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Evaluation of the Privatization of Child Welfare in Florida: The Community-Based Care Initiative (Workshop 38)
The intent of privatization in Florida, known as the Community-Based Care (CBC) initiative, is as follows: to improve the safety and well-being of children; to create community ownership around child welfare issues; to shift the responsibility for direct service delivery in child welfare from the Department of Children and Families to newly-created lead agencies; to create a more integrated and comprehensive child protective service system; and to manage available resources more flexibly. Workshop presenters use a recent evaluation of the initial CBC sites in Sarasota, Manatee, Pinellas, and Pasco counties to illuminate some of the persistent administrative and systems issues that arise in creating Community-Based Care for multi-problem populations.
Amy Vargo, M.A.
Marianne Kershaw
Mary Armstrong, M.S.W.
Louis de la Parte Florida
Mental Health Institute
Tampa, FL
David Fairbanks, Ph.D.
Florida Department of Children and Families
Tallahassee, FL
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