This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will fund a $154,000 research project by Florida State University (FSU) from July 2024 to June 2026. The project aims to identify how the informal and formal support networks, or "safety nets," of families involved with Child Protective Services (CPS) are linked to child outcomes over time. By examining how these safety nets function for CPS-involved families, the research aims to fill an important gap in understanding how to improve service engagement and family outcomes. The project will apply safety net frameworks previously developed for vulnerable, non-CPS involved families to this CPS-involved population. The results are expected to inform evidence-based shifts in child welfare practices.