Impacts of alternatives to out-of-home placement: A quasi-experimental study |
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| Authors: | James A Rosenthal |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of CA, Davis 95616, USA;3. State Key Laboratory and Division of Preventive Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;4. ORBIS International, NY 10018, USA;5. School of Economic Management, Xibei University, Xi''an 710127, China;6. School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;7. International Business School, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi''an 710062, China;8. Stanford University, Stanford 94305, USA;1. Department of Psychology, School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK;2. School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK;1. Abadan Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Iran;2. Ferr-Tech BV, Industrieweg 4, 7944 HS Meppel, the Netherlands;3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran;4. Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University, Tehran, P.O. Box 19395-3697, Iran |
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| Abstract: | School performance, delinquency rates, cost of services and time in out-of-home placement were compared for two groups of children, aged 8 to 17. The 125 comparison-group children entered out-of-home placements: residential treatment centers, group homes, foster homes, independent living quarters. The 115 experimental-group children entered services 3 years later, following the introduction of several programs designed to prevent or reduce the risk of placement. Of these children, 72 (63%) entered alternative programs (family treatment, day treatment, specialized family foster care, specialized independent living services) and 43 (37%) entered traditional out-of-home placements. School performance in both groups was quite poor, and no large differences in school performance between the groups were observed. Time-series analyses suggested that the impacts of traditional and alternative services on delinquency were similar. The alternative programs resulted in a marked decrease in the amount of time children were in placement and in the level of restrictiveness of placements. The programs resulted in moderate cost savings. |
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