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Parenting Engagement in Foster Care Placement Stability and Permanency
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research ( IF 1.603 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 , DOI: 10.1086/709536
Mark Trahan , Jangmin Kim , Jennifer Bellamy , James Hall

Objective: Child welfare services predominately engage mothers, who typically are the primary caregivers of the children. Research on engaging fathers—or fathers and mothers together—in child welfare is limited. This study evaluates engagement of both mothers and fathers in case management services for out-of-home child welfare cases to better understand patterns and quality of parental engagement and the effect of engagement on permanency and stability. Method: We analyzed state case-review data collected by certified reviewers from 2007 to 2017 (N = 1,617) on out-of-home child welfare cases. Data included evaluation of the processes and outcomes of case management services. Using ordinary least squares regression and seemingly unrelated regression, we examined the relationship between parent engagement and permanency and stability outcomes. Results: Permanency and placement stability ratings are relatively poorer when fathers and mothers engage together in case planning. However, the quality of engagement with fathers and mothers is associated with improved permanency and placement stability ratings. Conclusions: Findings highlight the need for high-quality engagement with fathers and mothers for positive foster care child outcomes. Future research may assess worker training for boosting outcomes of family engagement in child welfare.

中文翻译:

父母参与寄养寄养的稳定性和持久性

目标:儿童福利服务主要是让母亲参与,母亲通常是孩子的主要照顾者。关于让父亲(或父亲和母亲在一起)参与儿童福利的研究有限。这项研究评估了父亲和母亲在家庭外儿童福利案件的案例管理服务中的参与度,以更好地了解父母参与度的模式和质量以及参与度对永久性和稳定性的影响。方法:我们分析了2007年至2017年由合格审阅者收集的州外儿童福利案件的州级案件审查数据(N = 1,617)。数据包括对案件管理服务的过程和结果的评估。使用普通的最小二乘回归和看似无关的回归,我们研究了父母参与与持久性和稳定性结果之间的关系。结果:当父母一起规划病例时,永久性和安置稳定性评级相对较差。但是,与父母的交往质量与持久性和安置稳定性等级的提高有关。结论:研究结果突出表明,为了使寄养儿童获得积极的成果,需要与父母进行高质量的接触。未来的研究可能会评估工人培训以提高家庭参与儿童福利的成果。调查结果突出表明,需要与父母进行高质量的接触,以取得积极的寄养儿童结果。未来的研究可能会评估工人培训以提高家庭参与儿童福利的成果。调查结果突出表明,需要与父母进行高质量的接触,以取得积极的寄养儿童结果。未来的研究可能会评估工人培训以提高家庭参与儿童福利的成果。
更新日期:2020-06-01
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