@article{ref1,
title="Exploring state level factors associated with short-stays in child welfare: the role of systemic risk and surveillance",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2022",
author="Greenfield, Brett and Zhang, Liwei and Simmel, Cassandra",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Growing attention has been directed toward children who are placed in out-of-home care by child welfare authorities for less than 30 days, deemed &quot;short-stayers&quot;. This exploratory study uses multiple national child welfare and population data sources to identify macro level factors associated with short-stays. Two-level logistic regression modeling was conducted to explore how state-level factors were associated with risk of short-stays. Factors associated with lower odds of short-stays included living in a state with a centralized child welfare reporting structure and with greater food insecurity. Factors associated with greater odds included living in a state with a higher percentage of the state's population enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and states with more police per capita. Multiple state level factors were associated short-stay risk, which suggests broader systemic factors contribute to these brief removals. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest greater surveillance by police and social services increases risk of short-stays, which likely have implications for child welfare policy and practice.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/10775595221104826",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595221104826"
}