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View publications and other Web resources on promising and emerging practices that are being used to help children and families affected by child abuse and neglect.
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Building the Child Welfare Team: "Promising Practices." 2001 Phone Poll Results.
This child welfare agency poll was conducted by telephone in November and December of 2000. Forty-seven State agencies and four State court improvement project directors responded to the poll. The data collection instrument assessed areas in which meeting ASFA requirements might have impacted staff or changed the way the agency does business. The poll showed that child welfare managers, supervisors and workers have a general understanding of the intent of ASFA and have received training on its requirements and implementation. When asked what skills were needed by child welfare managers, supervisors and workers to implement ASFA, respondents mentioned casework skills ...
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Child Neglect Demonstration Projects: A Synthesis of Lessons Learned
In 1996 and 1997, the Children's Bureau funded 10 demonstration projects to address the prevention, intervention, and treatment needs of neglected children and their families. These projects implemented and evaluated a wide variety of service strategies with large numbers of children and families. Programs varied considerably in terms of theoretical model (psychosocial or ecological), target population, location (in-home or out-of-home), duration, and intensity. This publication provides an overview of services and outcomes, common challenges and successful strategies, and lessons learned for the 10 projects. Specific project and contact information is provided in the appendix for readers interested in learning more ...
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Children of color in the child welfare system : perspectives from the child welfare community.
Responding to concerns about the over-representation of minority children in the child welfare system, particularly African-American children, the Children's Bureau sponsored an exploratory qualitative study of the child welfare system's response to children of color. The project was intended to gain insight into the issue of over-representation (or racial disproportionality) from the perspective of the child welfare community, including agency administrators, supervisors, and direct service workers, and to describe the strategies child welfare and child-welfare serving agencies use to meet the needs of children and families of color in the child welfare system. The project team conducted site visits to ...
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Children With Sexual Behavior Problems: Assessment and Treatment.
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Bonner, Walker, Berliner |
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1999 - 78 pages |
This final grant report describes a study of children with sexual behavior problems. The study assessed and treated children ages 6 to 12 with sexual behavior problems to develop a typology and compared the efficacy of 2 approaches to treatment through a controlled treatment outcome study.
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Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy and Practice. Recommendations from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Family Violence Department
This book by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, commonly called the Greenbook, provides communities a framework to develop interventions and measure progress as they seek to improve their responses to families experiencing spouse abuse and child maltreatment. It presents community and institutional leaders with a context-setting tool to develop public policy aimed at keeping families safe and stable. The book is divided into 5 chapters. Chapter 1 articulates an overall principle of safety, well-being, and stability for all victims of family violence and the need to hold batterers accountable for their violence. In chapter 2, a ...
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Emerging Practices in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Published as a component of the Child Abuse Prevention Initiative administered by the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, this study identifies best practices in the field of child abuse prevention. Exemplary prevention programs were nominated for the project and reviewed by an advisory group of experts. Three programs were accepted as effective, seven programs were considered to be innovative, and 12 were recognized as having noteworthy aspects. The organizations focused on family relationships, parenting, emergency care, assessment, and assault protection. The report provides an overview of child abuse prevention and describes each of the selected programs. Numerous references.
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A Framework for Quality Assurance in Child Welfare
This guide outlines a framework for implementing quality assurance programs for child welfare services. The components are based on federal requirements, national standards, and child welfare research. Five steps are described: select outcomes and standards, integrate quality assurance goals and procedures throughout the agency, collect data about outcomes, analyze data, and improve systems as indicated by evaluation findings. Specific topics include the role of the quality assurance system in the Child and Family Services Review process, communication of quality assurance practices, and staff participation in analysis. The manual describes each step of the quality assurance system and reviews the tasks ...
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National Evaluation of Family Support Programs Volume A: The Meta-Analysis
As part of the national evaluation of family support programs mandated by the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1993, the Administration on Children, Youth and Families contracted with Abt Associates Inc. to conduct a meta-analysis of existing research about the effectiveness of different types of programs and the impact of services on families with a variety of needs and characteristics. The meta-analysis provides a statistical summary of 665 studies of 260 programs. In general, the findings revealed that family support services resulted in slight improvements in some outcomes. However, existing research has not identified one model that is effective for all ...
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National Study of Protective, Preventive and Reunification Services Delivered to Children and Their Families: Final Report.
Data on children and families served by the child welfare system from March 1, 1993 to March 1, 1994 were compared with data collected in 1977 to identify changes in the characteristics of children and families and differences in case duration, receipt of in-home services, race-ethnicity, and kinship foster care. Telephone interviews conducted with caseworkers in a sample of 50 counties and regions in the United States revealed a decrease in the number of children served by child welfare agencies from 1977 to 1994. The number of children receiving in-home services decreased during the period, while the foster care population ...
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Research To Practice: Reducing Re-Referral in Unsubstantiated Child Protective Services Cases
This paper identifies strategies to reduce re-referrals in unsubstantiated child protective services (CPS) cases. Based on the findings of three Children's Bureau funded research grants on unsubstantiated CPS cases, it summarizes the studies' key findings regarding factors influencing CPS decision-making and implications for practice including suggestions for assessing risk more effectively and creative ways to provide services to at-risk families in unsubstantiated cases.
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Respite Care Services for Families Who Adopt Children with Special Needs: A Synthesis of Demonstration Program Final Reports
This report synthesizes information from the final program and evaluation reports of 8 Adoption Opportunities discretionary grants programs written between 1994 and 1999. It summarizes project descriptions, lessons learned, accomplishments, and recommendations. An appendix includes project information for each of the 8 projects, including contact information, area served, target population, and evaluation activities.
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School-Based Child Maltreatment Programs: Synthesis of Lessons Learned
The Office on Child Abuse and Neglect awarded several grants during Fiscal Year 1997 to programs that utilized school resources for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. The three-year demonstration projects focused on collaboration between child protection agencies and school systems; education for parents, teachers, and children about child abuse and neglect; and the involvement of school staff in prevention and intervention. This report summarizes the service approaches and lessons learned by 11 demonstration programs as noted in their final reports. The projects found that training was effective in enhancing knowledge about the signs of child abuse ...
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Title IV-E Independent Living Programs: A Decade in Review
Reports submitted by the states to the Administration on Children, Youth and Families from Fiscal Years 1987 to 1996 were analyzed for this study of trends in independent living services for foster care youth. Number of youth served, characteristics of youth, program characteristics and activities, barriers to service, and outcomes for youth are summarized. According to the statistics, more than twice as many youth were served in FY 1996 than in FY 1989. The number of youth served each year per state ranged from less than 10 to more than 9,000. Half of the youth served lived in ten states, ...
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