Table of Contents

1. Study Design and Methods
Paul P. Biemer, Kathryn L. Dowd, and Mary Bruce Webb

Part I. Moving Toward a Developmental Framework in Child Welfare

2. Quality of the Early Caregiving Environment and Preschool Well-Being: An Examination of Children Entering the Child Welfare System During Infancy
Brenda Jones Harden, Jessica Vick, Gregory Hancock, and Kevin Wang

3. 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

4. Latent Classification of Physical Abuse as a Predictor of Adolescent Functioning
Charles V. Izzo, Elliot G. Smith, John J. Eckenrode, Paul P. Biemer, and Sharon L. Christ

5. Effects of Intimate-Partner Violence on Child Psychopathology
William Gardner, Kelly Kelleher, and Kathleen Pajer

Part II. Child Welfare, Social Capital, and Child Well-Being

6. Comparative Safety, Stability, and Continuity of Children's Placements in Formal and Informal Substitute Care
Mark Testa, Christina M. Bruhn, and Jesse Helton

7. The Social Capital of Youth in Foster Care: An Assessment and Policy Implications
Matthew Stagner and Daniel Kuehn

8. Explaining Reunification and Reentry 3 Years After Placement in Out-of-Home Care
Richard P. Barth, Shenyang Guo, Sharon L. Christ, Christina M. Bruhn, and Rebecca L. Green

9. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Initial Child Welfare Experience: Exploring Areas of Convergence and Divergence
Robert M. Ortega, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Mary Ruffolo, Jenell Clarke, and Rebecca Karb

Part III. The Survey Study Design and Mental Health Services Research

10. 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

11. Exits from Out-of-Home Care and Continuity of Mental Health Service Use
John Landsverk, Michael S. Hurlburt, Laurel Leslie, Jennifer Rolls, and Jinjin Zhang

12. Caregiver Depression, Mental Health Service Use, and Child Outcomes
Barbara J. Burns, Sarah A. Mustillo, Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer, David J. Kolko, Julie McCrae, Anne M. Libby, and Mary Bruce Webb

13. Organizational Climate and Service Outcomes in Child Welfare Systems
Charles Glisson

14. Information Management, Interagency Collaboration, and Outcomes in Child Welfare Agencies
E. Michael Foster, Rebecca Wells, and Yu Bai

About the Author

Mary Bruce Webb, PhD, is Director, Division of Child and Family Development, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Kathryn L. Dowd, PhD, is Senior Director, Centers for Survey Research, Research Triangle Institute.

Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, is Associate Professor, Institute for Child Study, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland.

John Landsverk, PhD, is Director, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego.

Mark Testa, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the Children and Family Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Reviews

"Children in the U.S. Child Welfare System (CWS) are the source of great concern, but much of that concern to date has been based on anecdotal reports of individuals who have come in contact with the CWS and sensationalized accounts in the media. Finally, this volume provides a strong foundation of data that in some instances validates pre-existing understanding and in other cases sheds new light on challenges and opportunities. It contains a wealth of timely
and important information and is a must-have for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners involved with the CWS." --Philip A. Fisher, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon and Senior
Research Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center
"Characterized by choice of salient issues, thoughtful and rigorous analyses, and lucid writing, Child Welfare and Child Well-Being offers further insights from that seminal study of children who encounter the child welfare system in the United States, the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). Its editors and authors are acknowledged experts in the field, and collectively present findings on the longitudinal sequelae of maltreatment, their
effects on child development and well-being, approaches to their reduction, and their implications for mental health services research. This book is a very valuable addition to the body of studies
conducted on NSCAW, and serves the needs of all scholars, clinicians, and policymakers concerned with mitigating the effects of maltreatment upon vulnerable children." --Ramesh Raghavan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis