From start to finish: The duration of Hispanic children in out-of home placements

Abstract

Previous studies indicate that the proportion of ethnically diverse children to White children is increasing in public social service agencies. In addition, ethnically diverse children are more likely to receive more intensive and punitive services, are more likely to stay within the system for longer periods of time, and are reported more often to Child Protective Services. The purpose of this retrospective, 2-year, longitudinal, survival analysis of differential child welfare placement outcomes study was to explore how child welfare practices with Hispanic children are different from those applied with White non-Hispanic children.