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Barbara Needell, Principal Investigator/ Research Specialist
Child Welfare Research Center
bneedell@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-642-1893
Research Interests:- Administrative data and child welfare services
- Foster care reform (Family to Family Initiative)
- Overrepresentation of Black Children in the Child Welfare System
- Infants in foster care
Selected Publications/ Reports:
Needell, B., Webster, D., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Lery, B., Shaw, T., Dawson, W., Piccus, W., Magruder, J., Ben-Poorat, S., & Kim, H. (2004). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved [month day, year], from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL: <http://cssr.berkeley.edu/CWSCMSreports/>
Needell, B., Brookhart, M.A., & Lee, S. (2003) Black Children and Child Welfare Services in California. Children and Youth Services Review. 25 (5/6) 393-408.
Needell, B., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Brookhart, A., & Lee, S. (1999). Transitions from AFDC to child welfare in California. Children and Youth Services Review, 21 (9/10), 815-841.
Needell, B. & Barth, R.P. (1998). Infants entering foster care compared to other infants using birth status indicators. Child Abuse & Neglect, 22(12), 1179-1187.
Berrick, J.D., Needell, B., Barth, R.P., & Jonson-Reid, M. (1998). The Tender Years: Toward Developmentally-Sensitive Child Welfare Services for Very Young Children. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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