Jill Duerr Berrick

Job title: 
Professor
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JILL DUERR BERRICK is a Distinguished Professor and the Zellerbach Family Foundation Professor of Social Welfare. She also holds a joint appointment as a Professor II at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Dr. Berrick's research focuses on the child welfare system and efforts to improve the experiences of children and families touched by foster care. Her interests target the intersection of poverty, childhood development, parenting and the service systems designed to address family well-being. Berrick’s research approach typically relies upon the voices of service system consumers or providers to identify the impacts of social problems and social service solutions on family life.

For over three decades Dr. Berrick has conducted a range of studies examining child welfare services for vulnerable families. She has written or co-written 11 books and numerous articles on topics relating to family poverty, child maltreatment and child welfare. Her most influential works have examined the benefits and limitations of kinship foster care; the characteristics of highly effective foster caregivers; and the human impacts of poverty-related policies for children and families at risk of foster care involvement.

Her most recent book, The Impossible Imperative: Navigating the Competing Principles of Child Protection (Oxford University Press), lays out a framework for conducting principled child welfare practice. Dr. Berrick argues that the field is shaped by competing ideas that force child welfare professionals to make choices that are both contested and contentious. Although the principles serve to animate child welfare practice and policy, they are fraught with contradiction when placed in a real-world context. Joined by 15 co-authors who are former Berkeley students and who have served as child welfare professionals across California, these writers share their stories about working on the front lines of child protection. Using these rich case exemplars, the book draws the reader into that liminal space where ethics, pragmatics, and reasoned choice are challenged. The book can be used as a teaching tool for aspiring professionals and as motivation for those looking to social work to make a difference in children’s and families’ lives.

In addition to her work relating to child protection professionals, Berrick's understanding of child protection systems in the U.S. has been enhanced by her international comparative analyses of child welfare policies and practices. She has previously studied decision making in edge of care child welfare cases — those where the risk of placement into foster care is high — in diverse countries such as England, Finland, Norway, and the US. She has also conducted studies of public attitudes about child welfare in Norway and the U.S. in collaboration with her research partner, Professor Marit Skivenes.

She is currently engaged with Professors Neil Gilbert (UC Berkeley) and Marit Skivenes (University of Bergen, Norway) in developing an International Handbook of Child Protection Systems (Oxford University Press, in press), featuring an analysis of child protection systems across six continents and 50 countries. Based upon data from these 50 countries, they have devised a Global Typology for Child Protection systems that seeks to characterize some of the principle similarities and differences in supportive arrangements for vulnerable families.

Having studied issues of family poverty and its relationship to child welfare system involvement, Berrick has recently engaged in developing a national coalition of organizations to reshape public policy as it pertains to child support enforcement and foster care. Currently, many states and local jurisdictions require birth parents to pay for their child's stay in foster care by means of child support enforcement. (For a brief overview of this issue see Berrick's op-ed and blog.) Berrick is working with a team of students to bring visibility to the issue and legislative change.

Finally, Dr. Berrick is deeply involved in campus life at UC Berkeley. She co-founded Berkeley Hope Scholars, a program to support UC Berkeley students who have experiences in the foster care system. She previously served as chair of the Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors, and Financial Aid (CUSHFA), and she currently serves as Chair of the Admissions, Enrollment, and Preparatory Education campus committee.

Dr. Berrick currently serves as the chair of the undergraduate major in the School of Social Welfare.

Teaching

  • SW 110: Introduction to the Profession
  • SW 230: Child Welfare Policy
  • SW 287: Doctoral seminar: Navigating Doctoral Education and the Academy Beyond

In the News

The federal government will allow states to stop charging families for foster care (NPR 7.1.22)

California tries to force parents to pay for their children's foster care. That's crazy (Sacramento Bee 4.2.22)

Reduce number of CPS families required to pay for foster care (Cal Matters 3.14.22)

Who pays for foster care? In the U.S., parents do (Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism 12.2.21)

The Ultimate Denial of Children's Rights (Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism 10.13.20)

The Research Doesn't Support Child Welfare Abolition (The Imprint 10.5.20)

Philly battle over same-sex foster care exposes an unequal system | Opinion (Philadelphia Inquirer 3.3.20)

When kids are harmed in foster care, we're all responsible (Oklahoman 09.05.18)

