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Richardson, Brad – Child Welfare, 2008
Children of color are overrepresented in child welfare in Iowa at a rate double their percentage of the population. In 2005 the Iowa Department of Human Services implemented two pilot demonstration projects to address overrepresentation of Native American and African American children in the child welfare system. The projects, called the Minority…
Descriptors: African American Children, American Indians, Disproportionate Representation, Child Welfare
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McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Toyokawa, Teru; Kaplan, Rachel – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
Using data from a sample of 455 African American children (ages 10 to 12 years) and their parents, this study tests a hypothesized model linking (a) maternal work demands to family routines through work-family conflict and depressive symptoms and (b) maternal work demands to children's externalizing and internalizing problems through family…
Descriptors: African American Children, Behavior Problems, Mothers, Conflict