Sponsor
Funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010-2016.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
3-2015
Subjects
Early Head Start (Program) -- Evaluation, Preschool children -- Services for -- United States -- Evaluation, Poor children -- Education -- United States -- Evaluation, Child welfare, Early Head Start (Program) -- Effect on reducing child abuse
Abstract
This brief addresses two main questions in a sample of Early Head Start eligible children: 1) the number and type of maltreatment episodes and 2) the impact of Early Head Start on child and family involvement in the child welfare system. These findings are especially important given the lack of scalable and effective preventive interventions. In addition, they are also timely given the recent interest in fostering collaborations between early care and education programs and child welfare agencies, agencies responsible for overseeing child protection from maltreatment (OHS & ACYF, 2010; ACYF & OHS, 2011; ACYF & OCC, 2011). The current study represents a first look at the impact of Early Head Start on child maltreatment. We are continuing to collect data and will have more information in the upcoming years.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21141
Citation Details
Chazan-Cohen, Rachel; Green, Beth L.; Ayoub, Catherine; Bartlett, Jessica Dym; Von Ende, Adam; and Furrer, Carrie Jeanne, "Research-to-Practice Brief: Promising Evidence that Early Head Start Can Prevent Child Maltreatment" (2015). Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention. 1.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21141
Description
Project title: Retrospective Evaluation of Child Welfare Involvement for Early Head Start Participants