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PROJECT NAME: Evaluation of Child Welfare Managed Care Demonstration Project

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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