Are In-Home and Foster Care Services Associated With Risk of Maltreatment-Related Fatality and Near Fatality Following a Child Protection Case? Evidence From Pennsylvania

Dylan M. Jones, Christian M. Connell, Sarah A. Font, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St, Louis Missouri

Child Maltreatment

Published online on June 02, 2026

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
Many children who experience child maltreatment fatalities (CMF) or near fatalities (CMNF) are previously known to the child welfare system (CWS). Although in-home services and foster care (FC) are tools for preventing CMF/CMNF, relatively little research ...