The impact of state-level prenatal substance use policies on infant foster care entry in the United States

Danielle N. Atkins and Christine Piette Durrance

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 130, issue C

Abstract: The United States is facing a substance use crisis. One consequence, resulting from overdose deaths, arrests, parental and prenatal substance use, is increased reliance on the foster care system. In response to concerns about prenatal substance use, some states adopted policies that treat prenatal substance use identified at birth as child abuse or neglect.

Keywords: Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Opioid; Withdrawal; Dependence; Mother; Infant; Birth; Punitive policy; Narcotic; Substance use treatment; Child Abuse; Neglect; Foster Care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106194

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