Using Public Notice Hearings To Compel Child Welfare To Provide Family Support To Aid Fragile Families of Color

Using Public Notice Hearings To Compel Child Welfare To Provide Family Support To Aid Fragile Families of Color

Something is wrong when a system ostensibly constructed to provide for the welfare of vulnerable children offers interventions that consistently inure to the detriment of those in its care. The data are clear that children in fragile families have the best developmental outcomes when their families receive requisite support. Too often, removing a child even from a dangerous home leads to a long-term threat of greater danger, harm, risk, and bad outcomes.