The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Child Maltreatment

On today’s episode, Dr. Jenny Tanis of the Hope College School of Social Work and Dr. Sacha Klein of the Michigan State University School of Social Work join to talk about their research into the impact of state paid family leave policies on infant maltreatment. 

The United States is among the few developed countries without paid family leave as a national policy. But four states have long had local leave policies in place: California, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. Tanis and Klein wanted to see what, if any, impact this had on infant maltreatment in those states compared to trends in other states. 

Reading Room 

State Paid Family Leave Policies and Infant Maltreatment
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38574603/

Paid family leave’s effect on hospital admissions for pediatric abusive head trauma
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26869666/

Impact of Direct Cash Benefits to Low-Income Families Can Be Far-Reaching
https://imprintnews.org/family/impact-direct-cash-benefits-low-income-families-child/237760