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| Name | Class |
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| Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families | OTHER |
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The evaluation of the Nevada Initiative to Reduce Long-Term Foster Care (LTFC) includes three populations. It will examine how the interventions SAFE- FC and FSE impact or relate to permanency outcomes for children most at risk for long term foster care and currently in care.
The project targets three populations of children. For populations 1 and 2, the study will evaluate an intervention known as SAFE-FC. The intervention aims to prevent long term foster care by providing tailored services and intensive engagement with all new families with children identified as unsafe (Population 1) and for cases that are currently in care and at risk of LTFC where reunification is the case goal (Population 2). Family Search and Engagement (FSE) is the intervention for Population 3; it involves intense search practices to identify possible permanency resources. For Populations 1 and 2 the study is a randomized, intent-to-treat design to measure safety and permanency outcomes. For Population 3 the evaluation will be a descriptive study to analyze relationships between the intervention approach and outcomes. Both studies aim to examine how the interventions (SAFE- FC and FSE) impact or relate to permanency outcomes for children most at risk for long term foster care.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Treatment | Experimental |
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| Comparison | No Intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| SAFE FC | Other | SAFE - FC, a combination of SAFE (developed by ACTION for Child Protection) and Family Connections (developed by Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children, University of Maryland School of Social Work) for Populations 1 and 2. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Time to stable permanence | Measured by administrative data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) | Measured from the date of random assignment to the discharge date or to the end of the study period for cases that did not discharge |
| Caregiver readiness for change | Measured with Readiness for Parenting Change Scale (REDI) Abbreviated (Chaffin et al, 2011) | Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Caregiver stress | Parenting Stress Index - Short Form (PSI-SF) (Abidin, 1983) | Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Caregiver mental health | Brief Symptoms Inventory (BSI) (Derogatis, 1993) | Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Child behavior/mental health problems |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Andrea Sedlak, PhD. | Westat | Study Director |
| Mark Testa, PhD. | University of North Carolina | Principal Investigator |
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Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) (Achenbach, 1991) |
| Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Positive parenting attitudes | Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2) (Bavolek & Keene, 1999) | Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Social support | Social Provisions Scale (SPS) (Russell & Cutrona, 1984) | Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Helping alliance for both caregiver and worker | Helping Relationship Inventory (Poulin & Young, 1997) | Measured at 6 months and again at case closure (duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS is on average 24 months) |
| Resiliency | Resiliency Attitudes Scale (RAS) (Briscoe, B. & Harris, B., 1994) | Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Home stability | Based on subscales of the CWBS (questions from Zuravin & DePanfilis, 1996) | Measured at intake, at 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and again at case closure (participants will be followed throughout the duration of their involvement with Washoe County DSS which is on average 24 months) |
| Time to permanency | State administrative data system | Measured every six months in calendar year |
| Recurrence of child abuse and neglect | State administrative data system | Measured every six months in calendar year |
| Placement rate (population 1 only) | State administrative data system | Measured every six months in calendar year |
| Time for case closure | State administrative data system | Measured every six months in calendar year |
| Time to reunification | State administrative data system | Measured every six months in calendar year |
| Foster care re entry rate | State administrative data system | Measured every six months in calendar year |