A Key Connection: Economic Stability and Family Well-being: Building Evidence And Developing Policy to Address Economic Hardship as a Factor in Child Welfare Involvement

This blogpost brings together a collection of evidence about the connections between economic and concrete supports and involvement with child welfare. The research findings show that child and family well-being can be promoted through state and federal policies that strengthen families, promote family economic security, and reduce child protective services involvement in the lives of families. A short video provides a high-level overview of Chapin Hall’s approach to this work.