TY - JOUR
T1 - An evaluation of the effects of an integrated services program for multi-service use families on child welfare and educational outcomes of children
AU - Karatekin, Canan
AU - Hong, Saahoon
AU - Piescher, Kristine
AU - Uecker, Jill
AU - Mcdonald, Jeff
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota .
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - The purpose of the study was to evaluate a program that provides integrative case management for families dependent on at least two government services (e.g., child welfare, disability, chemical dependency, vocational rehabilitation). In the current study, we focused on effects of services on children's educational and child welfare outcomes two years after program exit. Children enrolled in the program were compared to a community comparison sample through propensity score matching. None of the group differences was significant. However, outcomes related to child maltreatment (number of child maltreatment reports accepted by Child Protective Services and out-of-home placements) improved dramatically within two years after exit. Outcomes in the education area were less uniformly positive. On the one hand, children's attendance was high and school mobility was low. In addition, there was a significant reduction in the number of children receiving special education services two years after exit. Nevertheless, a third of the children were still receiving special education services two years after exit, and their academic performance on standardized reading and math tests was quite poor. Thus, the intensive case management model was related to successful outcomes in an area directly targeted by the program (child maltreatment), but the gains did not generalize to another domain that was not an explicit focus of the program (academic achievement).
AB - The purpose of the study was to evaluate a program that provides integrative case management for families dependent on at least two government services (e.g., child welfare, disability, chemical dependency, vocational rehabilitation). In the current study, we focused on effects of services on children's educational and child welfare outcomes two years after program exit. Children enrolled in the program were compared to a community comparison sample through propensity score matching. None of the group differences was significant. However, outcomes related to child maltreatment (number of child maltreatment reports accepted by Child Protective Services and out-of-home placements) improved dramatically within two years after exit. Outcomes in the education area were less uniformly positive. On the one hand, children's attendance was high and school mobility was low. In addition, there was a significant reduction in the number of children receiving special education services two years after exit. Nevertheless, a third of the children were still receiving special education services two years after exit, and their academic performance on standardized reading and math tests was quite poor. Thus, the intensive case management model was related to successful outcomes in an area directly targeted by the program (child maltreatment), but the gains did not generalize to another domain that was not an explicit focus of the program (academic achievement).
KW - Child maltreatment
KW - Educational outcomes
KW - Evaluation
KW - Follow-up
KW - Government services
KW - Integrative case management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.03.008
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.03.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897052081
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 41
SP - 16
EP - 26
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
ER -