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Child welfare privatization: quantitative indicators and policy issues.

Svetlana Yampolskaya1, Robert I Paulson, Mary Armstrong

  • 1Department of Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida, USA.

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Area of Science:

  • Child welfare research
  • Public health policy
  • Social services evaluation

Background:

  • Community-Based Care (CBC) is a key initiative in Florida's child welfare system.
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of child welfare programs is crucial for improving outcomes.
  • Administrative data offers a valuable resource for program evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop safety, permanency, and child well-being indicators.
  • To utilize these indicators for evaluating Florida's Community-Based Care (CBC) initiative.
  • To assess the performance of CBC implementation in Florida.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized longitudinal administrative data from 37 Florida counties.
  • Included data from 4 counties that implemented community-based care.
  • Compared the performance of CBC counties with non-CBC counties.

Main Results:

  • Overall performance of Community-Based Care (CBC) counties was comparable to state-run comparison counties.
  • Developed and demonstrated the utility of safety, permanency, and child well-being indicators.
  • Identified no significant difference in performance between CBC and non-CBC counties.

Conclusions:

  • The developed indicators are effective tools for evaluating child welfare initiatives.
  • Florida's Community-Based Care (CBC) initiative shows comparable performance to traditional state-run services.
  • Findings offer valuable insights for developing performance measurement systems in child welfare.

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