Product Details
Evaluation Brief on the Status and Activities Related to Florida’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project: First 18 Months
Published: August 15 2008
Description
The purpose of the IV-E Waiver evaluation is to determine the effectiveness of expanded child welfare services and supports in improving permanency and safety outcomes for children in or at risk of entering out-of-home placement.
Abstract
This issue brief summarizes findings covering the first 18 months of the IV-E Waiver implementation (October 2006 - March 2008). In response to the IV-E Waiver, Community-Based Care lead agencies report using various creative approaches aimed at producing immediate and long-term benefits. These efforts involve several key strategies:
- Investing IV-E and non IV-E funds in the creation and expansion of prevention and diversion focused services in order to reduce the number of children entering out-of-home care.
- Improving supports and resources to permanency options for children already in out-of-home care, including reunification, adoption, relative and non-relative care.
- Enhancing pre-service and in-service training for all child welfare staff — supervisors, administrators, and caseworkers.
- Engaging community organizations, stakeholders, and caregivers in service assessment, planning, provision, and funding.
Primary Focus
Building Effective Systems of Care
Child Mental Health
Child Welfare
Child Welfare Reform
Facts and Figures on Well-Being
Systems Planning and Policy
Citation
King-Miller, T., Armstrong, M.I., Sowell, C., Jordan, N., Sharrock, P., Vargo, A., & Yampolskaya, S. (2008). Evaluation brief 1—Evaluation brief on the status and activities related to Florida’s IV-E waiver demonstration project: First 18 months. (Florida’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project—Evaluation Brief Series, 250-1). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
Retrieve on-line publication
http://cfs.fmhi.usf.edu/stateandlocal/pdf/cbcreport08_08.pdf 583kb pdf
Keywords:
child welfare evaluation, Medicaid, community based care, flexible funding IV-E Waiver
For more information, contact: Amy Vargo