scholarly journals Outcomes and savings associated with the Quality Parenting Initiative

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-41
Author(s):  
Mary Eschelbach Hansen ◽  
Ashley Provencher ◽  
Brian T. Yates
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Large Impact ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Child Behaviors ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
Child Welfare Outcomes

Though several training and support programs for foster carers improve child behaviors, few have been shown to have a large impact on child welfare outcomes such as permanency. Additionally, most training and support programs are expensive. The Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) aims to improve outcomes at low cost by empowering foster carers as well as caseworkers. This paper uses administrative data to show that the earliest implementation of QPI shortened stays in care for children who were reunified. Savings from shorter stays in care are estimated to be more than three times greater than expenditures.

scholarly journals Working with federal government agencies to unlock administrative data

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Auer
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Data ◽  
Source Coding ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Census Bureau ◽  
Project Proposal ◽  
The Public ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
Technical Specifications ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Link Information

Federal administrative data is a low-cost and low-burden data source for evidence-based policy making. By linking information from different surveys, or over time, researchers can achieve the sample size and variation needed for advanced econometric methods. However, the personally identifying information (PII) needed to link information means that these data re not available to the public. One solution is to provide technical specifications to the requisite agency(s) to execute the research. This paper outlines the process and pitfalls of drafting specifications for an implementing party who knows more about the data than you do. Drawing on experience from working with the U.S. Census Bureau and knowledge gained from related literatures, such as open-source coding, this paper recommends the depth of description, order of data manipulation and analysis, and requested output to make these collaborative projects successful. A federal administrative data project proposal template is offered. The paper also advises on information that federal agencies can supply to facilitate the use of these important data sources.

scholarly journals Housing for Aboriginal Youth in the Inner City of Winnipeg

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Brown ◽  
Dilly Knol ◽  
Sonia Prevost-Derbecker ◽  
Kelly Andrushko
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Neglect ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Low Cost Housing ◽  
The City

Aboriginal families are highly overrepresented in child welfare caseloads. Major reasons for these high rates of involvement include poverty and housing issues, which contribute to perceptions of child neglect. In Winnipeg, the city with the highest proportion of Aboriginal peoples in Canada, low-cost housing is concentrated in core neighbourhoods. Homeless youth in these neighbourhoods, who are involved or have been involved in child welfare, were asked about their life experiences and the kind of housing that would help them. They talked about the need to be seen as resourceful, contributing members of the community, as well as their continued need of support from others, including friends and family. They wanted more than a place to sleep; they wanted a home that was safe, nurturing and long-term. The youth had school and work aspirations for themselves and wanted to help other youth reach their goals. There is a need for expansion of community-based and community-driven housing with youth who have been involved in the child welfare system.

Effects of family treatment drug courts on substance abuse and child welfare outcomes

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 427-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia D. Worcel ◽  
Carrie J. Furrer ◽  
Beth L. Green ◽  
Scott W. M. Burrus ◽  
Michael W. Finigan
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Family Treatment ◽  
Drug Courts ◽  
Child Welfare Outcomes ◽  
Family Treatment Drug Courts

Instrumentation to Understand the Child Protective Services Decision-Making Processes

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-108
Author(s):  
Alan J. Dettlaff ◽  
Dana Hollinshead ◽  
Donald J. Baumann ◽  
John D. Fluke
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Improved Outcomes ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Child Welfare Outcomes

When children come to the attention of the child welfare system, they become involved in a decision-making process in which decisions are made that have a significant effect on their future and well-being. The decision to remove children from their families is particularly complex, yet surprisingly little is understood about this decision-making process. As a result, instrumentation has been developed and adapted over the past 20 years to further understand variations in child welfare outcomes that are decision-based and, in particular concerning the removal decision, in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the intersecting factors that influence caseworker decisions. This chapter presents research and the development and use of this instrument, drawing from the decision-making ecology as the underlying rationale for obtaining the measures. The instrument was based on the development of decision-making scales used in multiple studies and administered to child protection caseworkers in several states. This effort is part of a larger program of research that seeks to better understand decision-making processes in child welfare systems in order to promote fairness, accuracy, and improved outcomes among children and families.

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