Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare Belanger, Green, & Bullard (Eds.)
Examining African American Fathers» Involvement in Permanency Planning: An Effort to Reduce
Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System (PDF - 193 KB) Coakley (2008) Children and Youth Services Review, 30 View Abstract Examines the extent to which African - American fathers» involvement in permanency planning influences children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child welfare case records.
What is the impact of systematic reforms and their resulting practices on
racial disproportionality in the child welfare system?
Particular community and family characteristics also were identified in this study as contributors to
racial disproportionality in the child welfare system.
But to truly overcome
racial disproportionality in school discipline, leaders will need to do more than just shuffle local dollars around.
Her recent work examines
racial disproportionality in school discipline, academic achievement, special education, and school finance.
Not exact matches
Disproportionality — The degree to which students
in specific
racial groups may or may not be at higher risk for being identified as having a disability and / or
in a specific disability category compared with students not
in that
racial group.
addressed to U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, requesting that the U.S. Department of Education stay on track to implement new data tracking rules that would standardize how states identify school districts with «significant
disproportionality,» or high rates of students from particular
racial or ethnic groups that are placed
in restrictive settings or are subject to discipline.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, A + Colorado, and 111 other organizations signed a letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, requesting that the U.S. Department of Education stay on track to implement new data tracking rules that would standardize how states identify school districts with «significant
disproportionality,» or high rates of students from particular
racial or ethnic groups that are placed
in restrictive settings or are subject to discipline.
Professor Bal studies
racial disproportionality and capacity building
in local education agencies for systemic transformation.
The Color of Discipline: Sources of
Racial and Gender
Disproportionality in School Punishment.
«For instance, Iowa is number one, out of all states,
in racial disproportionality between its population of African Americans and the percentage of African Americans
in its prisons.»
When asked what services would benefit children of color
in the child welfare system and address
racial disproportionality, respondents offered many suggestions.
Across the board, child welfare personnel
in all nine sites acknowledged that
racial disproportionality existed
in their child welfare systems, and offered varying reasons for its existence.
In summary, they attributed
racial disproportionality to external factors such as poverty and
racial discrimination, to community and family characteristics such as the lack of informal and formal supports, and to internal issues such as worker bias.
The project was intended to gain insight into the issue of over-representation (or
racial disproportionality) from the perspective of the child welfare community, including agency administrators, supervisors, and direct service workers, and to describe the strategies child welfare and child - welfare serving agencies use to meet the needs of children and families of color
in the child welfare system.
For example, evaluation of subsidized guardianship and licensed (i.e. paid) kinship care
in Illinois has suggested that such efforts can reduce
racial disproportionality (Testa, 2001).
For example,
in North Carolina, changes
in the child welfare system resulting from the implementation of the Families for Kids program did result
in a reduction
in racial disproportionality (Wildfire, 2000).
The evidence from this study linking
racial disproportionality to external factors is consonant with much of the literature
in this area.
Worker bias was repeatedly identified
in the discussions with child welfare workers
in this study as one of the reasons for
racial disproportionality.
Race Matters Toolkit Annie E. Casey Foundation Designed to help advocates mobilize resources for vulnerable populations of color
in order to reduce
racial disparities /
disproportionality and promote
racial equity.
Topics: Family Stabilization Programs, Reducing
Racial Disparity and
Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Programs
Topics: Placement Stabilization Programs, Family Stabilization Programs, Reducing
Racial Disparity and
Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Programs
Topics: Permanency Enhancement Interventions for Adolescents, Reducing
Racial Disparity and
Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Programs
Race Equity Review: Findings from a Qualitative Analysis of
Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for c
Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommend
Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families
in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to
racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for c
racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommend
disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for change.
The
Racial Disproportionality Movement
in Child Welfare: False Facts and Dangerous Directions Bartholet Harvard Law School Faculty Scholarship Series, 26, 2009 Explores whether Black children are disproportionately victimized by maltreatment and
in need of child protective services, and if they are removed at rates proportionate to their maltreatment rates.
Cultural competence Cultural competence
in all aspects of child welfare, including working with children and families,
racial disproportionality, services, and training.
Explores the prevalence of
racial disproportionality and disparity
in the child welfare system.
Alliance for Race Equity Center for the Study of Social Policy Provides tools and technical assistance to help agencies develop and implement effective strategies to address and reduce
racial and ethnic
disproportionality in the child welfare system.
National Research and Assessment of
Disproportionality:
Racial Equity Strategies, Tools, and Programs (PDF - 274 KB) Black Administrators
in Child Welfare & Casey Family Programs (2008) Discusses strategies, tools, and programs used
in nine States to prevent and reduce the number of minority children
in out - of - home care.
This issue brief explores the prevalence of
racial disproportionality and disparity
in the child welfare system.
Reducing
Racial Disproportionality and Disparate Outcomes for Children and Families of Color in the Child Welfare System: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative (PDF - 702 KB) Casey Family Programs (2009) Discusses the challenges associated with addressing racial disproportionality and disparate outcomes, develops a framework for change, and presents strategies for reducing racial disproportion
Racial Disproportionality and Disparate Outcomes for Children and Families of Color in the Child Welfare System: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative (PDF - 702 KB) Casey Family Programs (2009) Discusses the challenges associated with addressing racial disproportionality and disparate outcomes, develops a framework for change, and presents strategies for reducing racial d
Disproportionality and Disparate Outcomes for Children and Families of Color
in the Child Welfare System: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative (PDF - 702 KB) Casey Family Programs (2009) Discusses the challenges associated with addressing
racial disproportionality and disparate outcomes, develops a framework for change, and presents strategies for reducing racial disproportion
racial disproportionality and disparate outcomes, develops a framework for change, and presents strategies for reducing racial d
disproportionality and disparate outcomes, develops a framework for change, and presents strategies for reducing
racial disproportion
racial disproportionalitydisproportionality.
Courts Catalyzing Change (CCC) Initiative National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Provides information and research related to re-evaluating Federal, State, and local policy and makes recommendations for changes and improvements
in the dependency court system to reduce
racial disproportionality and disparate treatment.
Logistic regression is employed to explore the
racial / ethnic
disproportionality in behavioral disorder diagnoses and psychiatric treatment provision among 8763 males (57.7 % Black, 11.8 % Hispanic) and 1,347 females (53.7 % Black, 7.6 % Hispanic) admitted to long - term juvenile justice residential placements
in Florida.