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Initial Placements in Out-of-Home Care
Information and resources about factors in the decision to place a child in out-of-home care to ensure his or her safety, when an investigation finds the child has been seriously harmed or is at risk of harm. Resources include State and local examples.
Child Placement Is a Safety Response
Action for Child Protection (2004)
Discusses the need for caseworkers to view child placement as a safety response option and to implement safety plans for children in foster care.
Decisions on Placement and Family Preservation: Agreement and Targeting
Schuerman, Rossi, & Budde
Evaluation Review, 23(6), 1999
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Using vignettes presented to child welfare experts and workers, explores the degree of agreement on decisions to place children in substitute care or to refer them to family preservation services.
Factors Affecting Foster Care Placement of Children Receiving Child Protective Services
Zuravin & DePanfilis
Social Work Research, 21(1), 1997
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Study of factors that influence the decision-making of child welfare professionals.
Factors That Predict the Decision to Place a Child: Administrative Data (PDF - 185 KB)
Harris & Poertner (2000)
Explores some of the factors that contribute to the decision to place a child into substitute care.
Factors That Predict the Decision to Place a Child: Case Record Data (PDF - 169 KB)
Tittle, Poertner, & Harris (2000)
Builds on a previous study of administrative data to explore factors that influence the decision to place a child into substitute care.
Is the Child Safe? How Do We Respond to Safety Concerns?
DePanfilis (1997)
In Decision Making in Children's Protective Services: Advancing the State of the Art
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Examines how child protection workers make decisions about the safety and protection of children.
Predictors of Child Protective Service Intake Decisions: Case Closure, Referral to Continuing Services, or Foster Care Placement
Zuravin & DePanfilis (1999)
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Attempts to address gaps in the empirical knowledge base of the decision-making process regarding child protection services.
Professionals' Decision-Making About Out-of-Home Placements Following Instances of Child Abuse
Britner & Mossler
Child Abuse and Neglect, 26(4), 2002
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Examines how different groups of child welfare professionals prioritize and use information to make placement decisions following instances of child abuse.
Separation and Reunification: Using Attachment Theory and Research to Inform Decisions Affecting the Placements of Children in Foster Care
Goldsmith, Oppenheim, & Wanlass
Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 55(2), 2004
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Describes recent developments in attachment theory and research and its usefulness for placement decisions.
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State and local examples
Factors Affecting Placement of Children in Kinship and Nonkinship Foster Care
Beeman, Kim, & Bullerdick
Children and Youth Services Review, 22(1), 2000
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Examines the relationship of the child and case characteristics to the placement in kinship and nonkinship foster care for more than 2,000 children in an urban county in Minnesota.
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