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Preventing Reentry
The goal of reunification includes ongoing safety and stability in the family. Preventing the need for children to reenter foster care is a key outcome for child welfare services. Resources include State and local examples.
Child Safety at Reunification: A Case-Control Study of Maltreatment Recurrence Following Return Home from Substitute Care
Fuller
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(12), 2005
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Factors that predict short-term maltreatment recurrence among families with children returning home from their first stay in out-of-home care.
A Resilience-Based Model of Reunification and Reentry: Implications for Out-of-Home Care Services
Thomas, Chenot, & Reifel
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 86(2), 2005
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This study presents a resilience-based model for the successful reunification of children in out-of-home care, informed by individual, familial, and environmental risk and protective factors associated with reunification and reentry.
Re-entry in Child Protective Services: A Rapid Evidence Assessment (PDF - 158 KB)
Ohio Consortium for University-Agency Partnership to Improve Public Child Welfare (2005)
This report provides a description of the existing interventions used to reduce re-entry into foster care and assesses the rigor of the research that has been done to evaluate the interventions.
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State and local examples
Balancing Reunification and Reentry Goals
McDonald, Bryson, & Poertner
Children and Youth Services Review,28(1), 2006
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Examines the relationship between reunification and reentry rates for 33 Oklahoma counties with 100 or more reunifications occurring in 2002.
Reducing Multiple Placements
Washington State Children's Administration (2000)
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Identifies factors influencing reentry into the foster care system in Washington State and presents recommendations for improving outcomes for children.
Understanding the Parenting Support Needs of Maltreating Parents and Their Children (PDF - 482 KB)
Kuehnle, Becker, & Lynn (2002)
This study examined family reunification practice in Hillsborough County, Florida to identify opportunities to support parents when children are returned home.
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