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Families with young children in homeless shelters: Developmental contexts of multisystem risks and resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2023

J. J. Cutuli Open the ORCID record for J. J. Cutuli [Opens in a new window] ,
Janette E. Herbers ,
Sarah C. Vrabic  and
Omari Baye
J. J. Cutuli*
Affiliation:
Nemours Children’s Health, Wilmington, DE, USA
Janette E. Herbers
Affiliation:
Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA
Sarah C. Vrabic
Affiliation:
HopePHL™, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Omari Baye
Affiliation:
HopePHL™, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Corresponding author: J. J. Cutuli; Email: JJ.Cutuli@Nemours.org
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Abstract

We apply a multisystem perspective to three aims relevant to resilience for young children in emergency and transitional homeless shelters. We consider profiles of risks and resources before shelter, early childhood program enrollment during shelter, and the likelihood of returning to shelter or having a subsequent child welfare placement. We used longitudinal, city-wide data from multiple sources integrated at the individual level across the lifespan for 8 birth cohorts. Young children (N = 1,281) stayed in family shelters during an 18-month period during a multisystem intervention. Risk factor rates were high as were rates of early childhood program enrollment (66.1% in any program; 42.3% in a high-quality program), which may suggest positive effects of the multisystem intervention. Multilevel latent class analysis revealed four profiles, considering prior shelter stays, prior child welfare placements, prior elevated lead levels, perinatal factors (teenage mother, prenatal care, low maternal education, and poor birth outcomes), demographics, and early childhood program enrollment and quality. One profile with higher rates of child welfare placement before the shelter stay and considerable enrollment in high-quality early childhood programs corresponded to lower rates of subsequent child welfare placement. Profiles did not differ on the likelihood of returning to shelter.

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early childhoodfamily homelessnessmultisystem resilienceintegrated data systemslatent class analysis
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 35 , Issue 5: Special Issue: Resilience in Development: Pathways to Multisystem Integration , December 2023 , pp. 2430 - 2443
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