Favoring Reunification for Children in Foster Care is a Legal Mandate, not Bias Against Foster Parents co-author J. Lawson (Chronicle of Social Change 05.15.17)

Government benefits work (San Jose Mercury News 11.04.13)

Time to treat child poverty as a public health disaster (Oakland Tribune 01.11.12)

Without a safety net, teen foster kids need a lift into adulthood (San Francisco Chronicle 05.14.10)

Who Claims the Family Policy Agenda? (San Francisco Chronicle 10.10.08)

Foster Youth’s Eternal Quest for a "Forever Family" (San Francisco Chronicle 11.28.06)

Kids in Care, Waiting for a Change (San Francisco Chronicle 05.30.06)

Reunification philosophy, practice and research: We can do better for families (Centre on Law and Social Transformation)

Expanded Publications

Books

Berrick, J.D.The Impossible Imperative: Navigating the contested principles of child protection. New York: Oxford University Press

Berrick, J. D. (2008).Take me home: Protecting America's vulnerable children and families. New York: Oxford University Press.

Berrick, J. D., & Gilbert N. (Eds.) (2008).Raising children: Emerging needs, modern risks, and social responses. New York: Oxford University Press.

Berrick, J. D., & Fuller, B. (Eds.). (2005). Good parents or good workers? How policy shapes families’ daily lives. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

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: Oxford University Press.

Berrick, J. D., Barth, R. P., & Gilbert, N. (Eds. ) (1997).Child welfare research review (Vol. II). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Berrick, J. D. (1995).;Faces of poverty: Portraits of women and children on welfare. New York: Oxford University Press.

Barth, R. P., Berrick, J. D., & Gilbert, N. (Eds. ) (1994).Child welfare research review (Vol. I). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Barth, R. P., Courtney, M., Berrick, J. D., & Albert, V. (1994).From child abuse to permanency planning: Child welfare services, pathways, and placements.Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter. 

Berrick, J. D., & Gilbert, N. (1991).With the best of intentions: The child sexual abuse prevention movement.New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Gilbert, N., Berrick, J. D., LeProhn, N., & Nyman, N. (1989).Protecting young children from sexual abuse: Does preschool training work?Lexington, MA: Lexington.

Articles

Berrick, J.D., Dickens, J., Poso, T., & Skivenes, M. (in preparation). Time and its relationship to quality decision making: A Cross-country analysis.

Berrick, J.D., Dickens, J., Poso, T., & Skivenes, M. (in review). Parents’ involvement in care order decisions: A cross-country study of front line practice. Child and family social work

Berrick, J.D., Dickens, J., Poso, T., & Skivenes, M. (in review). Social workers and independent experts in child protection decision making: Messages from an inter-country comparative study.

Wiegmann, W., Lery, B., & Berrick, J.D. (in press). ;Building a knowledge-driven child welfare workforce: A university-agency partnership.Journal of Social Work Education.

Berrick, J.D., Dickens, J., Poso, T., & Skivenes, M. (in preparation). Child welfare workers’ assessment of risk, consequences, and strategies: A cross-country analysis.

Berrick, J.D., Dickens, J., Poso, T., & Skivenes, M. (in press). Children’s involvement in care order decision making: A cross-country comparison.Child Abuse and Neglect

Lawson, J., Maynard, B., & Berrick, J.D. (accepted for préparation).  Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) as an Intervention for Improving Key Child Welfare Case Outcomes: A Systematic Review.  Campbell Collaboration.

Berrick, J.D., Peckover, S., Poso, T., & Skivenes, M. (2015).  The formalized framework for decision making in child protection care orders:  A cross-country comparison.  Journal of European Social Work.

Berrick, J.D. (in preparation). The end of foster care as we know it.

Berrick, J.D. (2015). Protecting children from maltreatment in the US.Arbor (Spanish journal).

Lee, C., & Berrick, J.D. (2014). Experiences of youth who transition to adulthood out of care: Developing a theoretical framework.Children and Youth Services Review,. 46, 78-84.

Berrick, J.D.& Durst, W.  (2014). Court appointed special advocate (CASA) volunteerism: Preparing MSW students for public child welfare practice. Journal of Social Work Education, 50(1), 176-183. doi:10.1080/10437797.2014.856247

Berrick, J.D., & Skivenes, M. (2013). Fostering in the welfare states of the U.S.A. and Norway. Journal of European Social Policy. 23(4), 423-436.

