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Marts, Eric J.; Lee, Eun-Kyoung Othelia; McRoy, Ruth; McCroskey, Jacquelyn – Child Welfare, 2008
This paper describes an innovative service delivery model to reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system. Point of Engagement (POE) is a collaborative family- and community-centered approach initiated in Compton, a regional office in Los Angeles County that serves south Los Angeles, a predominantly African American and…
Descriptors: Investigations, Child Welfare, Disproportionate Representation, Delivery Systems
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Smart, Jeanne; Russell, Joi; Custodio, Cecilia – Child Welfare, 1998
Describes the development and features of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Service's Child Health System (CHS), a computerized health record application designed to capture information on the health status and medical needs of over 60,000 children. Includes a brief overview of the 2,688 cases entered into the system during the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Information Technology, Medical Case Histories
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Lindsay, Suzanne; And Others – Child Welfare, 1993
Describes the Health Passport Project, a program that uses a centralized computer database for maintaining and distributing health and education records for children in foster care in San Diego, California. Includes a content analysis of the health information stored in the first 431 "passports." (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Child Health, Computer Software, Content Analysis