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Siblings Split Between Home and Foster Care: Prevalence, Nature, and Outcomes
1College of Health and Human Development, University Park, PA, USA.
Child welfare services (CWS) often separate siblings. Children left at home when a sibling enters foster care face over three times the risk of CWS involvement within 100 days.
Area of Science:
- Child Welfare Research
- Family Studies
- Public Health
Background:
- The child welfare system (CWS) frequently separates siblings.
- Limited understanding exists regarding the characteristics and consequences of split removals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify predictors of split removal decisions in the child welfare system.
- To assess if sibling foster care placement increases risk for subsequent CWS involvement for children remaining at home.
Main Methods:
- Utilized linked child welfare and Medicaid data from Pennsylvania.
- Employed multinomial regression for split removal predictors.
- Applied survival analyses to examine recurrent CWS involvement.
Main Results:
- Child behavioral health issues significantly predict split removal decisions.
- Children remaining at home with siblings in foster care show over threefold increased hazard of CWS reinvolvement within 100 days.
Conclusions:
- Split removals are influenced by child behavioral health.
- Sibling separation in foster care is a substantial risk factor for subsequent child welfare system involvement.
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