Investigating Families, with Kelly Fong

07/04/2025 49 min Episodio 199
Investigating Families, with Kelly Fong

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Kelley Fong, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, joins to discuss her work studying the impact of state child welfare systems and their policies on families. Fong, who has written several op-eds for The Imprint, is the author of Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Service, an examination of the front end of child welfare focused on Fong’s deep research in several New England States. Thanks to Lyssn for sponsoring this week's episode!Reading RoomInvestigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Servicehttps://shorturl.at/dsb52We Shouldn’t Rely on Child Protective Services To Address Family Adversityhttps://imprintnews.org/opinion/we-shouldnt-rely-on-child-protective-services-to-address-family-adversity/47496ASFA Is A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System  https://imprintnews.org/opinion/asfa-is-a-dangerous-tool-in-an-arbitrary-system/237576Reports Without Surveillance: Connecticut’s New Child Welfare Experimenthttps://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/reports-without-surveillance-connecticuts-new-child-welfare-experiment/64329

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