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Outcomes for Children in Residential/Group Care
Findings from studies or assessments of children living in residential or group care, including State and local examples.
Children Referred to Residential Care: Reducing Multiple Placements, Managing Costs and Improving Treatment Outcomes
Sunseri
Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 22(3), 2005
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Examines placement stability (planned discharge) among 8,933 children and adolescents admitted into residential treatment facilities in California.
The Odyssey Project: A Descriptive and Prospective Study of Children and Youth in Residential Group Care and Therapeutic Foster Care (PDF - 177 KB)
Child Welfare League of America (2005)
A multiple-site study that examines children in residential group care and therapeutic foster care programs and determines what differences exist in services and outcomes for youth placed in each setting.
Residential Treatment and its Alternatives: A Review of the Literature
Bates, English, & Kouidou-Giles
Child and Youth Care Forum, 26(1), 1997
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Summarizes the literature for residential treatment, family preservation services, treatment foster care, and individualized services. Reviews the characteristics of each model, as well as methodological limitations of outcome studies and treatment effectiveness with children.
The Role of Group Homes in the Child Welfare Continuum of Care
Baker & Calderon
Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 21(4), 2004
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Explores discharge destinations, length of stay, and reasons for return to residential treatment for youth transferred from a residential treatment center to a group home.
Residential Care: Some High-Risk Youth Benefit, but More Study Needed
U.S. General Accounting Office (1994)
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Assessed the effectiveness of residential treatment programs for high-risk youth ages 10 to 17 who engage in multiple high-risk behaviors, including poor academic performance, substance abuse, delinquency, and unprotected sexual activity.
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State and local examples
Residential Care in Illinois: Trends and Alternatives. Final Report
Chapin Hall Center for Children (2004)
Administrative data were used to examine trends in residential care, such as factors associated with entry, discharge and postdischarge outcomes.
SAFE Homes: Is it Worth the Cost?: An Evaluation of a Group Home Permanency Planning Program for Children Who First Enter Out-Of-Home Care
DeSena, Murphy, Douglas-Palumberi, Blau, & Kelly
Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 29(6), 2005
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A short-term group care program for children between 3 and 12 years of age who enter care for the first time. The program aims to improve case outcomes by consolidating resources to facilitate assessment and treatment.
Time Running Out: Teens in Foster Care (PDF - 1420 KB)
Freundlich (2003)
Examined outcomes for youth in congregate care in New York City, specifically reviewing the prevalence of placements, the appropriateness of the arrangement, services provided to youth, safety of the care facility, permanency goals, youth input into decisions, and preparations for independent living.
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