Lawson, J., & Berrick, JD. (2013). Establishing CASA as an evidence-based practice. Journal of Evidence-Based Practice. 10:4, 321-337, DOI: 10.1080/15433714.2012.663674

Berrick, J.D. & Skivenes, M. (2012). Dimensions of high quality foster care : Parenting Plus. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(9), 1956-1965.

Berrick, J.D., Cohen, E., & Anthony, E. (2011). Partnering with parents: Promising approaches to improve reunification outcomes for children in foster care. Journal of Family Strengths, 11(1).

Berrick, J. D., Shauffer, C., & Rodriguez, J. (2011). Recruiting for excellence in foster care: Marrying child welfare research with brand marketing strategies. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 5(2).

Berrick, J. D., Young, E. W., Cohen, E., & Anthony, E. (2011). “I am the face of success:” Peer mentors in child welfare. Child and Family Social Work. 16(2).

Conley, A., & Berrick, J. D. (2010). Community-based child abuse prevention: Outcomes associated with a Differential Response program in California. Child Maltreatment.

Berrick, J. D., Choi, Y., D’Andrade, A., & Frame, L. (2008). Reasonable efforts? Implementation of the reunification exception provisions of ASFA. Child Welfare, 87(3).

Conley, A., & Berrick, J. D. (2008). Implementing Differential Response in ethnically diverse neighborhoods Protecting Children.

Fox, A., Berrick, J. D., & Frasch, K. (2008). Safety, family, permanency, and child well-being: What we can learn from children. Child Welfare, 87(1), 63-90.

Coakley, J. F., & Berrick, J. D. (2008). Research review: In a rush to permanency: Preventing adoption disruption. Journal of Child and Family Social Work, 13(1), 101-112.

Ayasse, R. H., Donahue, J., & Berrick, J. D. (2007). The school enrollment process for group home youth: An examination of interagency collaboration on behalf of youth transitioning into new group homes. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1(3), 95-114.

Berrick, J. D. (2007). A response to David Crampton’s response to: Neighborhood-based foster care: A critical examination of location-based placement criteria.Social Service Review 81(2), 347-349.

Frame, L. C., Conley, A., & Berrick, J. D. (2006). “The real work is what they do together:” Peer support and child welfare services. Families in Society87(4), 509-520.

Berrick, J. D. (2006). Neighborhood-based foster care: A critical examination of location-based placement criteria. Social Service Review, 80(4), 569-583.

Fox, A., & Berrick, J. D. (2006). A response to No one ever asked us:A review of children’s experiences in out-of-home care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Frame, L., Berrick, J. D., & Coakley, J. F. (2006). Essential elements of implementing a system of concurrent planning.Journal of Child and Family Social Work, 357-367. 

D’Andrade, A., & Berrick, J. D. (2006). When policy meets practice: The untested effects of permanency reforms in child welfare. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 33(1), 31-52.

D’Andrade, A., Frame, L., & Berrick, J. D. (2006). Concurrent planning in public child welfare agencies: Oxymoron or work in progress? Children and Youth Services Review28(1), 78-95.

Berrick, J. D. (2005). Marriage, motherhood, and welfare reform.Social Policy and Society4(2). 133-146.

Mitchell, L., Barth, R. P., Green, R., Wall, A., Biemer, P., Berrick, J. D., et al. (2005). Child welfare reform in the United States: Findings from the NSCAW Local Agency Survey.Child Welfare 84, 5-14.

Frame, L., & Berrick, J. D. (2003). The effects of welfare reform on families involved with public child welfare services: Results from a qualitative study. Children and Youth Services Review 25(1-2), 113-138.

Barth, R. P., Biemer, P., Runyan, D., Webb, M. B., & Berrick, J. D. (2002). Methodological lessons from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: The First Three Years of the USA's First National Probability Study of Children and Families Investigated for Abuse and Neglect. Children and Youth Services Review 24 , 513-544.

Geen, R., & Berrick, J. D. (2002). Kinship care: An evolving service delivery option. Children and Youth Services Review 24(1-2), 1-14.

Geen, R., & Berrick, J. D. (2002). Kinship care: An evolving service delivery option. Children and Youth Services Review 24(1-2), 1-14.

Shlonsky, A. R., & Berrick, J. D. (2001). Assessing and promoting quality in kin and non-kin foster care. Social Service Review 75 (1), 60-83

Frame, L., Berrick, J. D., & Brodowski, M. L. (2000). Understanding reentry to foster care for reunified infants. Child Welfare 74(4), 339-369.

