Family Reunification Project.

Institution	Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC.
Titel	Family Reunification Project.
Quelle	(1991), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Biological Parents; Community Services; Family Counseling; Foster Children; Mental Health Workers; Program Descriptions; Program Development; Program Effectiveness; Social Services; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Family counselling; Familienberatung; Foster child; Pflegekind; Psychiater; Programmplanung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste
Abstract	Utah's Department of Human Services' Family Reunification Project was initiated to demonstrate that intensive, time-limited, home-based services would enable children in foster care to return to their natural families more rapidly than regular foster care management permits. The following steps were taken in project development: (1) sites were selected; (2) the research design and data collection instruments were developed to assess program effectiveness; (3) reunification workers were hired; (4) allied agencies and staff were informed about the project; (5) a steering committee developed the service model; and (6) reunification workers were trained. The project involved 57 children who received intensive reunification services and 47 control group cases. Of the experimental group, 52 were returned home within a 90-day period, compared to 12 of the control group. The service model included the following provisions: the reunification worker's caseload was limited to six families; services were limited to 90 days and were goal-oriented; workers spent an average of 35 hours in face-to-face contact with the families; the reunification worker was the primary therapist and liaison with community resources, as well as the caseworker; and services were family- rather than child-oriented. Success rates for family preservation will be determined in a 6-month follow-up. (AC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC