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Emily Putnam-Hornstein

Emily Putnam-Hornstein is the John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for Children in Need at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Poverty, Neglect and the Weak Case for More Cash Assistance

7/7/2025

Poverty, Neglect and the Weak Case for Expanding Cash Assistance

Opinion: Overstating what we know in child welfare about poverty and cash assistance — and obscuring what we don't — serves no one.

Poverty, Neglect and the Weak Case for More Cash Assistance

10/7/2024

Why is National Child Welfare Leadership Silent on Child Deaths? 

Among child welfare scholars, advocates and national leaders, a strong resistance to discussing child maltreatment fatalities prevails.