Resources
Our resources and policy briefs share insights from our work at Pale Blue. and beyond. Here you'll find research, tools, and analysis designed to inform practice, guide policy, and spark new conversations.
This brief introduces a phased abolition and reform approach to child welfare, replacing punitive family policing with community-driven, health-oriented supports that center equity, prevention, and family well-being.
This brief explores the failure of reform: when victims are pathologized and families and communities are fractured by systemic inertia.
This brief explores how Family Finding and Kin First can serve as a bridge to abolition, replacing foster care reliance with kinship, community, and equity-driven alternatives.
An analysis of why child welfare systems remain unable to identify or protect the majority of children lost to maltreatment, and what reforms are needed to address this systemic blind spot
An analysis of how reliance on DSM diagnoses shapes child welfare interventions, highlighting differential benefits and risks across investigative versus supportive response tracks.
This brief highlights how growing economic and political instability shapes the lives of children and families, exposing the fragility of U.S. child welfare systems.