Two researchers at the University of Kentucky are using their experience and expertise to conduct an innovative study aimed at improving the child welfare system and supporting families across the Commonwealth.
Shelby Clark, Ph.D., assistant professor in the College of Social Work (CoSW), and Elizabeth Riley, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Public Health, have been awarded a grant from the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Small Grants Program for their project “Reimagining Child Abuse and Neglect Reports: A Qualitative Exploration of Attitudes and Beliefs about Mandated Reporting and Mandated Supporting.”
“Engagement with the child welfare system begins with a report of child abuse and neglect, so this is an important place to intervene and rethink practice,” Clark said. “Rather than immediately making a child abuse and neglect report, encouragers of mandated support suggest communities ‘wrap around’ families to provide resources and services to better meet their needs...”
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