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Direct linkHughes, Ronald C.; Rycus, Judith S.; Saunders-Adams, Stacey M.; Hughes, Laura K.; Hughes, Kelli N. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Differential response (DR), also referred to as alternative response (AR), family assessment response (FAR), or multiple track response, was developed to incorporate family-centered, strengths-based practices into child protective services (CPS), primarily by diverting lower risk families into an assessment track rather than requiring the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
Harris, Marian S.; Skyles, Ada – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
To highlight the individual and systemic practices that perpetuate the overuse of and reliance on kinship care and instead emphasize family reunification as the permanency plan for African American children in the child welfare system, the authors first discuss how kinship care is affected by federal child welfare policy and provide a historical…
Descriptors: African American Children, Child Welfare, Family Relationship, Foster Care
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Choi, Young; D'Andrade, Amy; Frame, Laura – Child Welfare, 2008
The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 includes provisions to deny reunification services under specified conditions and gives states latitude to develop any number of additional "aggravated circumstances" in which parents need not be offered services. California legislators have developed a relatively large number of…
Descriptors: Case Records, Courts, Focus Groups, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedSudia, Cecelia – Children Today, 1989
Discusses the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act and the way in which it should be used in neglect cases. Suggests an in-home therapy technique for working with multiproblem neglect cases. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Outreach Programs, Parent Rights
Peer reviewedPlantz, Margaret C.; And Others – Children Today, 1989
Highlights the findings from the first systematic national examination of the effects of the Indian Child Welfare Act (P. L. 95-608). Examines the prevalence of Native American children in substitute care and the effects of this Act and others on Indian children and families. (RJC)
Descriptors: Children, Family Life, Nonreservation American Indians, Program Effectiveness
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Ways and Means. – 1989
A hearing was held to explore issues of foster care, child welfare, and adoption reforms, and to examine the implementation of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Amendments of 1980. The Amendments were designed to emphasize preventive services that would strengthen families, prevent the unnecessary placement of children in foster care,…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Federal Government
Peer reviewedJennings, Mary Ann; And Others – Social Work, 1996
Studies the impact of external citizen review initiated 14 to 45 days after a child entered the court system. Comparisons were made between two study groups to determine the impact of early citizen review on services planned and provided, court delays, completeness of written case plans, number of placements, time in placement, and achievement of…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Child Welfare, Children, Counseling Effectiveness
Scannapieco, Maria – Children and Youth Services Review, 1994
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…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
