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Texas Child Welfare Waiver Project
General Information
View a brief abstract of this project.
| Evaluator(s) |
To be selected |
| Investigator(s) |
To be selected
(Washington Children's Administration)
To be selected (Washington Children's Administration) |
| Domain |
Child/Family |
| Status | In Development (not yet fielded) |
| Duration | Sep 2000 - Dec 2005 |
| Type |
Research and/or Program Evaluation |
| Program/Policy Description |
Managed Care/Capitated Payment System: In one or more counties in north central Texas (to be determined) the State will pay a private primary contractor a standard monthly rate (s) to manage the care of children with therapeutic needs, ages 0 to 18, and their siblings. The State will create incentives for providers to move children to lower levels of care. Major goals are to improve child functioning, reduce time in out-of-home care, decrease re-entry into foster care, increase placement stability, and ensure least restrictive placement settings. Permanency Efforts: In Houston and surrounding counties, the State and providers will train adoptive families. They will also enhance assessment of eligible children and adoptive parents to increase the availability of adoptive families and better match families to foster children who cannot return home and who are, or will soon become, legally free. Major goals are to Increase pool of available adoptive families, increase the number of children leaving foster care for adoption placement, reduce average time in care prior to adoptive placement, and reduce disruption and dissolution rates. |
| Notes | This project is part of ACYF IV-E Waiver Demonstration. |
| Last Updated | 04/18/00 |
| Type of Summary | Unreviewed |
| Contact(s) |
Carol Webster
Washington State Institute for Public Policy, Evergreen State College |
| 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 1-6 Children younger than 1 (infants) Children 7-18 |
| Sample Size and Unit | Regional catchments area cases (experimental group) will be compared to matched contemporaneous regional cases, to matched baseline (historical) regional cases, and to matched baseline cases from outside the regional catchment areas. The State will measure the rate of change between the experimental group and each comparison group. |
| Execution | Not yet available. |
Sites Studied
Houston and surrounding counties; and other counties to be determined in North Central TexasProgram Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated
Social/Support services
Administration/Implementation
Foster Care Services
| Variation in program components across sites? | No |
Outcomes Assessed
Program implementation
Financial costs and benefits/cost-effectiveness
Family and relationship outcomes
Policy changes
Child Outcomes
Types of Studies
| Type | Impact Study (Quasi-experiment with non-equivalent control groups) |
Data Sources
| Source | Administrative data |
| Source | Survey |
Findings Available
Not Yet AvailableRecommendations
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