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30 J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare 79 (2003)
Prevalence of Child Welfare Services Involvement among Homeless and Low-Income Mothers: A Five-Year Birth Cohort Study

handle is hein.journals/jrlsasw30 and id is 479 raw text is: Prevalence of Child Welfare Services Involvement among Homeless and Low-Income Mothers: A Five-year Birth Cohort Study JENNIFER F. CULHANE Thomas Jefferson University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology DAVID WEBB The Philadelphia Department of Public Health SUSAN GRIM STEPHEN METRAUX DENNIS CULHANE The University of Pennsylvania This paper investigates the five-year prevalence of child welfare services involvement and foster care placement among a population-based cohort of births in a large US city, by housing status of the mothers (mothers who have been homeless at least once, other low-income neighborhood residents, and all others), and by number of children. Children of mothers with at least one homeless episode have the greatest rate of involvement with child welfare services (37%),followed by other low-income residents (9.2%), and all others (4.0%). Involvement rates increase with number of children for all housing categories, with rates highest among women with four or more births (33 %), particularly for those mothers who have been homeless at least once (54%). Among families involved with child welfare services, the rate of placement in foster care is highest for the index children of women with at least one episode of homelessness (62%), followed by other low-income mothers (39%) and all others (39%). Half of the birth cohort eventually involved with child welfare services was among the group of women who have ever used the shelter system, as were 60% of the cohort placed in foster care. Multivariate logistic regression analyses reveal that mothers with one Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, September, 2003, Volume XXX, Number 3

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