Child welfare and child well-being: new perspectives from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being

The landmark National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) study represents the first effort to gather nationally representative data, based on first-hand reports, about the well-being of children and families who encounter the child welfare system. NSCAW's findings offer an unprecedented national source of data that describe the developmental status and functional characteristics of children who come to the attention of child protective services. Much more than a simple history of placements or length of stay in foster care, NSCAW data chart the trajectory of families across serv

Study design and methods / Paul P. Biemer, Kathryn Dowd, and Mary Bruce Webb -- Quality of the early caregiving environment and preschool well-being : an examination of children entering the child welfare system during infancy / Brenda Jones Harden ... [et al.] -- Risk and resilience among children referred to the child welfare system : a longitudinal investigation of child well-being in multiple domains / Anne Shaffer, Byron Egeland, and Kevin Wang -- Latent classification of physical abuse as a predictor of adolescent functioning / Charles V. Izzo ... [et al.] -- Effects of intimate-partner violence on child psychopathology / William Gardner, Kelly Kelleher, and Kathleen Pajer -- Comparative safety, stability, and continuity of children's placements in formal and informal substitute care / Mark Testa, Christina M. Bruhn, and Jesse Helton -- The social capital of youth in foster care : an assessment and policy implications / Matthew Stagner and Daniel Kuehn -- Explaining reunification and reentry 3 years after placement in out-of-home care / Richard P. Barth ... [et al.] -- Racial and ethnic diversity in the initial child welfare experience : exploring areas of convergence and divergence / Robert M. Ortega ... [et al.] -- Patterns and predictors of mental health services use by children in contact with the child welfare system / Sarah McCue Horwitz, Michael S. Hurlburt, and Jinjin Zhang -- Exits from out-of-home care and continuity of mental health service use / John Landsverk ... [et al.] -- Caregiver depression, mental health service use, and child outcomes / Barbara J. Burns ... [et al.] -- Organizational climate and service outcomes in child welfare systems / Charles Glisson -- Information management, interagency collaboration, and outcomes in child welfare agencies / E. Michael Foster, Rebecca Wells, and Yu Bai