Berrick, J. D., Frasch, K., & Fox, A. (2000). Assessing children’s experiences of out-of-home care: Methodological challenges and opportunities. Social Work Research 24(2), 119-127.

Berrick, J. D. (1999). Entitled to what? Welfare and child welfare in a shifting policy environment. Children and Youth Services Review, 21(9/10), 709-718.

Berrick, J. D., Needell, B., & Minkler, M. (1999). The policy implications of welfare reform for older caregivers, kinship care, and family configuration. Children and Youth Services Review, 21(9/10), 843-864.

Austin, M. J., Martin, M., Carnochan, S., Goldberg, S., Berrick, J. D., Weiss, B., & Kelley, J. (1999). Building a comprehensive agency-University partnership: A case study of the Bay Area Social Services Consortium. Journal of Community Practice 6(3), 89-106.

Minkler, M., Berrick, J. D., & Needell, B. (1999). Impacts of welfare reform on California grandparents raising grandchildren: Reflections from the field. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 10(3), 45-64.

Berrick, J. D. (Spring, 1998). When children cannot remain home: Temporary foster care and kinship care. Future of Children 8(1),72-87.

Berrick, J. D. (1997). Assessing quality of care in kinship and foster family care.Family Relations 46(3), 273-280.

Berrick, J. D., Barth, R. P., Needell, B., & Jonson-Reid, M. (1997). Group care and young children. Social Service Review 71(2), 257-273. ;

Berrick, J. D. (Summer/1996). From mother’s duty to personal responsibility: The evolution of AFDC. Hastings Women’s Law Review Journal 7(2), 257-274.

Courtney, M. E., Barth, R. P., Berrick, J. D., Brooks, D., Needell, B., & Park, L. (March/April, 1996). Race and child welfare services: Past research and future directions. Child Welfare >75 (2), 99-137.

Berrick, J. D., & Duerr, M. (January, 1996). Maintaining positive school relationships: The role of the school social worker vis-à-vis full-service schools. Social Work in Education 18(1), 53-59.

Berrick, J. D., & Karski, R. L. (Fall, 1995). Emerging issues in child welfare: A state survey of child welfare administrators. Public Welfare 53(4), 4-11.

Berrick, J. D., & Barth, R. P. (1994). Research on kinship foster care: What do we know? Where do we go from here? Children and Youth Services Review 16(1-2), 1-6.

Berrick, J. D., Barth, R. P., & Needell, B. (1994). A comparison of kinship foster homes and foster family homes: Implications for kinship foster care as family preservation. Children and Youth Services Review 16(1-2), 33-64.

Berrick, J. D., Courtney, M. E., & Barth, R. P. (1993). Specialized foster care and group home care: Similarities and differences of children in care. Children and Youth Services Review 15, 453-473.

Berrick, J. D. (February, 1993). Group care for children in California: Trends in the '90s. Child and Youth Care Forum, 22(1), 7-22.

Berrick, J. D., & Barth, R. P. (December, 1992). Child sexual abuse prevention: Research review and recommendations. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 28(4), 6-15.

Berrick, J. D. (July, 1991). Welfare and child care: The intricacies of competing social values. Social Work36(4), 345-352.

Berrick, J. D., & Barth, R. (April, 1991). The role of the school social worker in child abuse prevention. Social Work in Education13(3), 195-202.

Berrick, J. D. (1991). Sexual abuse prevention training for preschoolers: Implications for moral development. Children and Youth Services Review3(1-2), 61-76.

Berrick, J. D. (Summer, 1989). Sexual abuse prevention education: Is it appropriate for the preschool child? Children and Youth Services Review11(2), 146-158.

Berrick, J. D. (Fall, 1988). Parental involvement in child abuse prevention training: What do they learn? International Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect12(4), 543-554.

Other Publications

Kimberlin, S., & Berrick, J.D. (in press). Poor for how long? Chronic vs. transient child poverty in the United States. In E. Fernandez (Ed.). Theoretical and empirical insights into child and family poverty: Cross national perspectives.  Springer Publisher.

Berrick, J.D. (in press). Research and practice with families in foster care. In Pasley, K., & Browning, S. Understanding and treating contemporary families: Translating research in practice. Routledge Press.

