ABSTRACT: The Child Welfare Managed Care Demonstration Evaluation Project is a 4 year study evaluating whether a managed care delivery system will have a positive impact on finding permanent homes and reducing length of stay of children in foster care. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Donna Harrington, PhD (7/1/00 through 11/30/03) Co-Investigator(s): Donna Harrington, PhD (12/1/99 through 6/30/00) FUNDING SOURCE: Maryland Department of Human Resources Social Services Administration AMOUNT OF FUNDING: $1,454,292 PROJECT DATES: 1999 – 2003 PRODUCTS: Refereed Journals Lawrence-Webb, C., Feild, T., & Harrington, D. (In press). Permanency for children: An organizational analysis of first year start-up issues in a child welfare managed care organization. Children and Youth Services Review. Selected Presentations Hisle-Gorman, E., Panchanadeswaran, S., & Harrington, D. (January, 2002). Screening protocol for child maltreatment risk and reporting in evaluation research. Presented at the San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment, January 21-25, 2002, San Diego, CA.
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