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Effectiveness of Family Support Services

Family support services are intended to strengthen families, improve parenting skills, promote child development, and enhance parental confidence. Methods include home visitation, child development assessment, parenting skills education, homemaker services, and social and emotional support services.

Research on the effectiveness of family support services has examined the comparative effectiveness of different program models and the extent to which programs improve outcomes, including preventing maltreatment, decreasing the use of foster care, enhancing placement stability, and reunifying families.

 

 

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