Adoption & Foster Care

1. Introduction and BackgroundIn recent years, California has reinvigorated its efforts to preserve and reunify families coming to the attention of its child welfare system through legislative initiatives that enable counties to implement a continuum of services and undertake a number of innovative programs.

1. Background InformationOhio's child welfare system is administered at the county level with supervision provided by the state. Of Ohio's 88 counties, 25, including the major metropolitan areas of Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo, have adopted the Annie E. Casey Foundation's reform initiative called Family to Family.

1. Introduction and BackgroundMothers Making a Change (MMAC) is a public program serving mothers with a substance abuse problem in Cobb and Douglas counties in Georgia. MMAC came to our attention during a discussion with the Foster Care Unit Manager in the Social Services Section of the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) in Atlanta.

Contents   Characteristics and Service Needs of Kinship Caregivers Alternative Kinship Care Program Models and Services Lessons Learned about Designing and Implementing Alternative Programs Policy Implications  

Assessing the Field of Post-Adoption Service: Family Needs, Program Models, and Evaluation Issues

Background The Homebuilders Model Evaluation Design Site Descriptions The Families Service Provision Findings Implications

Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Room 450G, HHH Building 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Submitted by: Westat, Inc. 1650 Research Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850

Amy Dworsky and Mark E. Courtney Institute for Research on Poverty University of Wisconsin-Madison December 2000

What is a code set?Under HIPAA, a "code set" is any set of codes used for encoding data elements, such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical diagnosis codes, or medical procedure codes.

Contents Data and Methods Results Policy Implications Areas for Future Research Limitations of This Study Conclusion Children in foster care are of special interest to po