Residential Care in Illinois: Trends and Alternatives. Final Report

Autor/inn/en	Budde, Stephen; Mayer, Susan; Zinn, Andrew; Lippold, Melissa; Avrushin, Adam; Bromberg, Ava; Goerge, Robert; Courtney, Mark
Institution	Chicago Univ., IL. Chapin Hall Center for Children.
Titel	Residential Care in Illinois: Trends and Alternatives. Final Report
Quelle	(2004), (141 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Residential Care; Placement; Youth; Foster Care; Social Services; Decision Making; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Regional Characteristics; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Age Differences; Runaways; Mental Health; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Pflegehilfe; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Regionaler Faktor; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausreißer; Psychohygiene
Abstract	In this multi-faceted exploratory study, administrative data were used to examine trends in residential care utilization by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and youth outcomes from 1993 to 2003. Multivariate analyses were conducted to determine the factors associated with entry to residential care and discharge/post-discharge placement outcomes. We examined case records and conducted interviews with key informants to understand the decisions-making processes surrounding placement in residential care. This study found that statewide utilization of residential care declined sharply between 1995 and 2003 and that residential care is now used primarily as the placement of last resort--only after youth have experienced multiple failed placements or have been placed in locked settings. It showed that as residential care utilization declined, the composition of youth in residential care changed. On average, analysis revealed that residential care programs now serve more troubled youth than in previous years. Almost 60 percent of youth who entered residential care in 2002 experienced negative discharge outcomes. Many youth who left residential care for foster care or potentially permanent family settings eventually returned to higher levels of care and youth who experienced more placements prior to entering residential care were more likely to have negative discharge and post-discharge outcomes. Boys were at higher risk than girls of entering residential care and of experiencing negative residential care discharge and post-discharge outcomes. The findings highlight the need to improve supportive and therapeutic services at multiple points in time: when children first enter foster care, during residential care, and after discharge from residential care. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Chapin Hall Center for Children. 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 773-753-5900; Fax: 773-753-5940; Web site: http://www.chapinhall.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10