectives on the needs of extended foster care participants	16
Satisfaction with child welfare workers and services: reports from mothers receiving child welfare services	15
Information needs of current and prospective foster caregivers: a content analysis of Reddit posts	9
Sexual identity development and sexual well-being: differences between racial/ethnic minority and non-racial/ethnic minority former foster youth	8
STRENGTHS-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT	7
Experiences of perceived support post discharge among foster care alumni: differences among LGBTQ+ youth and youth of color	7
The caseworker as an external locus of hope for LGB youth in foster care	6
Qualitative exploration of child welfare workers’ decision-making experiences and perspectives on fairness	6
Sinking or swimming: perspectives of the children without placement crisis	6
Understanding the roles and challenges of child protection employees in out-of-home care arrangements for children of minority and immigrant backgrounds in Rogaland, Norway	6
Supporting the educational success of children in foster care: the educational advocacy program	6
Synergistic benefits of inclusive leadership to foster child welfare workers’ job self-efficacy: race matters	5
Using a structured decision-making model to inform child welfare practice in Florida: safety versus removal	5
According to their own accounts: former child welfare involved youth recalling their participation in child protective services interviews that occurred at school	5
Exploring Organizational Learning, Risk, and Psychological Safety: Perspectives of Child Welfare Senior Leaders in Canada	5
Which participation practices can be found in child welfare service records?	5
Comparing population views on state responsibility for children in vulnerable situations – the role of institutional context and socio-demographic characteristics	5
Diagnostic disparities among maltreated youth in a child protective services agency	5
Exploring the relationships between self-care and well-being outcomes among child welfare professionals	5
Evaluation of a Brief Foster Parent/ Case Worker Training to Support Relationship Building Skills and Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth in Care	4
The impact of title IV-E training on public child welfare turnover	4
Identifying the essential competencies for court professionals to promote youth engagement in permanency planning in court hearings	4
Disparities in Mental Health Service Referrals in Child Sexual Abuse Cases	4
COVID-19 and resource families: an examination of ongoing impact and disparities	4
Factors leading to foster care reentry: experiences of housing unstable families	4

“Why is my skin so intimidating to you?”: Exploring social connectivity and racial identity of youth of color with foster care experience	4
The challenge within challenges: a common thread of instability in interorganizational child welfare practice	4
Attention to disability in child protection policies across four liberal welfare regimes	4
Service referral decisions for children involved in the child welfare system: modeling the decision-making ecology framework using latent profile analysis	4
Safeguarding children with disabilities: a life course perspective	3
Emotional abuse, an invisible aspect in Norwegian child welfare documents	3
2022 Article of the Year	3
The ripple effect of relationships: family preservation workers’ insights on what drives effectiveness	3
Child maltreatment prevention interventions for Latinx immigrant populations: a systematic review	3
A balancing act: a qualitative examination of foster parent rights and well-being	3
Experiences with and perceptions of the child welfare system during the perinatal period of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities	3
Development and validation of a new scale to assess motivations for fostering	3
Reproductive Justice for young Black women aging out of foster care	3
A propensity score matched pair outcome evaluation of a parenting program for dually involved youth	3
Bridging justice expectations in child protection: media influence and societal bias	3
The socio-technical organization of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in child welfare	2
Preliminary evaluation of a multicomponent youth development program for siblings separated by foster care: pandemic related impacts to service delivery and youth well-being	2
Building trust with children in collaborative processes within in-home child welfare services	2
Evaluation of the Strong Foundations training for the child welfare supervisor	2
Response to violence committed by children at welfare facilities: evidence from Japan	2
Longitudinal analysis of education training vouchers utilization and post-secondary education enrollment among youth experiencing foster care, 2019–2023	2
Examining the use of foster care during emerging adulthood in the United States	2
Burnout, resilience, and retention of child protection caseworkers	2
A longitudinal investigation of infants and out-of-home care	2
Child protection and safety concerns: some evidence from Ghana	2
Transformative lessons learned from COVID-19 to reimagine child welfare work	2
Do online parenting blogs discourage psychological maltreatment and corporal punishment?	2
Mandatory reporting of child abuse/neglect among substance use counselors	2
When forever does not mean forever: perspectives of foster care alumni following legal and relational permanency disruption	2
How do academic and career services affect employment, education, and disability benefit receipt in the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities who have aged out of foster care?	2
