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The child welfare system is overloaded with racial disparities that impact Black families, experts say.
"By blaming the parents you're diverting attention away from the structural reasons"
For example in Wisconsin this gap is six years, and in Washington, D.C., this gap is more than ten years. [38] [39] [40] African American women have the highest rate of obesity or being overweight in the US and non-Hispanic Blacks are 1.3 times more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic Whites. [41]
African-American children are more likely than white children to be in persistent poverty due to multiple generations of discrimination. [1] When accounting for differences in family structure and income levels, black children still persist in higher poverty rates which is evidence that child poverty is driven by racism. [6]
A pilot project aimed at lowering the rate of medical professionals who overreport Black, Latino and Indigenous families to the child welfare system is launching in Michigan, the American Bar ...
Transfer payments to (persons) as a percent of Federal revenue in the United States Welfare in America. In the United States, the federal and state social programs including cash assistance, health insurance, food assistance, housing subsidies, energy and utilities subsidies, and education and childcare assistance. Similar benefits are ...
By early June, at least 200 American cities had imposed curfews, while more than 30 states and Washington, D.C. had activated over 62,000 National Guard personnel into unrest. [4] [5] [6] By the end of June, at least 14,000 people had been arrested at protests. [7] [8] [9]
One in three Black children in Maricopa County, Arizona, faced a child welfare investigation in a five-year period, leaving many Phoenix families in a state of dread.