Jacquelyn Mccroskey

• University of Southern California

Purpose Research has demonstrated a link between out-of-home foster care and subsequent juvenile justice involvement. Understanding factors that may contribute to dual system involvement for young people who entered foster care is essential for disrupting this relationship. Method We used population-based linked administrative records to examine t...

This study examined how single and multiple types of maltreatment allegations differed for young people with child protective services (CPS) only and dual system (i.e., CPS and juvenile delinquency court petition) involvement by gender and race and ethnicity. Allegation types were documented for young people with CPS only or dual system involvement...

We applied a child‐focused, longitudinal approach to characterising academically at‐risk elementary school students using linked birth and educational records. Following a statewide cohort of children born in California in public school records through grade 5 (n = 722 072) to document identification as a homeless, foster and/or special education (...

The Children's Data Network (CDN) is a data and research collaborative focused on the linkage and analysis of administrative records. In partnership with public agencies, philanthropic funders, affiliated researchers, and community stakeholders, we seek to generate knowledge and advance evidence-rich policies that improve the health, safety, and we...

The Children's Data Network (CDN) is a data and research collaborative focused on the linkage and analysis of administrative records. In partnership with public agencies, philanthropic funders, affiliated researchers, and community stakeholders, we seek to generate knowledge and advance evidence-rich policies that improve the health, safety, and we...

The builders of the modern university expected that the research conducted within it would solve moral problems. The research would provide authoritative instruction on how to live and how to shape a more perfect society. But within a generation, it became clear that this expectation would not easily be fulfilled. Indeed, many of the faculties hous...

Background: The estimated number of youth who come into contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, or "dual system" youth, varies widely because studies use different methodologies. Recent work using linked administrative data shows promise for identifying a stable range of dual system rates, generalizable to other jurisdict...

Children’s circumstances are inextricably tied to those of their parents. Two-generation intervention strategies recognize that improving the capacity and circumstances of parents will yield benefits in this generation and the next. Administrative data from health and human services agencies present a unique source of information concerning these i...

Linked administrative records were leveraged to characterize the demographics, prevalence and timing of child protection system (CPS) involvement of families receiving services from a homeless services agency in Los Angeles County, California between 2013 and 2016. Results revealed that nearly two-thirds of families seeking homeless services betwee...

Children born to mothers in foster care have increased numbers of reports of alleged abuse or neglect in comparison to children born to mothers who are not in care. The present investigation leveraged unstructured, case narrative fields in child welfare records to enhance knowledge about Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement among children bo...

Purpose: This analysis examined California county birth rate variations among girls in foster care. The objective was to generate data to assess potential intervention points tied to federal legislation extending foster care beyond age 18 years. Methods: Child protection records for all adolescent girls in foster care at age 17 years between 200...

Social issues in the workplace are of increasing concern to social services agencies, Corporate America, and organized labor. Increasing numbers of social workers are practicing in occupational and industrial settings, but the profession is still struggling with conceptualizing and implementing a curriculum that will prepare students for these care...

“Using State Wide Child and Family Service Review Data to Analyze Policies to Improve Educational Outcomes of Children in Foster Care” suggests that States could use data from their Child and Family Services Review processes to focus attention on the changes needed to improve educational outcomes for foster youth. This is an interesting idea that d...

This article describes promising findings from the Los Angeles County Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project, a systems change approach to developing relationships between public child welfare, allied public agencies, and community-based networks that offer family-centered services, economic assistance and capacity building to support all kind...

A disproportionate number of families served in child welfare are families of color. But relatively few strategies for helping families of color have been monitored for their impact. This article reports early findings from a Los Angeles County based public child welfare office that has continuously developed, tracked, and has now begun to assess s...

The Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project, funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), is a community-specific strategy delivered through eight regional networks designed to address the full spectrum of community-based prevention. This article summarizes a strong and meaningful pattern of improvements f...

