This research documents the perspective of 100 parents who had an open case with the Department of Children and Family Service’s (DCFS) regarding their family’s well-being, reasons for referral and satisfaction with services. Two DCFS services, Family Preservation (FP) and routine Family Maintenance (FM) were examined using standardized instruments. Parents’ responses regarding reasons for involvement with the system differed from DCFS administrative data. FP parents had more children, were more likely to be monolingual Spanish speakers, and perceived greater improvement in discipline and emotional care of children and housing than FM parents. FP parents reported being satisfied with services. Implications include supporting community based...
Set up as a one-group pre-test-post-test follow-up design, this study examines the outcomes of inten...
Child abuse and neglect are becoming increasingly widespread, with out-of-home placement the traditi...
In line with the long-standing emphasis in the human services on involving clients in program evalua...
This research documents the perspective of 100 parents who had an open case with the Department of C...
This qualitative study described the experiences of clients who had previously participated in Famil...
This evaluation of the first year of an Intensive Family Preservation Service in England is based on...
The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore the experiences and perceptions family preserva...
Abstract This qualitative study seeks to understand the correlation between intensive family preserv...
This paper presents the competing ideas, values and perceptions that have led to different understan...
This qualitative study examines the attributes or perceptions of service providers and overseers as ...
Although the literature has provided many critiques of research done on family preservation programs...
This research reports placement outcomes at 6 months post intervention for a sample of sixty familie...
In 2007, HSE West Child and Family Services in Mayo and Roscommon introduced a new way of working wi...
The passage of the Adoptions and Safe Families Act of 1997, with its focus on child safety and concu...
The current study evaluates the effectiveness of family preservation programs funded by the Mississi...
Set up as a one-group pre-test-post-test follow-up design, this study examines the outcomes of inten...
Child abuse and neglect are becoming increasingly widespread, with out-of-home placement the traditi...
In line with the long-standing emphasis in the human services on involving clients in program evalua...
This research documents the perspective of 100 parents who had an open case with the Department of C...
This qualitative study described the experiences of clients who had previously participated in Famil...
This evaluation of the first year of an Intensive Family Preservation Service in England is based on...
The purpose of this exploratory study was to explore the experiences and perceptions family preserva...
Abstract This qualitative study seeks to understand the correlation between intensive family preserv...
This paper presents the competing ideas, values and perceptions that have led to different understan...
This qualitative study examines the attributes or perceptions of service providers and overseers as ...
Although the literature has provided many critiques of research done on family preservation programs...
This research reports placement outcomes at 6 months post intervention for a sample of sixty familie...
In 2007, HSE West Child and Family Services in Mayo and Roscommon introduced a new way of working wi...
The passage of the Adoptions and Safe Families Act of 1997, with its focus on child safety and concu...
The current study evaluates the effectiveness of family preservation programs funded by the Mississi...
Set up as a one-group pre-test-post-test follow-up design, this study examines the outcomes of inten...
Child abuse and neglect are becoming increasingly widespread, with out-of-home placement the traditi...
In line with the long-standing emphasis in the human services on involving clients in program evalua...