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Before COVID-19, children's likelihood of coming in contact with the US child welfare system had already decreased

A new study shows that fewer children had encounters with the U.S. child welfare system in the years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and that this decline continued over the following years.

Before COVID-19, children's likelihood of coming in contact with the US child welfare system had already decreased
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A new study shows that fewer children had encounters with the U.S. child welfare system in the years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and that this decline continued over the following years.

Originally published at Phys.org

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