Children and Family Research Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Social Work


	The Children and Family Research Center, located in Urbana, Illinois, is an independent research organization created jointly in 1996 at the School of Social Work by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services . The goal of the Center is to identify research needs and support research that is policy and practice relevant and encourage and facilitate public child welfare research activities through collaborative relationships.


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January 2012
CFRC Releases Report on DCFS Performance
The CFRC is pleased to announce the release of the Conditions of Children in or at Risk of Foster Care in Illinois: 2010 Monitoring Report of the B.H. Consent Decree. …

January 2012 / Brief
Ongoing Safety Assessment and Maltreatment Recurrence
This research brief summarizes the results of an evaluation of the use of a safety assessment instrument, known as the Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol or CERAP, on rates of maltreatment recurrence in Illinois. Findings indicate that…

December 2011
Parental Response to Sexual Abuse Varies by Age of Victim and Suspect, Study Finds
A new study co-written by Ted Cross, a faculty member in the School of Social Work, indicated that child victims of sexual abuse are less likely to receive parental support when the alleged perpetrator is an adolescent rather than an adult.

November 2011
CFRC Researcher Theodore Cross Funded to Study Forensic Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases
The CRFC's Theodore Cross recently was funded by the National Institute of Justice to study the frequency and impact of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases.

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