Title IV-B

Talking Points from the SRCD Brief

• Each year, around 7.1 million children are referred to state child welfare systems dur to alleged child maltreatment, however nearly half of them are screened out and do not receive child welfare services despite potential markers of risk. 
• Child maltreatment is associated with a range of adverse outcomes, including physical illness and injuries, developmental delays, academic challenges, and mental health problems.  
• Family member substance abuse, intimate partner violence (IPV), poverty, food insecurity, and housing instability are all known factors associated with increased risk for maltreatment.
• Community Response (CR) and Differential Response (DR) programs are direct prevention and diversion programs that help to decrease involvement of Child Protective Services (CPS), reports of maltreatment/neglect, and child removals. 
  • Income support programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), child care subsidies, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); parenting programs like home visiting; and early childhood education programs such as Head Start, Early Head Start, and Title I Child-Parent Centers have evidence to support their decrease in child maltreatment.