Enhancing Investigative Decisions in Child Welfare: An Exploratory Use of Intensive Family Preservation Services.

Walton, Elaine

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Publication Date: 1997

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Enhancing Investigative Decisions in Child Welfare: An Exploratory Use of Intensive Family Preservation Services.

Walton, Elaine

Child Welfare, v76 n3 p447-61 May-Jun 1997

Compared outcomes of child welfare investigative decisions enhanced by the use of brief, intensive, family preservation services with those of unenhanced decisions. Found differences between the number of cases opened, length of time a case was open, length of time the child was at home, and the families' satisfaction with the agency. (Author/SD)

Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Family Counseling, Family Environment, Family Problems, Family Programs, Family Relationship, Home Programs, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Placement, Social Agencies, Welfare Agencies, Youth Agencies

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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