A Multiple-Path Model of Workforce Development for Improving the Fidelity of Family Team Conference in the Child Welfare System	2
Understanding vocational rehabilitation service access among adolescents and young adults in foster care	2
Using procedural justice theory to understand public perceptions of child protection	2
What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning	2
Stakeholder perspectives on acceptability of implementing a child mental health intervention in child welfare services: a pilot study	2
2020 Article of the Year	2
Who are our caregivers? An assessment of the characteristics of foster parents at certain foster parenting milestones across two states	2
“Resilience,” as Defined by Foster Youth and Key Stakeholders	1
The use of mental health services among children in kinship care: an application of Andersen’s Behavioral Model for Health Services Use	1
How to protect those who protect: psychosocial risks in child welfare workers during the pandemic	1
Using leisure in foster care to generate advantage	1
Community- and systems-level factors that contribute to foster care entry: Perspectives from child-serving professionals	1
Navigating the context of uncertainty in child protection practice	1
Integrating trauma-informed practices in child welfare: a process study of graduate education	1
2021 Article of the Year	1
Independent living skills program use and outcomes of youth in and aging out of foster care in Florida	1
Strengths, compliance, or deficits: examining professional viewpoints on the ‘realistic possibility of reunification’ for parents with children in care	1
A mixed-methods evaluative study of the life model of residential care for trauma-affected children and youth	1
“My heart is in the right place, but I don’t feel the court’s heart is beating”: perspectives on feeling valued from multiple nonprofessional stakeholders in child welfare court	1
Reinstating Parental Rights That Have Been Terminated: Finding Ways to Restore Legal Connections for Children Who Had Been in Foster Care	1

Child welfare futures: toward more poverty responsive child welfare services	1
Development and Application of a Self-Report Measure for Measuring Change During Simulation Training in Child Protection	1
Foster parents’ encounters with the system: the importance of child welfare workers’ traits in promoting satisfaction with the foster care system	1
From student engagement to school engagement of students: toward providing the luxury of engagement to youth involved with the child welfare system	1
Examining the feasibility and acceptability of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction program for frontline child protection social workers in England	1
The determinants of responses to physical abuse among Armenian-American school teachers	1
Differences in developmental problems between victims of different types of child maltreatment	1
Examining the impact of participation in a foster parent support program on child welfare outcomes in Georgia	1
Improving the policy-making and executive structure of the child welfare system in Iran, a qualitative content analysis study	1
Examining the roles of rurality and Latine ethnic density on child maltreatment report and substantiation rates among Latine families: A county-level analysis	1
Kinship Care: Evaluating Policy and Practice	1
Maltreatment of children with disabilities in the United States	1
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway: A balancing act	1
Economic impact of CarePortal donations in Glynn County, Georgia	1
The Cuyahoga youth count: one county’s prevalence of and experience data from LGBTQ+ youth in out-of-home placements	1
Physiological evidence of escalating stress during COVID-19: a longitudinal assessment of child welfare workers	1
Understanding subgroups of child welfare placement histories in the context of youth behavior and development: a latent class analysis	1
Examining a decade of Title IV-E outcomes: a scoping review	1
Long-term foster parenting: grief, loss, love, persistence, and growth in the face of tragedy and trauma	1
Examining prevalence and predictors of food insecurity for transition-age youth transitioning out of foster care	1
Persistent racial disproportionality in investigated and substantiated child maltreatment reports: Trend analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2020)	1
Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: equal and individualized treatment	1
Fostering a sense of belonging: The role of family terminology and discourse for individuals involved in non-kinship foster care	1
Impact of COVID-19 on the educational experiences of youth in foster care: caseworker perspectives	1
“Unfortunately what’s right isn’t always what’s best”: Exploring teacher and school staff experiences with mandated reporting	0
Centering unacknowledged histories: revisiting NABSW demands to repeal ASFA	0
“There’s so much history”: shared parenting dynamics in kinship families	0
Factors influencing the guidance of shared parenthood over time: Perspectives of foster care workers	0
Youth engagement in permanency planning within tribal child welfare systems: a qualitative study of current practice	0
To report or not report? How attitudes, values, and knowledge play a role in mandated reporting	0
Newcomer parents with child welfare histories: dilemmas of caring and control	0
Adoptive parents’ perspectives on adoption adjustment and post-adoption support	0
A balancing act: partnering with the media to provide a trauma-informed approach to U.S child welfare	0
Child and state factors in positive permanency: a multi-level survival analysis	0
