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General Information
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| Evaluator(s) |
Westat, Inc.
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
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| Investigator(s) |
John Schuerman
(Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago)
Peter Rossi
(Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago)
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| Domain |
Child/Family
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| Status |
Completed (final report released)
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| Duration |
Sep 1994 - Dec 2002
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| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation
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| Program/Policy Description |
The Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Services is intended to estimate the impact of family preservation and reunification services. The goal of these services is to prevent children from entering foster care and to reunify children who were placed out of the home with their families. The design of the evaluation was guided by the following objectives:
- To identify and describe the range of existing placement prevention, family preservation, and reunification programs;
- To determine the extent to which family preservation and reunification programs are effective in safely reducing unnecessary foster care placement;
- To determine the extent to which family preservation programs are effective in meeting the basic needs of children and in promoting improved family functioning;
- To explore the extent to which family preservation/reunification programs have varying degrees of success with different target populations;
- To determine the extent to which program variables, child welfare system variables, and other factors in the service delivery environment affect the success of family preservation and reunification programs;
- To identify the effects of each family preservation/reunification program on its related child welfare system; and
- To compare the costs of family preservation/reunification services to those of control groups.
The evaluation was conducted through randomized experiments in four family preservation sites: Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania and the evaluation of an earlier implemented reunification program in New York City.
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| Notes |
No notes reported.
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| Last Updated |
03/31/03
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| Type of Summary |
Unreviewed
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| Contact(s) |
Matthew Stagner (not reported)
Urban Institute
(T) (202) 690-5653
(F) not reported
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| Submitter(s) |
Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org)
National Center for Children In Poverty
215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl
(T) (646)284-9600
(F) not reported
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Populations Studied
| Target Population |
Children
Foster care candidates/participants
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| Subgroups Analyzed |
Children in Foster Care
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| Sample Size and Unit |
Random assignment of families to experimental or control group:
Kentucky: 174 cases, 175 controls
New Jersey: 275 cases, 167 controls
Tennessee: 98 cases, 49 controls
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| Execution |
Not reported.
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Sites Studied
Louisville, Kentucky
7 counties in New Jersey
Memphis, Tennessee
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