Social Work’s Responsibility
Ending Racist Practices in the Child Welfare System Means Accepting They Are Real and Choosing to Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17805047 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristin Heffernan (SUNY Brockport, corresponding author), Nicole Cesnales (SUNY Brockport), Margaret Lane (SUNY Brockport), Jennifer Wood (0000-0002-0794-4288, SUNY Brockport) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2026.2658515 |
| OpenAlex | W7159834778 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 56 |
Social system · Social Welfare · Welfare · Welfare system · Early Childhood Education and Development · Migration, Health and Trauma · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Epistemic Injustice
Racial Bias in Child Protection? A Comparison of Competing Explanations Using National Data
Engaging patients to improve quality of care
Why abolition
Mandated Reporting and Child Welfare Surveillance
Point
Indigenous services leading the way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care
Evidence-based practice criteria’s effect on the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act in Nebraska and Colorado
Parental Risk and Protective Factors in Child Maltreatment
That Which is Essential has been Made Invisible
Overrepresentation of Black children in the child welfare system
Structures of Oppression in the U.S. Child Welfare System
The war on schools
Like walking on eggshells’
The impact of a child protection investigation
Services to African American Children in Poverty
The Racialized Nature of Child Welfare Policies and the Social Control of Black Bodies
Race, Gender, and Poverty Governance
What Counts as Evidence in Child Welfare Research
Mothers’ Narratives of Their Involvement With Child Welfare Services
The Price Mothers Pay, Even When They Are Not Buying It
Intersectionality and structural gendered racism
Decision points in child welfare
Interrogating the carceral state
Basically, I look at it like combat”
Negotiating stigma
Substantiated allegations of failure to protect in the child welfare system
Connecting father absence and mother blame in child welfare policies and practice
Disentangling substantiation
Systematizing Knowledge of User Influence – A Study of User Advisory Boards in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Cumulative Prevalence of Confirmed Maltreatment and Foster Care Placement for US Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2011–2016
Minority Children and the Child Welfare System
Pathways to the Overrepresentation of Aboriginal Children in Canada’s Child Welfare System
Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System
Getting Eyes in the Home
SocialWorkSoWhite
Mapping an Integrative Critical Race and Anti-Colonial Theoretical Framework in Social Work Practice
Kinship Care for African American Children
Racism, disadvantage and multiculturalism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |