Research to Consider While Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services

Richard P. Barth; Jill Duerr Berrick; Antonio R. Garcia; Brett Drake; Melissa Jonson-Reid; John R. Gyourko; Johanna K.P. Greeson

doi:10.1177/10497315211050000

Research to Consider While Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services

Richard P. Barth, Jill Duerr Berrick, Antonio R. Garcia, Brett Drake, Melissa Jonson-Reid, John R. Gyourko, Johanna K.P. Greeson

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Abstract

An intense appetite for reforming and transforming child welfare services in the United States is yielding many new initiatives. Vulnerable children and families who become involved with child welfare clearly deserve higher quality and more effective services. New policies, programs, and practices should be built on sound evidence. Reforms based on misunderstandings about what the current data show may ultimately harm families. This review highlights 10 commonly held misconceptions which we assert are inconsistent with the best available contemporary evidence. Implications for better alignment of evidence and reform are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	483-498
Number of pages	16
Journal	Research on Social Work Practice
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315211050000
State	Published - Jul 2022

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child welfare reform
misconceptions
research-supported reform
social work research

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Sociology and Political Science
General Psychology

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