Children and Youth Services Review

Advocates claim that raising the minimum wage would lift many families out of poverty and reduce income equality, but a new study contends that a rise in wages would also reduce child maltreatment.

Six-year-old Emma’s* blue eyes light up when Evy Ezpinoza, her therapist, walks through the door. The little girl and her adoptive mother sit side-by-side at a table in a playroom where their parent-child interaction therapy session is coming to a close.

By Sandy Lo Immigration status does not increase the risk that Latino children will be confirmed victims of child maltreatment, according to a study published in September 2014 in the Children and Youth Services Review.

By Nora Bacher In the wake of the Great Recession, child welfare administrators and policymakers have to make tough choices about where to invest in foster children. A study published in the January issue of Children and Youth Services Review found that a program for foster preschoolers may double their chances of finding a permanent home while also saving money for cash-strapped counties.