Reinvolvement after returning home: A systematic review of the factors associated with post-reunification child protection involvement

out-of-home care (OOHC), system improvement
2025

This review finds that child, family and system-level factors, like disability, poverty, trauma, and caseworker practices, contribute to child protection reinvolvement after OOHC reunification. It calls for improved assessments and interventions.

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