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Does the Loss of Welfare Income Increase the Risk of Involvement with the Child Welfare System?

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  • Kristen Shook Slack

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Using survey and administrative data from a study of welfare recipients in the Chicago metropolitan area, an analysis of the predictors of involvement with the child welfare system was conducted. Housing moves, births, and poor child health were strongly associated with child welfare risk. A number of indicators of economic hardship were also predictive of this outcome, including substantial declines in welfare income, lower monthly income levels, and problems with utility assistance, food shortages, and eviction threats. Welfare income declines were significantly associated with child welfare risk only in the absence of employment, and this interaction was particularly problematic for recipients who received welfare sanctions related to various requirements of the state public aid system. In light of these findings, a discussion is offered on the potential impact of welfare reform policies on child welfare systems.

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  • Kristen Shook Slack, 1999. "Does the Loss of Welfare Income Increase the Risk of Involvement with the Child Welfare System?," JCPR Working Papers 65, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:wop:jopovw:65
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    1. Christina Paxson & Jane Waldfogel, 2003. "Welfare reforms, family resources, and child maltreatment," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(1), pages 85-113.
    2. Christina Paxson & Jane Waldfogel, 2002. "Work, Welfare, and Child Maltreatment," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 20(3), pages 435-474, July.

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