Background Mothers who use drugs are more likely to experience child custody loss than
mothers who do not use drugs. The negative impact of removal on children has been well …

Objectives Our aim was to synthesize published scholarship that applies policy diffusion—a
theory of the policy process that considers the interdependence of government-level public …

Importance Although cases of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) increased 5-
fold in recent years, no study has examined national hospital readmission rates for these …

In 25 US states, healthcare professionals are mandated to report pregnant people for
substance use to child protection service (CPS) agencies. This practice is not evidence …

We advance a structural racism approach to understanding the variation in homicide across
the US states. We conceptualize structural racism by juxtaposing the conditions for Blacks …

Background Prenatal substance use can have negative health consequences for both
mother and child and may also increase the likelihood of child welfare involvement. The rate …

Current quantitative research on policy diffusion tends to focus on the citation relationship
between policies, while ignoring the nature of policy diffusion, that is, the diffusion of policy …

Abstract The John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood
(CFCIP) allocates funding to provide services to youth who are likely to age out of foster …

In May 2021, a reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
was introduced in the US Senate. This reauthorization substantially amends provisions …

Infants entering foster care are less likely to be reunified with their caregivers and more likely
to have parental rights terminated and be adopted, compared with children entering foster …