Berrick, J. D. (2011). Trends and issues in the U. S. child welfare system. In N. Gilbert, N. Parton, & M. Skivnes (Eds. )Child protection systems: International trends and orientations. (17-35). New York: Oxford University Press.

Berrick, J. D. & Henry, C. (2011). Child welfare. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Social Work. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780195389678-0011.

Berrick, J. D., Weissinger, E., & Lawson, J. (2011). Adoption. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Social Work. doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780195389678-0010.

Frame, L. C., Berrick, J. D., & Knittel, J. (2010). Parent mentors in child welfare: A paradigm shift from traditional services. The Source. 20(1), 2-6. 

Berrick, J. D. (2008). Kinship care. In T. Fitzpatrick, H. Kwon N. Manning, J. Midgley, & G. Pascall (Ed. ), International Encyclopedia of Social Policy. London: Routledge. 

Berrick, J. D. (2008). Income maintenance and support: The changing face of welfare. In J. Midgley, M. B. Tracy, and M. Livermore (Eds. ), Handbook of social policy. (336-346). Revised edition. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Berrick, J. D. (2008). From private to public: Paying grandparents as caregivers. In Berrick, J. D., & Gilbert, N. (Eds. ) Raising children: Emerging needs, modern risks, and social responses.  (27-43). New York: Oxford University Press.

Berrick, J. D., Frame, L., Langs, J., & Varchol, L. (2006). Working together for children and families: Where TANF and child welfare meet. Journal of Policy Practice5 (2-3). Also published in R. Hoefer and J. Midgley (Eds. ), International perspectives on welfare to work policy. Haworth Press.

Thomas, K. L., Cohen, E., & Berrick, J. D. (2003). California’s Waiver evaluation of FGDM: A unique opportunity. Protecting Children18(162), 52-56. 

Berrick, J. D. (2001). personal Responsibility, Private Behavior, and Public Benefits: Targeting social welfare in the United States. In N. Gilbert (Ed. ), Targeting social benefits. New York, NY: Transaction Books. (Translated into Chinese: China Labor and Social Security Publishing House (2004).

Berrick, J. D. (2000). The benefits of kinship care. In M. Kluger, G. Alexander, and P. Curtis (Eds.), What works in child welfare? Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America.

Berrick, J. D. (2000). Income maintenance and support: The changing face of welfare. In J. Midgley, M. B. Tracy, and M. Livermore (Eds.), Handbook of social policy. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Second edition in press. 

Berrick, J. D., & Needell, B. (1999). Recent trends in kinship care: Public policy, payments, and outcomes for children. In P. A. Curtis and G. Dale (Eds.), The foster care crisis: Translating research into practice and policy. University of Nebraska Press. 

Berrick, J. D., Needell, B., & Barth, R. P. (1998). Kin as a family and child welfare resource: The child welfare worker’s perspective. In R. L. Hegar and M. Scannapieco (Eds.), Kinship foster care: Policy, practice, and research. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 

Berrick, J. D., & Duerr, M. (1998). Maintaining positive school relationships: The role of the social worker vis-à-vis full-service schools. In E. M. Freeman, C. G. Franklin, R. Fong, G. L. Shaffer, and E. M. Timberlake (Eds.), Multisystem skills and interventions in school social work practice. Washington, DC: NASW Press. 

Berrick, J. D., & Duerr, M. W. (1997). Preventing child neglect: A study of an in-home program for children and families. In J. D. Berrick, R. P. Barth, and N. Gilbert (Eds.), Child welfare research review (Vol. II). New York, NY: Columbia University Press. 

Berrick, J. D., & Gilbert, N. (1995). Prevention of child sexual abuse in American primary schools. In B. Marquardt-Mau (Ed.), Prevention of child sexual abuse in school: Between hope and reality. Background and experiences from different countries. Kiel, Germany: Juventa Publishers. 

Berrick, J. D., & Gilbert, N. (1994). Should children be required to participate in school programs designed to prevent child molestation? In M. A. Mason and E. Gambrill (Ed.), Debating children's lives: Current controversies on children and adolescents. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 

Berrick, J. D., Barth, R. P., Needell, B., & Courtney, M. E. (1993). Relative foster care and the preservation of families. Papers from the Sixth Annual Conference on Family Based Services. Cedar Rapids, IA: National Association for Family Based Services.

