ArticleChild abuse & neglect2020
The road to reunification: Family- and state system-factors associated with successful reunification for children ages zero-to-five.
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- Adaptive Reunification for Children and Parents Affected by Early and Prolonged Parent-Child Separation: Insights from Separated-Reunited Parent-Child Dyads.Youth & society · 2026Article
- Insurance-based Disparities in Pediatric Psychiatric Hospitalizations from 2018 to 2021: Examining Mental Health Outcomes among Medicaid and Commercially Insured Youth.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms Identifying Children at Increased Risk of Out-of-Home Placement: Development and Practical Considerations.Health services research · 2025Article
- Driving for Success in Family Reunification-Professionals' Views on Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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backgroundResearch suggests that up to one-third of children who reunify re-enter care because of continued maltreatment. For young children, this is particularly detrimental due to rapid brain development during the first years of life.
objectiveThis study examined family- and state child welfare system predictors of successful reunification, or reunification with no reentries into foster care.
methodsA sample of N=53,789 from the 2012 Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System of children ages zero-to-five who reunified was utilized. Children were tracked over the following three years and a multilevel model was run to compare family- and state system-factors among those that successfully and unsuccessfully reunified.
resultsOnly 4.6 % of the variance in successful reunification was at the state child welfare system level. After adjusting for family-factors, state average time-to-reunify (OR=1.04, p<.05) and violent crime rates (OR=1.00, p<.01) were associated with successful reunification. A random effect for race and ethnicity and parental drug use suggests that the relationship between race and ethnicity and successful reunification, and parental drug use and successful reunification, varies significantly by state child welfare system.
conclusionsGiven these findings, practitioners and child welfare agencies should prioritize family-centered interventions. Future research could identify which state child welfare systems have successfully improved outcomes for families of color and families with histories of drug abuse.
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