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The Imprint Weekly Podcast offers listeners a regular review of news and trends in America's child welfare and juvenile justice systems, along with other critical services for youth and families. Join Imprint Senior Editor John Kelly for a discussion of the week's major headlines, plus interviews with leaders in the field.

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Investigating Families, with Kelly Fong

April 07, 2025 • The Imprint • Episode 199

Kelley Fong, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, joins to discuss her work studying the impact of state child welfare systems and their policies on families. Fong, who has written several op-eds for The Imprint, is the author of Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Service, an examination of the front end of child welfare focused on Fong’s deep research in several New England States.

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Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Service

https://shorturl.at/dsb52

We Shouldn’t Rely on Child Protective Services To Address Family Adversity

https://imprintnews.org/opinion/we-shouldnt-rely-on-child-protective-services-to-address-family-adversity/47496

ASFA Is A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System

https://imprintnews.org/opinion/asfa-is-a-dangerous-tool-in-an-arbitrary-system/237576

Reports Without Surveillance: Connecticut’s New Child Welfare Experiment

https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/reports-without-surveillance-connecticuts-new-child-welfare-experiment/64329