Book Reviews

Berrick, J.D. (2011). [Review of Gainsborough, J.F., Scandalous politics: Child welfare policy in the United States.] Social Service Review, 85(4), 667-670.

Berrick, J. D. (2009). [Review of Chaskin, R., & Rosenfeld, J., Research for action: Cross-national perspectives on connecting knowledge, policy, and practice for children. International Journal of Social Welfare. 18(3), 324-325.

Berrick, J. D. (2005). [Review of M. Rank, One nation, underprivileged: Why American poverty affects us all. ] International Journal of Social Welfare14(1), 69.

Berrick, J. D. (2002). [Review of J. Horwath (Ed. ), The child’s world: Assessing children in need.European Journal of Social Work, 5(2), 244-246.

Berrick, J. D. (2002). [Review of J. P. Gleeson & C. F. Hairston (Eds.), Kinship care: Improving practice through research.] Children and Youth Services Review.

Berrick, J. D. (2001). [Review of Rush, Loving across the color line.] Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. 28(3), 229-232.

Berrick, J. D. (1999). [Review of M. Harder and K. Pringle, Protecting children in Europe: Towards a new millennium.] European Journal of Social Work, 2(1), 106-107.

Berrick, J. D. (1999). [Review of Hughes and Rycus, Developmental disabilities and child welfare.] Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 16(4), 317-320.

Berrick, J. D. (1998). [Review of Holloway, Fuller, Rambaud, and Eggers-Pierola, Through my own eyes: Single mothers and the culture of poverty.] Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare.

Berrick, J. D. (1997). [Review of Gensler, The American welfare system.] Journal of Social Service Research, 23(1).

Berrick, J. D. (1997). [Review of L. B. Costin, H. J. Karger and D. Stoesz, The politics of child abuse in America.] Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 24(4), 161-164.

Berrick, J. D. (1994). [Review of V. Polokow, Lives on the edge.] Children and Youth Services Review, 17(1-2).

Berrick, J. D. (Spring, 1991). [Book review of National Conference of State Legislators, The child care guarantee in welfare reform.] Children and Youth Services Review.

Berrick, J. D. (1991). [Review of J. J. Krivacska, Designing child sexual abuse prevention programs.] Children and Youth Services Review, 3(1-2), 61-76.

Reports

Cohen, E., Fawley, K., & Berrick, J. D. (2009). Outcomes of the Contra Costa County Transition-Age Youth Survey. (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Anthony, E., Berrick, J. D., Cohen, E., & Wilder, E. (2009). Partnering with Parents: Promising Approaches to Improve Reunification Outcomes for Children in Foster Care. (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Berrick, J. D., & Frame, L. (2005). CalWORKs/Child Welfare Partnership Project Evaluation (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Berrick, J. D., D’Andrade, A., Frame, L., & Coakley, J. (2004). Child Welfare Permanency Reforms (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Sogar, C., Berrick, J. D., Frame, L., & Frasch, K. (2001). Experiences of Living Through Welfare Reform in One California County (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Berrick, J. D., & Edelstein, S. (2001). Foster Care and Adoption: How Prop 10 Commissions Can Help California’s Most Vulnerable Children (University of California, Los Angeles).

D’Andrade, A., Choice, P., Martin, M., Berrick, J., & Austin, M. (2000). Concurrent Planning: The Influence of Bypass and Poor Prognosis Indicators on Child Welfare Outcomes (University of California, Berkeley, Bay Area Social Services Consortium).

Brooks, D., Berrick, J. D., Webster, D., & Barth, R. P. (1998). An Overview of the Child Welfare System in California: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Innovations(University of California, Center for Social Services Research).

Ferguson, C., Berrick, J. D., & Barth, R. P. (1998). Strengthening Families Through Family Resource Centers: Understanding the Elements and Significance of Public and Private Partnerships (University of California, Center for Social Services Research).

Minkler, M., Berrick, J. D., & Needell, B. (1998). The Impact of Welfare Reform on California Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Berrick, J. D., Brodowski, M. L., & Frame, L. (1997). Factors Associated with Family Reunification Outcomes: Understanding Reentry to Care (University of California, Bay Area Social Services Consortium).

Berrick, J. D., Jonson-Reid, M., Barth, R. P., & Lurkis, L. (1997). Child Abuse Prevention Through Community Empowerment (University of California, Child Welfare Research Center.)

