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1Indiana University School of Social Work, Indianapolis.
Child Welfare
|January 1, 1992
Summary
Child-family visiting in out-of-home care is crucial for reunification. Purchase-of-service agreements facilitate this process between voluntary and public agencies, supporting child welfare outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Child Welfare Studies
- Social Work Practice
- Family Law
Background:
- Child-family visiting is central to reunification decisions in out-of-home care.
- Purchase-of-service agreements can facilitate collaboration between public and voluntary agencies.
- Visiting services are also relevant for children of divorced parents with high conflict.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the role of purchase-of-service arrangements in child-family visiting.
- To examine the coordinated operation of visiting services between agencies.
- To understand the application of visiting services in different family contexts.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of purchase-of-service models in child welfare.
- Description of coordinated visiting processes.
- Case examples of voluntary agency involvement.
Main Results:
- Purchase-of-service arrangements enable shared responsibility for child-family visiting.
- Coordinated efforts can enhance the visiting process for children in out-of-home care.
- Voluntary agencies can provide specialized visiting services for diverse family situations.
Conclusions:
- Collaborative service models, like purchase-of-service, are effective for child-family visiting.
- Structured visiting supports permanency planning and family reunification.
- Flexible service delivery can address the needs of children in various challenging family circumstances.