We analyze Illinois families facing multiple barriers and their interactions with public-sector
services. Using administrative data from five state agencies to identify families' receipt of …

Illinois state agencies finance and administer services to the neediest citizens in the state.
From foster care for abused and neglected children to psychiatric care to management of …

The expansion of the criminal justice system over the last four decades and the
corresponding rise of parental incarceration raises questions about whether the children of …

This article focuses on one of the major challenges in serving vulnerable families: identifying
which clients require intensive services and which would benefit from a less expensive …

Each year, US child protection authorities investigate millions of families, disproportionately
poor families and families of color. These investigations involve multiple home visits to …

Child neglect is characterized by a complexity of family problems and needs. Whether
families' needs are actually matched to the appropriate services is a critical area for study …

The child welfare system, which we refer to throughout this Article as the family regulation
system, 1 depends upon a system of surveillance to entrap low-income Black, Brown, and …

Poverty, a social determinant of health, disproportionately affects families with children.
Public and private safety nets, or support networks available in times of need, can help …

This brief, which is based on data from the Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, finds
that rural families who have been reported to Child Protective Services are more likely than …

A large body of literature documents the importance of child support for children's wellbeing,
though little is known about the child support behaviors of mixed-status families, a large and …