Parental substance misuse and child welfare system involvement: findings from a community sample of parents and primary caregivers	0
“Siblings must stick together”: Chilean parents’ perspectives on sibling group adoption and post-adoption contact	0
Examining the role of the parent-caseworker relationship in child maltreatment decision-making	0
Retrospective narratives of challenges experienced during adolescence and young adulthood after child welfare-involvement	0
Incorporating data-driven decision making in family preservation: an examination of recurrence rates, case reviews, and lessons learned	0
Barriers to the involvement of extended family and fictive kin in the lives of children in foster care	0
Peer models for families involved in the child welfare system: a systematic review	0
“Unachievable adulthood?!” – exploring family formation journeys of care leavers in China	0
Behavioral health and legal system involvement among transition-age youth in foster care: a longitudinal analysis of youth in California	0
Beyond child abuse: the array of family problems brought to the child welfare system	0
Impact of COVID-19 on child welfare practice and implications for future practice: perspectives from youth, family, frontline workers, and other professionals	0
“They want to hear my voice”: facilitators of interprofessional collaboration among professionals supporting the education of children and youth in foster care	0
Intersections for justice: conceptualizing justice-centered child welfare practice	0
Mental health providers working with foster/adoptive families: examining the impact of COVID-19, telehealth/hybrid services, and professional quality of life	0
Preparing to be a parent for a child with ‘hard-to-place characteristics’: a qualitative exploration of Romanian adopters’ experience during pre-adoption phase	0
Intersectionality and the Overrepresentation of Black Women, children, and families in the child welfare system: A scoping review	0
Navigating the world of work: experiences and perspectives of care leavers in China	0
Indigenous children and the settler’s pursuit of land: tracing structural colonialism through the child welfare system	0
Effectiveness of parent–infant psychotherapy for infant development, parenting, parental mental health, and the attachment relationship: a review of the literature	0
Exploring child welfare worker wellbeing, organizational social context, and staff recommendations for change: a mixed method case study	0
Family poverty, family adversity, neglect, and entry into out-of-home care	0
The problems of social preparedness of orphanage graduates in Kazakhstan	0
Connecting technical assistance to implementation progress in child welfare capacity building efforts	0
Impact of visits on fostered children’s and families’ well-being: views of birth families, foster families and social workers	0
A fight to work with families, rather than against them: exploring social workers’ experiences of working within the family safeguarding model; an IPA analysis	0
Promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in child welfare: perceptions of public child welfare administrators	0
Strategies for utilizing research findings for policy, program design and practice in child and family social services: a synthesis of the literature	0
Children removed for inadequate housing are less likely to be reunified than peers: analysis from AFCARS data	0
Why do child welfare supervisors leave their jobs?: pathways to supervisors’ resignation behavior	0
Supporting LGBTQIA+ youth in foster care: Considerations for FosterCARE training	0
Secondary traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among foster parents	0
Connecting children and youth with their families during COVID-19: perspectives of child welfare workers and foster parents	0
Caring for children in foster and kinship care during a pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations	0
Enhancing care: child protective service workers’ perspectives and experiences of serving children with disabilities	0
Court-level stakeholders’ reunification decisions and perceived role in parents’ readiness to support early emotional development post-abuse and/or neglect	0
Navigating the child welfare system: the role of enhanced parent advocacy supports in child protection	0
CaseAIM: child welfare workers’ experiences using information and communication technology for case management services	0
Foster parent factors associated with placement stability: An umbrella review	0
A comparison of child welfare outcomes and cost savings achieved in diverse implementation contexts with 30 days to Family® intervention	0
Identifying children at risk for maltreatment fatalities: assessing the current landscape of birth match policies in the United States	0
Technology-Based Smoking Cessation for Youth Exiting Foster Care: A Pilot Randomized Trial	0
Online training in adoption mental health competence: what predicts completion and knowledge gains?	0
Understanding the health and well-being of adults 10-15 years after adoption from the US foster care system	0
A mixed-method study exploring the practice experiences and resource needs of a statewide service navigation workforce	0
Everyone benefits when there is another MSW in child welfare: exploring ways to support Title IV-E MSW student-employees	0
Utilizing focus groups to inform the development of a standardized pre-certification resource parent training curriculum	0

Leveraging Qualified Residential Treatment Program requirements to facilitate data driven decision-making: a guide for child welfare administrators	0
US Child Welfare Practice During the COVID Pandemic: An Exploratory Study of Working Conditions, Practice Experiences, and Concerns	0
