Chase Yvonne Elder, Ullrich Jessica Saniguq
Department of Human Services, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3201 Providence Drive, PSB-218F, Anchorage, AK 99508 USA.
Department of Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3201 Providence Drive, PSB-218F, Anchorage, AK 99508 USA.
Int J Child Maltreat. 2022;5(1):181-195. doi: 10.1007/s42448-021-00105-6. Epub 2022 Feb 14.
Recent anti-racist, equity, and social justice discourse in child welfare has centered on a restructured, reimagined, or abolished system. We add our scholarship and recommendations to this discourse by focusing on Alaska Native and African American children because these two populations have had an ongoing disproportionate number of children in out-of-home care. We provide an overview of the history that implicates western-based colonial policies and practices. We have also identified how a system invested in child removal is problematic and discuss what attempts have been made to change child welfare. We propose a framework to guide systems change within child welfare that is rooted in connectedness. The hope is that the application of this framework can improve outcomes for children and families of color.
近期儿童福利领域的反种族主义、公平和社会正义话语主要围绕一个经过重组、重新构想或废除的体系展开。我们通过关注阿拉斯加原住民和非裔美国儿童来为这一话语增添我们的学术研究和建议，因为这两个群体在家庭外照料中的儿童数量一直不成比例地多。我们概述了涉及西方殖民政策和做法的历史。我们还指出了一个倾向于将儿童带离家庭的体系存在的问题，并讨论了为改变儿童福利所做的尝试。我们提出了一个以关联性为基础的框架，以指导儿童福利领域的体系变革。希望这个框架的应用能够改善有色人种儿童及其家庭的状况。
