Description

With guidance provided by a small council of Black community leaders and a steering committee of agency administrators and parent partners, we executed a qualitative study that involved 58 participants in focus groups and interviews. The focus of inquiry was: (1) How does it come about that Black families with young children experience low and slow reunification rates?; and, (2) How does the child welfare system, prevention services, and other partners support bonding and well-being of Black families with young children?

Suggested Citation

Wright, K. C., Akin, B. A., Byers, K., McCall, S., E., Alford, D. & Carr, K. (2022, January). Discrimination, disproportionality, and disparity: Black families’ experiences of structural and systemic bias in child welfare. 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Social Work Science for Racial, Social, and Political Justice, Washington, DC. (Refereed).