Published Works
Shelton, J. L. (2026). Getting To Guardianship: Impacts of Kinship Guardianship Subsidies on Guardianship Permanency for Foster Care-Involved Youth. Children and Youth Services Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109107
Shelton, J. L., & Font, S. (2026). Different Reporters, Different Futures? Child and Parent Outcomes after Child Protection Reports. Child Maltreatment, 10775595261444613.
Shelton, J. L., & Waller, M. R. (2025). Barriers to Father–child Contact during Incarceration and Children’s Educational Outcomes. Child Welfare, 102(6), 27-50.
Shelton, J. L., Chase, E. C., Ajayi, B. P., Armstrong, J., & Ezell, J. M. (2023). The cultural dimensions of collective action during environmental hazards: Assessing race, gender, and social support network dynamics in the Flint Water Crisis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 87, 103565.
Under Review
(Submission Selected for the Polyvictimization Special Issue in Children and Youth Services Review) Shelton, J. L., ‘My Mom May Have Birthed Him, But I Raise Him’: Sibling Caregiving as an Adaptive Response to Polyvictimization Across Family and Institutional Contexts
Jones, D., Shelton J. L., Font, S.A., Davi, N. (2026) "Stability After Foster Care: Reentry and Maltreatment Risk Following Adoption, Guardianship, and Living with Other Relatives"
Selected Works in Progress
Shelton, J. L., Font, S.A., Shun, A.S., "To Protect and Serve? Child Protection Interventions and Their Effects on Parents"
Shelton, J. L., "The Collateral Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic for Child Welfare: Examining the Role of Community Context"