Clark Patricia, Buchanan Jackie, Legters Lyman
King County Superior Court, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Child Welfare. 2008;87(2):319-34.
Mirroring national trends, children of color in Washington state's King County are overrepresented at every point in the child welfare system and fare worse by most measures than are Caucasian children. The King County Coalition on Racial Disproportionality was formed to reduce and ultimately eliminate racial disproportionality in the county's child welfare system. The research-based strategies implemented to address the issue focused on children in care longer than two years. They included participation in the Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Racial Disproportionality, implementation of benchmark hearings, and development of Champions for Permanence. Now in the beginning stages, perhaps the most significant success is heightened awareness within the community of the disparate outcomes for children of color in the child welfare system.
与全国趋势一致，华盛顿州金县的有色人种儿童在儿童福利系统的各个环节中所占比例过高，而且在大多数衡量标准下，他们的情况都比白人儿童更糟。金县种族不均衡问题联盟的成立旨在减少并最终消除该县儿童福利系统中的种族不均衡现象。为解决这一问题而实施的基于研究的策略主要针对那些受照顾时间超过两年的儿童。这些策略包括参与种族不均衡问题突破系列协作项目、开展基准听证会以及培养永久性安置倡导者。目前该项目尚处于初期阶段，或许最显著的成就是社区对儿童福利系统中有色人种儿童不同结局的认识有所提高。
