Permanency through Group Work: A Pilot Intensive Reunification Program |
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Authors: | Marianne Berry Kelly McCauley Tracie Lansing |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA;(2) Kaw Valley Center, Olathe, Kansas, USA;(3) University of Kansas, Wichita, KS, USA |
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Abstract: | Reunification of foster children with their birth parents is a critical focus of child welfare services, and the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 has intensified the effort to reunify families. A large child welfare agency in a mid-western state developed an evidence-based treatment reunification model, that is based on the practices and principles that have been found to most predictive of a safe, timely and successful return home. This model is intensive, home-based, and incorporates an innovative support group for birth parents. A comparative evaluation of this model after 1 year finds that its reunification rates are double that of comparable cases receiving the agency’s conventional reunification services. |
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