Oregon Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration (Printer-Friendly Format)

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Oregon Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration

General Information

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Evaluator(s)	Portland University Graduate School of Social Work
Investigator(s)	Constance Lehman (Portland University Graduate School of Social Work)

Domain	Child/Family
Status	Completed (final report released)
Duration	Jul 1997 - Mar 2003
Type	Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description	Systems Reform: The implementation will provide a flexible service system to prevent family breakup specifically tailored for particular children and their families. Counties will have flexibility to develop programs and services that will reduce foster care placements and length of stay in care. The State and County will negotiate a budget for flexible funding. If the County spends less of their flexible funds than budgeted, the difference reverts to their foster care budget. If additional foster care funds are needed, the State makes up the difference. The evaluation will include multiple comparison groups of counties -- participating and not-participating -- in demonstration. Sample size of 1,500 to 2,000 cases is expected for each of three study groups (2 experimental and one comparison) over the five years. Major goals are to improve outcomes for children and families and increase service efficiency by including the development of a family-focused, community-based network for service delivery which concentrates on the strengths and needs of the family; reduce length of stay in substitute care and prevent children’s placement into care; reduce foster care costs by investing in services; and maintain child safety and protection.
Notes	This project is part of ACYF IV-E Waiver Demonstration.

Last Updated	04/21/03
Type of Summary	Unreviewed
Contact(s)	Constance Lehman Portland University Graduate School of Social Work (T) (503) 725-8018
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

Populations Studied

Target Population	Children
Subgroups Analyzed	Children 7-18
Sample Size and Unit	Children in the child welfare system (sample size not reported).
Execution	Not yet available.

Sites Studied

Oregon

Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Social/Support services

Administration/Implementation

Foster Care Services

Variation in program components across sites?

Outcomes Assessed

Program implementation

Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness

Family and relationship outcomes

Policy changes

Child Outcomes

Types of Studies

Type	Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)

Type	Implementation/Process Study

Data Sources

Source	Administrative data

Source	Survey

Findings Available

Final Implementation Findings
Final Impact Findings

Recommendations

Existing Publications

03/01/03	Oregon Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration: Final Report	PU GSSW
06/01/00	Oregon Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration: Interim Report: July 1, 1997-December 31, 1999	PU GSSW