CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES

School of Social Work

Child Welfare

SW585

Course Resources

Week 2

• The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children
  Rob Geen, Shelley Waters Boots, Karen C. Tumlin (The Urban Institute)
• History of child labor, child abuse (resources)
• Child Protection at the Crossroads: Child Abuse, Child Protection, and Recommendations for Reform
  By Susan Orr, Ph.D.

Week 4

• Smart Library for Children and Families

Week 5 - Transformation

• Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect: Analysis and Recommendations
  Richard E. Behrman, Mary B. Larner, Carol S. Stevenson (from The Future of Children)
• Children at Risk: 1990-2000 Casey Foundation
• The Costs of Child Protection in the Context of Welfare Reform
  Mark E. Courtney (from The Future of Children)
• National Incidence Study of Child Abuse & Neglect
• Commentary on Child Protective Services
  by Douglas J. Besharov (from The Future of Children)
• NCHS - National Vital Statistics - Natality
• Children at Risk: 1990-2000 Casey Foundation
• Official Child Abuse Statistics: United States
• Official Child Abuse Statistics: Canada
• Official Child Abuse Statistics: Australia
• Official Child Abuse Statistics: England
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Bureau of Justice Statistics Homicide trends in the U.S. Age
• Foster Care in California Statistics
• THE CHILD ABUSE "INDUSTRY"
• Ominous Parallels
  by Emerich Thomas
• Reliability of Foster Care Placement Decision Making
• Assessing Risk in Child Maltreatment
  Guest Editors, Eileen Gambrill, Aron Shlonsky
• Assessing and Managing Risk in Child Protective Services
  Guest Editors, Eileen Gambrill, Aron Shlonsky

Week 6

• THIRD NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDY OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
• CHILD MALTREATMENT 1999
• Evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program
• Child Abuse: Threat or Menace? by Douglas J. Besharov (Slate)
• Suffer the Children: How government fails its most vulnerable citizens--abused and neglected kids
  by David Stoesz and Howard Jacob Karger (The Washington Monthly, 1996)
• Welfare as we know it
  by Douglas Besharov (Slate)
• The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children
  Rob Geen, Shelley Waters Boots, Karen C. Tumlin (The Urban Institute)
• Past, Present, and Future Roles of Child Protective Services
  Patricia A. Schene (from The Future of Children)
• The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children (February 2001)
• The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children II (February 2001)
• Rethinking the Paradigm for Child Protection
  Jane Waldfogel (from The Future of Children)
• How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect: Four Commentaries
  Douglas J. Besharov, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Leroy H. Pelton, Michael W. Weber (from The Future of Children)
• Child Protection at the Crossroads: Child Abuse, Child Protection, and Recommendations for Reform
  By Susan Orr, Ph.D.

Week 7 - The Economic Situation of Children in North America

• Money Income in the United States- 2000 (from U.S. Census Bureau)
• Historical Income Tables (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Inequality
  • Pathbreaking CBO Study Shows Dramatic Increases in Income Disparities in 1980s and 1990s- An Analysis of the CBO Data CBPP
  • The Latest IRS Data on After-Tax Income Trends CBPP
• Child Poverty
  • Poverty in the United States- 2000 (from U.S. Census Bureau  pdf)
  • CHILD POVERTY FACT SHEET (March 2002) (National Center for Children in Poverty)
  • Child Poverty in the United States  (National Center for Children in Poverty)
  • Child Poverty Research Brief2 (National Center for Children in Poverty)
  • Early Childhood Poverty- A Statistical Profile (March 2002) (National Center for Children in Poverty)
  • KIDS COUNT 2000 - Summary - Percent of Children in Poverty  (Kids Count)
• Taxes
  • 02INPETR.PDF   56657    06-26-02    Personal Exemptions and Individual Income Tax Rates, 1913-2002. Data Release, SOI Bulletin, Spring 2002. Format Adobe Acrobat PDF Text.
  • 99DB09CO.XLS   11721    05-01-01    Internal Revenue Gross Collections, by Type of Tax, Fiscal Years 1970-1999. 1999 IRS Data Book, Publication 55B. Format Excel ver. 4.
  • 98DB09CO.XLS   11919    09-13-00    Internal Revenue Gross Collections, by Type of Tax, Fiscal Years 1969-1998. 1998 IRS Data Book, Publication 55B. Format Excel ver. 4.
• Social Security
  • social security online
• International Programs
  • UN Conference on Children
  • Retirement Income Security in the United Kingdom (PDF)
    From the Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 62 No. 1 1999
  • Poverty Across States, Nations and Continents" by Lee Rainwater, Timothy Smeeding and John Coder.
  • Child Poverty in Spain: What Can be Said?
    Olga Canto-Sanchez and Magda Mercader-Prats
  • "Poverty Among Children in Italy: Dimensions, Characteristics, Policies"
    Luigi Cannari and Daniele Franco
  • "Income Transfers and Support for Mothers' Employment: The Link to Child Poverty Risks: A Comparison Between Italy, Sweden and the U.K.
    Cristina Solera
  • "Child Support among Selected OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis"
    Jim Kunz, Patrick Villeneuve and Irwin Garfinkel
  • OECD in Figures - 2002
  • The social situation in the European Union
  • The OECD Observer: OECD in Figures - Volume 2002 Supplement 1
• Family income finally regains 1989 level
• Who has benefited from recent stock market gains
• Working full time fails families
• U.S. Welfare Caseloads Information
  • Percentage of the US Population on Welfare By Year Since 1960
  • Number of Recipients on Welfare by Year Since 1960
• Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth: 1996
  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, May 1996. Table of Contents
• Can Government Save the Family?
  A symposium with Sen. John Ashcroft, David Blankenhorn, James Dobson, Gov. John Engler, William
  Galston, Kay James, D. James Kennedy, Rep. Steve Largent, Dan Quayle, Paul Weyrich
  Policy Review
• Welfare isn't the Problem; It's the Welfare Debate
  by Jon Shure