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA): Where we’ve been, where we’re headed, and where we need to go	0
Exploring metacompetence in child welfare simulation training: toward a holistic model	0
Measuring school engagement for youth involved with the child welfare system: a structured review of the literature	0
Facilitators and barriers of using mental health services among children in foster care: insights from foster parents in a Southeastern state	0
An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families	0
State variations in child maltreatment reports among adolescents in the United States	0
Addressing disproportionality and systemic racism in child welfare: new directions for equity-based screening practice and research	0
Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Child Welfare and Court: Identifying Challenges and Implications to Move Social Work Practice Forward	0
Exploring self-care practices in foster carers: a qualitative study	0
Resource parents during two pandemics: navigating racism and COVID-19	0
Foster caregivers in crisis: a comparison study of the perceptions of foster caregivers and child welfare workers	0
The efficacy of a voluntary, community-based program in preventing recurrence of child maltreatment: Community Support for Families	0
Adoption from the perspective of Iranian fertile mothers: a qualitative study	0
Inviting Plain Mennonite and Amish families to provide foster care for children	0
A preliminary view of the use of telehealth in a child welfare agency during the pandemic	0
A holistic analysis of the effects on tangible domains of a multi-domain independent living program	0
Imagining a new future: elimination of child support obligations for child welfare-involved families	0
Mind-mindedness in non-kin foster care: relationships with caregiver-child interactions, caregivers’ parental stress, and children’s psychological adjustment	0
A statewide integrated child welfare coaching and mentoring program: Mentored workers’ perception of quality, impact, and satisfaction	0
The future of child welfare will look toward children’s health: the case of the Kentucky Health Information Data Sharing (KHIDS) project	0
Exploring the relationship between child welfare workers’ wellbeing, attitude towards responsibility for child safety, and their assessment of risk of future child maltreatment: a case study	0
Associations between child protective services workers’ attitudes toward kinship foster care placement, sociodemographic characteristics, and job characteristics	0
Child maltreatment in Swiss welfare care until 1981: former caregivers’ perspectives on the welfare context	0
State investment in Title IV-E stipend programs and child length of stay in foster care: a national study	0
Supervision in child welfare: Its importance to investigators and case managers	0
Association of municipalities’ economic context with the demand for child protection	0
Foster caregiver perceptions of facilitators and barriers of telemental health services for children in foster care: a qualitative study	0
Improving foster carer recruitment in Victoria: a mixed-methods approach to support tailored recruitment efforts	0
Disentangling the impact of poverty threshold and material hardship on child maltreatment: a mediating role of parenting aggravation	0
The mediating role of hope in linking perceived organization support to lower job burnout among child welfare professionals	0
A comparison of video and live performance approaches in a school-based sexual abuse prevention program	0
“Not if, but when you graduate”: Exploring mental health and higher education success among former foster youth	0
Foster parents’ need for greater information sharing when caring for children with prenatal substance exposure within child welfare	0
The Inclusion of Spirituality/Religion in Child Welfare Practice: Strengths and Barriers	0
Do intensive specialized services prevent family separation in parents with intellectual disabilities? A treatment effects analysis	0
A mixed methods study of how interprofessional communication relates to timely reunification in the U.S. child welfare system	0
Experiences of Psychologists in Applying Mandatory Reporting in Ireland (Children First)	0
Examining Employment Outcomes of Recently Hired, Older Workers in the Child Welfare Workforce	0
Reverse visitation between former foster parents and adopted children	0
Perspectives and experiences of preschool teachers in preventing and intervening child abuse and neglect	0
Children hospitalized for suspected maltreatment in Greece: who, why and what for?	0
“It breaks your heart for them:” exploring secondary trauma among foster parents: a mixed methods study	0
A cross-country comparison of child welfare system between Korea and the United States	0
What makes a case difficult: Definitions from child welfare workers and implications for workload and caseload management	0
Interprofessional collaborations in child welfare: providers’ experiences	0
Exploring alternative care options for children in China: recent developments and challenges	0
A multi-year study of camp-based reunification and the well-being of siblings separated by out-of-home care	0
Are county-level child welfare vulnerability and protective factors associated with child welfare involvement?: an investigation of geospatial child welfare equity	0
Estimating a national college enrollment rate for youth with foster care histories using the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD): limitations of NYTD and a call to revise and relaunch	0
Indigenous-centered racial disproportionality in American foster care: a national population study	0
Poverty and child maltreatment: a systematic review	0