Performance-based contracting and the moderating influence of caseworker role overload on service provision in child welfare |
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Authors: | Chuang Emmeline Wells Rebecca Green Sherri Reiter Kristin |
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Institution: | Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Department of Child and Family Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. |
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Abstract: | Although performance-based contracts have become increasingly popular in child welfare, administrators are developing these contracts with little empirically guided information about how internal work conditions may influence the services families receive. This study examines how child welfare caseworker role overload moderates associations between child welfare agencies' use of performance-based contracting and services provided to families. Analyses using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being suggest that when caseworkers experience high role overload, use of performance-based contracts may decrease caregivers' likelihood of receiving necessary social and behavioral health services. These findings and their implications are discussed. |
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