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Peer reviewedWalton, Elaine; And Others – Child Welfare, 1993
Tested the effectiveness of intensive, in-home family reunification services in reunifying families separated by the placement of a child in out-of-home care. After 90 days, 93% of the families assigned to receive the intensive treatment were reunited, compared to 28% of families in a control group who received routine out-of-home care services.…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Family Problems, Family Programs, Followup Studies
Bryce, Marvin E. – 1982
Home based family centered (HBFC) service programs have been developed as alternatives to out-of-home placement. These programs have reported relatively high service success rates at costs signficantly lower than foster home and institutional care while, at the same time, avoiding the social and psychological risks of out-of-home placement.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Family Environment, Family Problems, Family Programs
Hutchinson, Janet – 1982
Family based services attempt to maintain and strengthen the client family and prevent family dissolution and the placement of a child or several children in substitute care. This study compared programs that serve children and their families in their home. Variances in program costs were attributed to differences in number of casework hours per…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Delivery Systems
