Cumulative Rates of Child Protection Involvement and Terminations of Parental Rights in a California Birth Cohort, 1999-2017

Conclusions. Findings provide a lower-bound estimate of CPS involvement and extend previous research by documenting demographic differences, including in TPRs.Public Health Implications. Conservatively, CPS investigates more than a quarter of children born in California for abuse or neglect. These data reinforce policy questions about the current scope and reach of our modern CPS. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print April 15, 2021: e1-e7. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306214).PMID:33856882 | DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306214
Source: American Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research