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Collado, Carmen; Levine, Paul – Child Welfare, 2007
This article describes a successful pilot project in New York City that effectively reduced the number of transfers or replacements of children in family foster care through the placement of mental health clinicians onsite at two foster care agencies. (Contains 2 tables and 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Placement, Pilot Projects, Mental Health, Foster Care
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Armour, Marilyn P.; Schwab, James – Child Welfare, 2007
This study examines the characteristics of Texas youth designated as "most difficult to place" recipients of service under the "Exceptional Care Pilot Project" (N = 46). Findings include, among others, high levels of comorbid psychiatric disturbance (greater than 3 diagnostic groupings), physical (78.3%) and sexual (88%)…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Residential Care
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Steketee, John P. – Child Welfare, 1978
Briefly describes Phases I and II of the pilot-test of a model case review system for children in foster care, Concern for Children in Placement, launched in 1974 in a number of courts around the country. (BR)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Court Litigation, Court Role, Foster Children
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Freeman, Henry – Child Welfare, 1978
Reports on the two-year experience of a foster home program for retarded children undertaken by a state agency as an alternative to placement in mini-institutions or group homes in residential communities throughout the state. (BR)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Foster Children, Foster Homes, Handicapped Children