Report
Systemically Neglected: How Racism Structures Public Systems to Produce Child Neglect
March 2, 2022
Related Areas of Focus: Child Welfare, Early Childhood, Family Supports and Prevention
This report outlines the history of how child protective services developed to surveil families of color, examines how policy pushes families of color into the child welfare system today, and concludes with some recommendations for adequately supporting children and families of color and keeping families together in the future.
(23 pp)
About the Author
Elisa Minoff
Director of Economic Security, Senior Fellow in Policy History
Alexandra (Alex) Citrin, MSW, MPP
Director of Family Autonomy and Child Welfare Policy
