TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - When home is still unsafe: from family reunification to foster care reentry
JO  - Journal of marriage and family
A1  - Font, Sarah
A1  - Sattler, Kierra
A1  - Gershoff, Elizabeth Thompson
SP  - 1333
EP  - 1343
VL  - 80
IS  - 5
N2  - Reuniting children with their families is the preferred outcome of foster care, yet many children reunited with their families reenter foster care. This study examined how parental substance abuse and mental health problems, and the time allotted for reunification, are associated with reentry risk. We used a complete cohort of children who entered the Texas foster care system in fiscal years 2008-2009 to identify the risk of foster care reentry within five years of reunification using selection-adjusted multi-level survival analysis. Approximately 16% of reunified children reentered care within 5 years. Substance abuse and mental health problems predicted higher rates of reentry. Reunification after 12 months was associated with increased reentry risk overall, but not among children commonly exempted from federal permanency timelines. Permanency guidelines that restrict the length of time to achieve reunification may have the unintended consequence of pushing reunification before maltreatment risks have been resolved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-2445
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12499
ID  - ref1
ER  -