Sentences with phrase «on child welfare outcomes»

This study reports on child welfare outcomes of a community - based randomized control trial of PFR, specifically on the stability of children's placements and their permanency status two years after enrollment into the study.

Permanency Outcomes for Toddlers in Child Welfare Two Years After a Randomized Trial of a Parenting Intervention Spieker, Oxford, & Fleming, (2014) Children and Youth Services Review, 44 View Abstract Reports on child welfare outcomes of a community - based, randomized control trial of Promoting First Relationships, a 10 - week relationship - based home visiting program, on stability of children's placements and permanency status 2 years after enrollment into the study; includes findings and a discussion.

As part of this initiative, QIC NRF funded four sites in 2008 to help determine the impact of non-resident father involvement on child welfare outcomes.

Continued evaluation of implementation and outcome data will provide additional insight regarding the impact of CFA on child welfare outcomes.

Not exact matches

A recent report from the Juvenile Law Center on how to improve outcomes for young people in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems underscores this point.

[221] We also propose to include children in the child welfare system in this provision, given their family instability and the importance of early intervention, like that provided by Head Start, on their school readiness and long - term outcomes.

However, she found that the impact of the transfer on the welfare of the child and on the choices available to the court deciding the eventual outcome must be considered.

The outcome will not only affect the way that Canada funds child welfare services on reserve, but might also have implications for other services that the federal government provides funding for on reserve including education, social assistance and health.

The act directed counties to undergo a process of self - assessment and system improvement in order to improve performance on key child welfare outcome indicators.

The act directed counties to undergo a self - assessment and system improvement to enhance performance on key child welfare outcome indicators.

Review of Parent Education Models for Family Reunification Programs (PDF - 369 KB) Cutler Institute, Muskie School of Public Service (2010) Presents a matrix of parent education models used in family reunification programs that includes a model description and information on target audience, targets of intervention, level of research evidence, child welfare outcomes, required training and fidelity monitoring, and program cost.

Although there is limited research on the effects of an individualized, strengths - based approach on child and family outcomes for the population of child welfare clients, prior studies of other service recipients (e.g., early intervention, mental health, elderly services) have found that a family - centered, strengths - based approach is associated with increased service engagement (Green et al., 2004; Shireman, 1998), increased parenting competency (Green et al., 2004; Whitley, 1999), and enhanced interaction among family members (Green et al., 2004; Huebner, Jones, Miller, Custer, & Critchfield, 2006).

Delivering on the Promise: Promoting Court Capacity to Improve Outcomes for Abused and Neglected Children: A Primer for Policymakers (PDF - 639 KB) National Conference of State Legislatures (2007) Identifies potential State legislative strategies to promote judicial accountability and greater collaboration with child welfare agencies.

Research shows that improving organizational climates in child welfare agencies may enhance outcomes for the children, youth, and families they serve.3 To provide a more holistic view of wellness, this section offers information, materials, and tools for supporting and promoting the behavioral health and wellness of children and families involved with child welfare, in addition to resources on worker and organizational wellness.

Bringing Families Together: Models of Hope and Recovery Center for Children and Family Futures & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2012) Presents a video on how communities are strengthening linkages and overcoming barriers among child welfare, behavioral / mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and fChildren and Family Futures & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2012) Presents a video on how communities are strengthening linkages and overcoming barriers among child welfare, behavioral / mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and fchildren and families.

The key finding in this research is that welfare and employment programs that increase parental employment and income had small and consistently positive effects on the developmental outcomes of children who were preschool - and elementary school - aged at study entry.

The effect of home visiting programs on mothers» life - course (subsequent pregnancies, education, employment, and use of welfare) is disappointing overall.10 In the trial of the nurse home visitor program described above, there were enduring effects of the program 15 years after birth of the first child on maternal life - course outcomes (e.g., interpregnancy intervals, use of welfare, behavioural problems due to women's use of drugs and alcohol, and arrests among women who were low - income and unmarried at registration).21 The effects of this program on maternal life - course have been replicated in separate trials with urban African - Americans20, 23,24 and with Hispanics.18

These presentations have focused on the IAP as one model for conducting comprehensive family assessments in child welfare, disseminating information about the implementation of the model and the value of the information obtained through these assessments to further our understanding of family functioning, service delivery, and child welfare outcomes.

Shared information learned on processes and grant outcomes with Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), Inc. with regards to using MI within child welfare and the impact on families.

When children or parents with mental health service needs are involved with the child welfare system, a coordination of efforts is more likely to result in positive outcomes than if each system focuses independently on its own issue - related services.

Improving Outcomes Together: Court and Child Welfare Collaboration (PDF - 280 KB) Children and Family Research Center & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in theOutcomes Together: Court and Child Welfare Collaboration (PDF - 280 KB) Children and Family Research Center & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in their Child Welfare Collaboration (PDF - 280 KB) Children and Family Research Center & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in theChildren and Family Research Center & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in their Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in their child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in theoutcomes for children in thechildren in their care.

States are required to submit Program Improvement Plans (PIPs) when their child welfare services are determined to be out of conformity on any of seven outcomes or seven systemic factors assessed in the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFchild welfare services are determined to be out of conformity on any of seven outcomes or seven systemic factors assessed in the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFChild and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs).

Comprehensive family assessments to improve child welfare outcomes: The impact on job satisfaction for frontline staff.

We estimated models by using dependent variables previously associated with significant treatment effects in the follow - up study.10, 20 These included life - course outcomes for the mother, such as number of subsequent children, months on welfare, impairments due to substance use, and number of arrests, as well as life - course outcomes for the study children, such as number of runaway episodes and number of arrests or convictions.

