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Direct linkMcCrae, Julie S.; Broxton, Alyssa T.; Steinmetz, Samantha; Casillas, Katherine L. – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2023
The Family Stabilization Initiative (FSI) Sustainability Toolkit was developed by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago in partnership with Lutheran Services in America. Chapin Hall designed and implemented a multifaceted approach to gain comprehensive understanding of the FSI and its core sustainability components. The Sustainability Toolkit…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Sustainability, Race, Cooperation
McCrae, Julie S.; Brown, Samantha M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2018
Purpose: The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act requires child welfare agencies to have provisions in place to refer young children to early intervention services, yet the socioemotional health needs of children are often challenging to recognize and treat effectively. This study reviews the substantive and psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Federal Legislation, Federal Aid
McCrae, Julie S.; Brown, Samantha M.; Yang, Jessica; Groneman, Sheila – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Head Start is a preschool program for families with low incomes and nearly 85% of child welfare-involved families are low-income, yet little is known about Head Start and child welfare collaboration. This study uses data from 28 Head Start directors to describe collaboration facilitators and barriers, and collaborative mechanisms in place. The…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Policy, Enrollment
McCrae, Julie S. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2009
Child welfare agencies are required to provide services that ensure that children receive adequate mental health care. This study provides a comprehensive view of the emotional and behavioral problems of children who are referred to child welfare services, using nationally representative data. Bivariate analyses compare rates by child…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Child Welfare, Probability
McCrae, Julie S.; Lee, Bethany R.; Barth, Richard P.; Rauktis, Mary E. – Child Welfare, 2010
Using three waves of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, this study examines differences in cognitive, academic, and affective well-being of youth first placed in nonkinship foster care (N=259) and youth first placed in group care (N=89). To compare nonrandomized groups, propensity score matching was used. Results…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Foster Care, Child Welfare, National Surveys
Propensity Score Matching Strategies for Evaluating the Success of Child and Family Service Programs
Barth, Richard P.; Guo, Shenyang; McCrae, Julie S. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
This article presents propensity score matching as a method to implement randomized conditions to analyze service effects using nonexperimental data. Most social work research is challenged to implement randomized clinical trials, whereas administrative and survey data are often available and can provide valuable information about services…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Social Work, Scores, Evaluation Methods
McCrae, Julie S.; Barth, Richard P. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that information typically collected during a maltreatment investigation can be used to screen children for mental health problems. Method: Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Cumulative risk scores were created for 3,022 children and compared to reports of clinical-level…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Mental Health, Adolescents, At Risk Persons
Scarborough, Anita A.; McCrae, Julie S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2008
National estimates of characteristics of maltreated infants and report of an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) 54 months later are presented. The study was based on 1,196 infants from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Measures of neurodevelopment, language, and cognition were…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Individualized Family Service Plans, Family Violence, Mental Disorders
Peer reviewedChapman, Mimi V.; Gibbons, Claire B.; Barth, Richard P.; McCrae, Julie S. – Child Welfare, 2003
Analyzed data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being regarding predictors of client satisfaction with child welfare workers. Found that caregiver reports of having fewer than two child welfare workers, having more recent contact, and receiving timely, responsive services were associated with higher perceived quality of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Children