In “Partnering with Parents: Promising Approaches to Improve Reunification Outcomes for Children in Foster Care,” authors J. D. Berrick, Edward Cohen and Elizabeth Anthony describe promising outcomes from a quasi-experimental study of reunification outcomes associated with the Parent Partner program in one western county

This paper describes an innovative service delivery model to reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system. Point of Engagement (POE) is a collaborative family- and community-centered approach initiated in Compton, a regional office in Los Angeles County that serves south Los Angeles, a predominantly African American and Hispanic/...

This article presents a case study on the use of social indicators to guide community action and influence policy decisions around children and families in Los Angeles County California. Since the early 1990s, the Children's Planning Council has incorporated strategic use of data in all of its planning and community organizing. The Council has deve...

The builders of the modern university expected that the research conducted within it would solve moral problems. The research would provide authoritative instruction on how to live and how to shape a more perfect society. But within a generation, it became clear that this expectation would not easily be fulfilled. Indeed, many of the faculties hous...

This paper describes competing ideas about family preservation, defined both as a defined program of social services and a philosophical approach to helping troubled families. A straightforward definition has become almost impossible because the phrase has taken on so many different meanings, provoking controversy about its "real" meaning and value...

This study evaluates the level of behavior problems in a previously little studied group—children with founded cases of abuse and neglect receiving child welfare services in their own homes. A sample of 149 maltreated children, living at home, were evaluated on the CBCL as they entered a service program to which they were referred by a large public...

Much of the emphasis in the nation's system of child protection focuses on investigations to determine whether child abuse or neglect has occurred, and procedures for arranging out-of-home care for children who are not safe at home. Less attention often goes to the capacity of public and private agencies to provide services that help stressed famil...

This book reports a study of the outcomes of home-based family preservation services for abusive and neglectful families in Los Angeles County. Using the Family Assessment Form, the research project evaluated services provided by two voluntary agencies, and focused on changes in family functioning between the opening and closing of services during...

This article describes a study of the outcomes of home-based family preservation services for abusive and neglectful families in Los Angeles County. It focuses on changes in family functioning during the 3 month service period and one year after case closing. Families known to the public child welfare agency were referred to the project based on ca...

Changes in the structure and needs of the American family are requiring changes in government and workplace policies. Current policies related to day care, parental leave, work schedules, income support, and child support enforcement are discussed. Consideration is given to psychological research needed to develop effective policies that do not sup...

Changes in the structure and needs of the American family are requiring changes in government and workplace policies. Current policies related to day care, parental leave, work schedules, income support, and child support enforcement are discussed. Consideration is given to psychological research needed to develop effective policies that do not sup...

In 1985, the State of California enacted The School Age Community Child Care (SACCC) Act, a program of before and after school child care administered by the State Department of Education. During its first year of implementation, the act provided funds for subsidized child care for 190 public and private non-profit agencies to serve approximately 1...

Summarizes the strategy used by the Los Angeles Roundtable for Children during its two-year study of child welfare funding and expenditures in Los Angeles County. Looks at: (1) the profile of the county's children; (2) public expenditures in behalf of these children; and (3) publicly funded services targeted for at-risk children. (RWB)

Explores the role of industrial social workers in employer supported child care services. Discusses current employer supported child care efforts, their relationship to industrial social work (i.e., through Employer Assistance Programs), possible problems related to this trend, and the immediate challenges for social workers in developing conceptua...

Describes the Family Assessment Form (FAF), an instrument developed to evaluate an in-home family support program. The FAF is used at assessment and at case termination to help project workers to assess client strengths, develop appropriate service plans, and observe and record client change. A pilot study tested the FAF's reliability in 34 project...

Master's Essay (M.S.W. or M.S.S.W.)--San Diego State University, 1973.

Thesis (D.S.W.)--University of California, Los Angeles--Social Welfare. Typescript (photocopy). Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-197).

"Working mothers from two-parent white families [in the greater Los Angeles area] ... were selected for interviewing."--Leaf xii. Thesis (D.S.W.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1980. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-197). "80-23338." Microfiche. s