Study found variation in 34 states' implementation of federal mandate to provide public social services to families to prevent unnecessary separation of children. Five state-level variables were statistically significantly associated with states' prevention effort: disposition of governor, key legislator, and child welfare director; citizen…

Presents an exploratory, descriptive study on family-centered, home-based services, involving a secondary analysis of an existing database. Suggests that both these services are effective in the prevention of placement for both high- and low-risk clients. Notes, however, that home-based services seemed to be more effective with multi-problem…