Recently added articles from Child Welfare:
Social Networks, Informal Child Care, and Inadequate Supervision by Mothers
Nov 01, 2007; Coohey, Carol ... The purpose of this study is to determine whether less informal child care support from family and friends is related to supervisory neglect and, if there is a relationship, to test several explanations for why some mothers receive less child care. Thirty-two low-income mothers who did not ...
Child Welfare Workplace: The State of the Workforce and Strategies to Improve Retention
Nov 01, 2007; Scannapieco, Maria; Connell-Carrick, Kelli ... Child welfare systems throughout the United States are being closely scrutinized as sensational cases appear in the media in nearly every state. At the federal level, with the Child and Family Service Review process, the government is documenting that states across the country are not conforming ...
The Training Process of the Maryland Guardianship Assistance Project: A Collaborative Model for Kinship Foster Care
Nov 01, 2007; Thornton, Pamela L; Okundaye, Joshua N; Harrington, Donna ... Understanding models of multidisciplinary collaborations in child welfare has become essential for policy development, program success, and improving outcomes for children in foster care. The authors present the state of Maryland's Guardianship Assistance Project (GAP) as a model of ...
Youth Characteristics Associated with Behavioral and Mental Health Problems During the Transition to Residential Treatment Centers: The Odyssey Project Population
Nov 01, 2007; Baker, Amy J L; Archer, Marc; Curtis, Patrick ... This study aimed to determine what youth characteristics were associated with emotional and behavioral problems exhibited within the first three months of placement in residential treatment centers (RTCs) in a sample of youth from 20 agencies in 13 states. Two primary research questions were ...
Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Continuum of Care Services for Children in a Child Welfare System
Nov 01, 2007; Holden, E Wayne; O'Connell, Susan Rousseau; Liao, Qinghong; Krivelyova, Anna; Connor, Tim; Blau, Gary; Long, Dorian ... The Connecticut Department of Children and Families Title IV-E waiver demonstration evaluated whether the well-being of children approved for residential mental health services could be improved, and lengths of stay in restrictive placements reduced, by providing case rate payments to community ...
Shaping Child Welfare Policy Via Performance Measurement
Nov 01, 2007; Tilbury, Clare ... Performance measurement is generally depicted as a neutral, technical exercise providing objective data for decision-making. But it also has a normative role in framing policy problems and solutions. This article explores the role of indicators in shaping child welfare, comparing stated policy ...