Assessing Risk of Placement Instability to Aid Foster Care Placement Decision Making. Issue 2 (14th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moore, Terry D.; McDonald, Thomas P.; Cronbaugh-Auld, Kari
• Is Part Of: Journal of public child welfare. Volume 10:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 117
• Page End: 131
• Publication Date: 2016-03-14
• Subjects: Foster care -- placement -- decision support -- child assessment -- matching -- placement stability; Child welfare -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.70973
• DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2016.1140697
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1554-8732

Abstract

Abstract : Placement stability is of critical importance to the well-being of children in foster care and has an impact on other key outcomes. Placement decision-making that matches children with placement resources is often cited as a practice that impacts placement stability, but little research exists to inform this practice. The focus of this research is on a child assessment tool that was developed to determine the appropriate level of care, which serves as one component of a web-based matching system that pulls together child and placement information used to inform the placement decision. The research examines the relationship between the child assessment subscale domains and placement stability for first and subsequent placement decisions and evaluates the stability of placements made in and outside of the indicated level of care.