A child welfare algorithm showed a pattern of flagging a disproportionate number of Black children for a “mandatory” neglect investigation, when compared with white children.
Around the country, as child welfare agencies use or consider algorithmic tools, an AP review has identified a number of concerns about the technology, including questions about its reliability and its potential to harden racial disparities in the child welfare system.
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Child welfare officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the cradle of Mister Rogers TV neighborhood and the icon s child-centric innovations, are using an algorithm to support agency workers as they make decisions meant to protect children from neglect