Required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report on the scope of substance abuse in the child welfare population and the outcomes of services provided to that population

For foster children, the child welfare system is probably the ecology beyond the family with the greatest impact on their outcomes.

However, there is a lack of consensus and clarity on what outcomes demonstrate achievement of the goal of promoting child well - being, to what extent the child welfare system should be responsible for this goal, and what strategies should be utilized to measure child well - being.79 Given the multiple needs of foster children, it is imperative that the child welfare system move beyond a singular focus on safety and permanency and that it promote the wellbeing of children in custodial care.

Creating developmentally - sensitive child welfare agencies Although ecological theory places primacy on the child's relationship with the caregiver, the larger ecologies that children indirectly experience contribute significantly to their outcomes.

Improving Outcomes for Children in Child Welfare: A Medicaid Managed Care Toolkit (PDF - 1,649 KB) Center for Healthcare Strategies (2012) Helps child welfare agencies and other child - serving stakeholders develop an approach to care and cross-system collaboration by focusing on access to physical and behavioral health care services, coordination of care, and the appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic medicatChild Welfare: A Medicaid Managed Care Toolkit (PDF - 1,649 KB) Center for Healthcare Strategies (2012) Helps child welfare agencies and other child - serving stakeholders develop an approach to care and cross-system collaboration by focusing on access to physical and behavioral health care services, coordination of care, and the appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic medicatchild welfare agencies and other child - serving stakeholders develop an approach to care and cross-system collaboration by focusing on access to physical and behavioral health care services, coordination of care, and the appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic medicatchild - serving stakeholders develop an approach to care and cross-system collaboration by focusing on access to physical and behavioral health care services, coordination of care, and the appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic medications.

Because many families receiving child welfare services may benefit from a variety of agencies, coordination of efforts is more likely to result in positive outcomes than if each system focuses independently on its own issue - related services.

Foster Care Re-Entry: Evidence and Implications (PDF - 430 KB) Bay Area Social Services Consortium (2008) Presents findings on risk and correlates of foster care reentry, resilience and correlates of successful reunification, and the impact of child welfare interventions and service models on reducing reentry, outcomes of kinship care are also shared.

Customary Adoption National Indian Child Welfare Association Provides bibliographies of resources on a variety of topics, including customary adoptions, first nations adoptions, identity development, the Indian Adoption Project, outcomes for transracial adoption of Native American children, and general Tribal child welChild Welfare Association Provides bibliographies of resources on a variety of topics, including customary adoptions, first nations adoptions, identity development, the Indian Adoption Project, outcomes for transracial adoption of Native American children, and general Tribal child welchild welfare.

child welfare reform Formal efforts to make fundamental changes to achieve specific outcomes, usually focusing on enhancing safety, permanency, and well - being for children and families.

Customary Adoption National Indian Child Welfare Association Provides bibliography of resources on customary adoptions, First Nations Adoptions, identity development, Indian Adoption Project, Outcomes for Transracially Adoption Native American Children, and general Tribal child welChild Welfare Association Provides bibliography of resources on customary adoptions, First Nations Adoptions, identity development, Indian Adoption Project, Outcomes for Transracially Adoption Native American Children, and general Tribal child welchild welfare.

Final Report (PDF - 125 KB) Winokur, Crawford, & Longobardi (2006) Uses a matched case design to compare children in kinship care with children in foster care on available child welfare outcomes.

Adoption and Foster Care Statistics U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau Statistics from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System reported by State child welfare agencies, including data on permanency outcomes for children exiting fostChildren's Bureau Statistics from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System reported by State child welfare agencies, including data on permanency outcomes for children exiting fostchildren exiting foster care.

The PRIDE Model of Practice is based on five essential competency categories for foster / adoptive parents, developed from a comprehensive national analysis of the roles of foster and adoptive parents and grouped into the following five categories: (1) Protecting and nurturing children (safety child welfare outcome); (2) Meeting children's developmental needs and addressing developmental delays (well - being child welfare outcome); (3) Supporting relationships between children and their families (permanency child welfare outcome); (4) Connecting children to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime (permanency child welfare outcome); and (5) Working as a member of a professional team (essential to achieve the above four categories).

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The TDAP will focus on broadening our understanding of underlying mechanisms that contribute to healthy development and testing practical interventions and implementation strategies to improve outcomes for children and families involved in U.S. child welfare systems.

In each site, the key component of the evaluation was an impact analysis that used a rigorous research design to measure the programs» effects on outcomes, including employment, welfare use, and child well - being.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examines the effects of the Design Team intervention on intention to leave child welfare.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Step - by - Step Parenting Skills Program to carry out a task analysis of basic childcare skills (feeding and bathing); to conduct thorough behavioral assessments of young, vulnerable, single parents; to use modeling, feedback and reinforcement procedures to increase basic childcare skills; and to assess the effect of childcare skill training on the child's welfare.

The study used a variety of sources to measure outcomes, including mother, teacher, and child reports (e.g., on child behavior), school records (e.g., achievement test scores, GPA), and state administrative records (e.g., receipt of welfare and other government assistance).

CDF uses the latest data compiled by the federal government to track national and state level data on child maltreatment, foster care, and other relevant child welfare activities to assess trends and identify areas for improving the outcomes of children involved in the child welfare system.

Outcome measures will focus on both parental and child functioning, and child welfare outcomes regarding reporting to DFCS and family stability.

A trainer for improving outcomes for infants and toddlers in child welfare on a local and national level.

· Better Outcomes Brighter Futures is implemented; · High quality early years care and education is accessible and affordable; · Child welfare and protection systems are effective and responsive; · Evidence - based policy is promoted and supported, and children and young people participate in decisions that affect their lives; · High standards of compliance on governance and accountability are supported and enforced; and · Performance is improved through the effective alignment of resources.