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Kinship Care -- Project Look & Project Connect: CAFS Kinship Care Project Evaluation: Evaluation of the implementation of Project Look and Project Connect, the Kinship Care grants awarded to CAFS in 1997 by NCCAN and the Adoption Opportunities Grants of CAPTA. The projects are aimed at system changes in policies and procedures to facilitate permanency for children placed with kinship care providers. Evaluation dates: September 2000- December 2001. Contact: Karen Cellarius Cohort Studies: In 1987, the State of Oregon began studying families with children entering foster care to better inform policy makers, program managers and social services staff involved in public child welfare. The Cohort Studies were conducted each biennium through 1999-01. The first Cohort Study (1987-90) looked at families with children entering long-term foster care. Starting in 1992-95, the Cohort Studies sampled both longer-term and shorter-term foster care populations. In 1994, the Child Welfare Partnership at Portland State University began to conduct the studies for the Oregon Department of Human Services.Descriptions and Reports of Cohort Studies System of Care
Evaluation: In 1996, an agreement between the Juvenile Rights Project
and the Oregon State Office for Services to Children and Families (SOSCF)
resulted in a plan for a change in the way in which services are delivered
to families throughout the state. That year, six pilot branches (Polk,
Deschutes, and the four metro Portland branches) began gradual implementation
of the new model. Subsequent implementation was mandated for the rest
of the state, to be completed by June, 2003. Named System of Care, the
service includes individualized assessment of children's needs, strengths-based
work with families, involvement of community partners, and flexible funding
to pay for wrap-around services to meet children's needs. The Regional
Research Institute for Human Services (RRI), in collaboration with the
Child Welfare Partnership (CWP), have assumed responsibility for evaluating
the implementation of the Strengths/Needs Based service delivery system,
the critical practice component of the System of Care. Contact: Angela
Rodgers System
of Care Outcome Evaluation: System of Care is a family friendly philosophy
used by Oregon's SOSCF. This impact evaluation quantifies the effects
of the SOC philosophy on some child welfare outcomes in the Deschutes
SOSCF Branch Office. The study compares outcomes pre- and post-implementation
of the SOC philosophy. Strengths/Needs Based Evaluation (Phase II): Continuation of an evaluation of the implementation and conduct of the System of Care initiative in six demonstration sites in Oregon. This second phase will continue to collect information from workers and families concerning the nature and effectiveness of services, as well as survey data on the experiences and needs of foster parents. Contact: Diane Yatchmenoff Family Decision Making Study: This project is an exploratory study examining the differential process and impact of Family Decision Making interventions employed in Oregon's child welfare system. Particular emphases are placed upon examining family perspectives on the usefulness and outcomes of this intervention technique, identifying key elements of the intervention, and the development of instrumentation for more refined evaluation efforts. Contact: Angela Rodgers
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2/15/02
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