The impact of family engagement and child welfare services on maltreatment re-reports and substantiated re-reports
- Fuller, T., & Zhang, S. (2017). The impact of family engagement and child welfare services on maltreatment re-reports and substantiated re-reports. Child Maltreatment, 22(3), 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559517709996
- Child welfare services have the potential to decrease the risk of child maltreatment re-occurrence. This study analyzed data from a statewide evaluation of child protective services (CPS). The purpose of the study was to investigate the associations between child welfare services, family engagement, and child maltreatment re-reports (incidents that were either substantiated or not) and substantiated re-reports (re-reports in which at least one allegation was verified). Results revealed that family engagement and child welfare services had an effect on preventing child maltreatment re-
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