Berrick, J. D., Needell, B., Barth, R. P., & Jonson-Reid, M. (1996). The Tender Years: Toward Developmentally-Sensitive Child Welfare Services for Very Young Children(University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Berrick, J. D. (1996). Assessing Quality of Care in Kinship and Foster Family Care(University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research, Bay Area Social Services Consortium).

Jonson-Reid, M., Berrick, J. D., & Barth, R. P. (1996). Roseville Family Cooperative Project(University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Rogers, K., Berrick, J. D., & Barth, R. P. (1996). Collaboration and Community Empowerment for Primary Prevention (University of California, Child Welfare Research Center).

Berrick, J. D., Buchanan, S., & Barth, R. P. (1996). Strengthening Families Through Family Resource Centers (University of California, Child Welfare Research Center).

Rogers, K., Berrick, J. D., & Barth, R. P. (1996). Auburn Greens’ Family Cooperative Project: First Year Report (University of California, Child Welfare Research Center).

Duerr, M., Berrick, J. D., & King, D. (1994). Local Efforts to Address and Reduce Child Neglect LEARN (Duerr Evaluation Resources).

Berrick, J. D., Barth, P., Needell, B., & Jonson-Reid, M. (1993). Research Regarding Young Children in Group Care (University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Berrick, J. D., & Adams, A. (1993). Evaluation of SB 689--GAIN (University of California, Berkeley, Family Welfare Research Group).

Gilbert, N., Berrick, J. D., & Meyers, M. K. (1992). GAIN Family Life & Child Care Study(University of California, Berkeley, Family Welfare Research Group).

Berrick, J. D., Barth, B., Courtney, M., & Albert, V. (1992). Pathways Through Child Welfare Services (University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Gilbert, N., & Berrick, J. D. (1990). Evaluation of California's First and Third Grade Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs (University of California, Berkeley, Family Welfare Research Group).

Barth, R. P., Berrick, J. D., Courtney, M., & Pizzini, S. (1990). A Snapshot of California's Families and Children Pursuant to the Child Welfare Reforms of the 1980's (University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Barth, R. P., Berrick, J. D., & Courtney, M. (1990). A Second Snapshot of Families, Children and Child Welfare Services in California (University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Barth, R. P., Berrick, J. D., & Courtney, M. (1990). A Third Snapshot of California's Children and Families in the Context of the External and Internal Environment(University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Barth, R. P., Berrick, J. D., & Courtney, M. (1990). A Fourth Snapshot of Services to California's Children and Families (University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center). 

Gilbert, N., Daro, D., Berrick, J. D., Le Prohn, & Nyman, N. (1988). Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Evaluation of Education Materials [Preschool Programs] (University of California, Berkeley, Family Welfare Research Group).

Curricula

Berrick, J. D., Helalian, H. S., Frame, L., Fabella, D., Lee, K., & Karpilow, K. (2010). Child Welfare and CalWorks: Opportunities for Collaboration to Benefit Children and Families(University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Conley, A., & Berrick, J. D. (2008). Differential Response: Implications for Social Work Practice in Diverse Communities (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Child and Youth Policy).

Berrick, J. D., & Ayasse, R. (2004). Improving Educational Services for Foster Youth Living in Group Homes: An Analysis of Interagency Collaboration (University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Frame, L., Berrick, J. D., Sogar, C., Berzin, S. C., & Pearlman, J. (2001). CalWORKs and Child Welfare: Case Management for Public Child Welfare Workers (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Fox, A., Frasch, K., & Berrick, J. (2000). Listening to Children in Foster Care (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Berrick, J. D., Needell, B., Shlonsky, A., Simmel, C., & Pedrucci, C. (1999). Assessment, Support, and Training for Kinship Care and Foster Care: An Empirically-Based Curriculum (University of California, Berkeley, Center for Social Services Research).

Frame, L., Berrick, J. D., Lee, S., Needell, B., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Barth, R. P., Brookhart, A., & Pernas, M. (1998). Child Welfare in a CalWorks Environment: An Empirically-Based Curriculum (University of California, Child Welfare Research Center).

Berrick, J. D., Needell, B., & Barth, R. P. (1995). Kinship Care in California: An Empirically-Based Curriculum (University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Research Center).

Research interests: 
  • Systems of Care for Children/Families/Older Adults
  • Family Policy
  • Child and Family Poverty
  • Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Foster Care
  • Kinship Care
  • Child Welfare Services
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Contact

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