Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015–20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level

For-profit outsourcing and its effects on placement stability and locality for children in care in England, 2011–2022: A longitudinal ecological analysis

“…Local authority funding cuts and child poverty rates have been shown to be important predictors of key health and social care outcomes ( Alexiou et al, 2021 ; Bennett et al, 2022 ), but the influence of LA commissioning behavior on such outcomes has not previously been investigated. Our findings demonstrate that for-profit outsourcing is consistently associated with (1) more children being placed outside their home LA and (2) greater long-term placement instability.…”

A Difficult Balance: Challenges and Possibilities for Local Protocols to Reduce Unnecessary Criminalisation of Children in Care and Care Leavers

“…The number of children in care in England has reached a record high, with the number of teenagers entering care rising disproportionately (DfE, 2021a). Mounting child poverty is key to understanding these patterns (Bennett et al, 2022), and the current cost-of-living crisis will only exacerbate existing inequalities. When children do enter care, they are now twice as likely to be housed in unregulated placements as they were 10 years ago (Foster, 2021).…”

“I always think about tomorrow what I'll eat” an exploration of the experiences of adolescents in poor urban contexts in Accra, Ghana

“…Although poverty may affect individuals across the lifespan, children and adolescents are more likely than adults to live in poverty and are more vulnerable to its effects regardless of the level of development within their country of residence (Bennett et al, 2022;Chaudry & Wimer, 2016;Children's Defense Fund, 2019;UNICEF, 2021). Child poverty is defined as the section of children who are deprived of sanitation, nutrition, shelter, education, water and quality health services (Short, 2016).…”

“…The international aid community has further estimated that the COVID-19 pandemic will add between 66 and 100 million children to the already huge poverty-stricken children's population (UNICEF, 2021;van Lancker & Parolin, 2020). Even within rich countries, one out of seven children is known to live in poverty, with one in four children in the European Union having a high risk of falling into poverty (Bennett et al, 2022;UNICEF, 2021).…”