Child Welfare Involvement among Children in Homeless Families

Park, Jung Min, Metraux, Stephen, Brodbar, Gabriel, Culhane, Dennis P., Child Welfare

An analysis of 8,251 homeless children in New York City found that 18% of them received child welfare services over the five-year period following their first shelter admission, and an additional 6% had a history of having received such services before their first shelter admission. Recurrent use of public shelters, exposure to domestic violence, older age at first episode of homelessness, and larger number of children in a household were associated with an increased risk of child welfare involvement. The high rate of crossover between homelessness and the child welfare system suggests the need for service coordination for children in homeless families.

Although researchers have …

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Publication information: Article title: Child Welfare Involvement among Children in Homeless Families. Contributors: Park, Jung Min - Author, Metraux, Stephen - Author, Brodbar, Gabriel - Author, Culhane, Dennis P. - Author. Journal title: Child Welfare. Volume: 83. Issue: 5 Publication date: September/October 2004. Page number: 423+. © 2007 Child Welfare League of America, Inc. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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