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Bridging the gap: The role of parent advocates in enhancing child protective services practice

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  • Lalayants, Marina
  • Merkel-Holguin, Lisa

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Child Protective Services (CPS) workers often face significant challenges in connecting with, engaging, and communicating with families due to systemic distrust and administrative burdens. Parent Advocates (PAs), individuals with lived child welfare experience, have been integrated into CPS practice to improve family engagement and service delivery.

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  • Lalayants, Marina & Merkel-Holguin, Lisa, 2025. "Bridging the gap: The role of parent advocates in enhancing child protective services practice," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:175:y:2025:i:c:s0190740925002348
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108351
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    1. Lushin, Victor & Katz, Colleen C. & Julien-Chinn, Francie J. & Lalayants, Marina, 2023. "A burdened workforce: Exploring burnout, job satisfaction and turnover among child welfare caseworkers in the era of COVID-19," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    2. Damman, Jeri L. & Saar-Heiman, Yuval & Lalayants, Marina & Gupta, Anna, 2025. "What makes peer support supportive? A scoping review of multidimensional parent advocacy support in child welfare," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
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