Child Welfare
Quality services for children involved in the child welfare system are crucial to positive outcomes. In 2007, an estimated 794,000 children were victims of maltreatment, and nearly two-thirds of them received welfare services. These children face disproportionate risks of health and behavioral problems and high rates of homelessness, school drop-out, and incarceration. PolicyLab's work seeks to improve the systems serving families in child welfare and ultimately increase the stability, permanency, and well-being of the children using them.
Children's Stability and Well-Being Study (CSAW): Collaboration of Schools & Child Welfare Systems
To determine strategies that strengthen the child welfare and educational systems' ability to support the educational needs of children in foster care, this project is conducting cross-system focus groups with teachers, school counselors, foster care parents, and foster care caseworkers.
Variation in Occult Injury Screening Across Pediatric Hospitals
This study investigates variance in hospital child abuse screening practices in order to understand whether child demographic information, hospital characteristics, or other factors affect adherence to screening guidelines.
Emergency Department Screening for Occult Abdominal Trauma in Physically Abused Children
This study aims to identify the prevalence of and factors associated with occult abdominal trauma in young children in order to inform evidence-based recommendations for screening practices.
