For Children Of Mothers In Child Protective Custody, Half In Care By Age 2

Approximately 49% of children born to mothers in child protective custody are also taken into care by age 2. Only about 10% of children born to mothers not in child custody are taken into care by age 2.

These findings were reported in “The Cycle of Child Protection Services Involvement: A Cohort Study of Adolescent Mothers” by Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, M.Sc.; Marni Brownell, Ph.D.; Deepa Singal, Ph.D.; Nathan Nickel, Ph.D.; and Leslie L. Roos, Ph.D. The researchers analyzed data from the Population Data Research Repository at Manitoba Centre for Health Policy in Canada for the . . .