Week 8

• Government Benefit Programs Cut Poverty Nearly In Half Last Year, Setting A Record For Poverty Reduction
  by Wendell E. Primus, October 1996
• Sources of Support for Young Latina Mothers.
  By Joan R. Kahn and Rosalind E. Berkowitz. (August, 1995) Executive Summary
• Child Support
  • Twin Child Support Systems: Private and Public
  • Changes in Federal Child Support Legislation, 1974-1996
  • Child Support, Father Contact, Father Influence, and Parental Conflict
  • How Can Women and Children Get More from Fathers?
  • The Importance of Child Support Enforcement- What Recent Social Science Research Tells Us
  • Pursuing Justice- A Strategic Approach to Child Support Arrears in California
  • Tax Relief for Low-Income Fathers Who Pay Child Support | Laura Wheaton and others (Urban Institute)
  • http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/  United States Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Child Support Enforcement
  • Cornell Science News- Child Support and Development
  • Poor Dads Who Don't Pay Child Support- Deadbeats or Disadvantaged- | April 2001 Urban Institute
• International Child Support
  • The British Child Support Reform Operational Vision
  • A new contract for welfare: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITIES
    A summary (United Kingdom)
  • New Zealand child support
  • International Child Support Agenda for the 21st Century
  • Child Support Legislation Amendment Bill (No.2) 2000 Australia
  • Comparative Child Support Policies in Europe
• Changes Since 1995 in the Safety Net's Impact on Child Poverty  CBPP
• Office of Child Support Enforcement Annual Reports and Statistics
  Annual Statistical Report For Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000
• Social Security Programs Throughout the World, 1999
• Child Support Calculators
  • http://www.okdhs.org/childsupport/guidelines/index.htm  Oklahoma
  • Child Support Guidelines on the Web 
  • Australia CSA calculator

Week 9

• The Moynihan Report: 1960's Black Families in Crisis
• The Moynihan Report: Why are Black Families in Crisis?
• The Moynihan Report: National Action Needed to Help Black Families
• AFDC Caseload DataWelfare Reform's Effect on Child Welfare Caseload (February 2001)
• Children and Welfare Reform 
  from The Future of Children
  • From Welfare to Work: What the Evidence Shows 
    WR&B Brief #13 — January 2002 Robert A. Moffitt
  • Welfare Reform and the Work Support System 
    Welfare Reform Brief no. 17 Isabell Sawhill and Ron Haskins
  • Let Them Eat Their Words … Marriage Reduces Poverty 
    Jennifer Garrett (Web Memo, March 22, 2002)
  • Kids Count Coalition Comments on TANF Reauthorization (November 2001)
• Poverty Trends for Families Headed by Working Single Mothers CBPP
• An Analysis of Out-Of-Wedlock Births in the United States
  by George A. Akerlof, and Janet L.Yellen
• BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS

Additional Links

• UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources in: Public Policy and Social Research
• LINKS OF INTEREST TO CHILD ADVOCATES
• Center for Comparative Family Welfare and Poverty Research
• Child Welfare Services
• Child Support
• ChildrenNow Resources