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Promising Practices in Systems of Care
These practices have been identified by their developers or an outside group as "promising practices." Child Welfare Information Gateway provides this information as a resource. Our library does not define specific criteria for promising practices or make any claims about the effectiveness of the approaches described.
A Community System of Care for Very Young Children and Their Parents (PDF - 527 KB)
Michigan State University
Best Practice Briefs, 10, 1999
Applies the systems of care concept to at-risk infants and toddlers and their parents.
The Durham Family Initiative: A Preventive System of Care
Child Welfare League of America & Duke University
Child Welfare, 83, March/April 2004
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Describes an innovative effort to bring together child welfare and juvenile justice systems to reduce the child abuse rate in Durham, North Carolina, by 50 percent within the next 10 years.
Evidence-Based Practices and Systems of Care: Implementation Matters (PDF - 167 KB)
Israel, Hodges, Ferreira, & Mazza (2007)
Presents strategies critical to successfully implementing evidence-based practices within systems of care based on the experiences of system of care communities.
Examples of Service Coordination (PDF - 513 KB)
Michigan State University
Best Practice Briefs, 14, 2000
Presents four examples of service coordination, including the experiences of persons receiving individualized services and two outlines of systems design.
From Case Management to Service Coordination (PDF - 481 KB)
Michigan State University
Best Practice Briefs, 13, 2000
Discusses the transition from the term "case management" to "service coordination" and presents promising models and approaches.
Guidelines for Best Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Offers a set of qualitative standards based on experiences within the children's system of care. The documents address a range of tasks, issues, and topics and are intended to help agencies and practitioners achieve a high quality of care.
Making Interagency Initiatives Work for Children and Families in the Child Welfare System
Hepburn & McCarthy (2003)
In Promising Approaches for Behavioral Health Services to Children and Adolescents and Their Families in Managed Care Systems
Describes how the child welfare system is participating in collaborative interagency initiatives designed to serve children with serious and complex behavioral health disorders.
Organizational Merger and Cultural Change for Better Outcomes: The First Five Years of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Johnson
Child Welfare, 83, March/April 2004
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Describes the agency's efforts to merge the child welfare and juvenile justice agencies and develop a common culture and new financial and programmatic infrastructures to promote better outcomes for children and families. Includes information on the operational framework, service continuum, and common principles.
Promising Practices in Respite Care (PDF - 197 KB)
Jivanjee (2005)
This presentation from the winter 2005 System of Care Community Meeting describes a research study to identify and describe promising practices in respite care.
Systems of Care: Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
This series of publications was developed as part of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program funded by the Center for Mental Health Services within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS). Each publication provides information on promising practices in a variety of areas related to systems of care and children's mental health.
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