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From page 211... ... CHILD MALTREATMENT AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AS DRIVERS OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY Adult Correlates of Childhood Maltreatment A large literature provides descriptive evidence that children who are maltreated (abused, neglected, or in other ways brought to the attention of the child welfare system) fare worse than their non-maltreated or non-child welfare-involved peers. Read the entire page →
From page 212... ... (2022) found that children residing in counties with lower child maltreatment report rates had a higher chance of intergenerational income mobility than those in counties with higher maltreatment rates. Read the entire page →
From page 213... ... , unrelated foster parents, or congregate care. Although they make up only a small share of those who experience maltreatment or child welfare involvement, foster care children are a very important group, as their families tend to be the most disadvantaged and the children themselves tend to face numerous challenges in adulthood.3 There is a large descriptive literature on children who are removed from their homes and placed into some form of out-of-home care. Read the entire page →
From page 214... ... Conclusion 10-1: Children who have been maltreated and (or) involved with child welfare are at elevated risk of intergenerational poverty. Read the entire page →
From page 215... ... Appendix C: Chapter 10 reviews the literature on four additional possible policy approaches: minimum wages, cash welfare programs, home visitation programs, and early care and education programs. Parental Income and Employment An extensive literature has documented that income and poverty are highly correlated with child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement. Read the entire page →
From page 216... ... However, given that populations of color, and Black and Native American populations in particular, are disproportionately likely to have both low family incomes and be involved in the child welfare system-involved, economic support policies have the potential to disproportionately benefit these groups and, thereby, to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement. Read the entire page →

From page 211...

... CHILD MALTREATMENT AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AS DRIVERS OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY Adult Correlates of Childhood Maltreatment A large literature provides descriptive evidence that children who are maltreated (abused, neglected, or in other ways brought to the attention of the child welfare system) fare worse than their non-maltreated or non-child welfare-involved peers.

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From page 212...

... (2022) found that children residing in counties with lower child maltreatment report rates had a higher chance of intergenerational income mobility than those in counties with higher maltreatment rates.

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From page 213...

... , unrelated foster parents, or congregate care. Although they make up only a small share of those who experience maltreatment or child welfare involvement, foster care children are a very important group, as their families tend to be the most disadvantaged and the children themselves tend to face numerous challenges in adulthood.3 There is a large descriptive literature on children who are removed from their homes and placed into some form of out-of-home care.

Read the entire page →

From page 214...

... Conclusion 10-1: Children who have been maltreated and (or) involved with child welfare are at elevated risk of intergenerational poverty.

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From page 215...

... Appendix C: Chapter 10 reviews the literature on four additional possible policy approaches: minimum wages, cash welfare programs, home visitation programs, and early care and education programs. Parental Income and Employment An extensive literature has documented that income and poverty are highly correlated with child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement.

Read the entire page →

From page 216...

... However, given that populations of color, and Black and Native American populations in particular, are disproportionately likely to have both low family incomes and be involved in the child welfare system-involved, economic support policies have the potential to disproportionately benefit these groups and, thereby, to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement.

Read the entire page →

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