Background

As part of the implementation of Family First Preservation Services Act, and to meet legal requirements set by the Indiana State Legislature in 2019, Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) implemented Indiana Family Preservation Services (INFPS) to maintain children in the home when it is deemed safe to do so.

Objective

This paper explores the effects of INFPS on child removal episodes and repeat maltreatment.

Participants and setting

This study compares all children and families receiving INFPS between January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021 to a similar cohort of in-home cases that opened between January 1, 2019 and March 31, 2019.

Methods

Contribution analysis and a quasi-experimental design are employed by using administrative records and survey data collected from service providers.

Results

INFPS is associated with reduced repeat maltreatment by about 3–4 % at the case-level and about 2–3 % at the child-level. In contrast to repeat maltreatment, in both case-level and child-level analyses, INFPS was not significantly associated with decreased likelihood of child removal.

Conclusion

Overall, these results identify short-term effectiveness of INFPS on reducing repeat maltreatment during the treatment period. Results highlight the potential utility of INFPS to improving such outcomes, through increased use of evidence-based practices (EBP). Current findings demonstrate the need for continued research on the long-term effects of INFPS on child and family outcomes.

中文翻译：

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证明承诺和支持：印第安纳州家庭保护服务的初步评估

背景

作为实施《家庭优先保护服务法》的一部分，并为满足印第安纳州立法机构 2019 年制定的法律要求，印第安纳州儿童服务部 (DCS) 实施了印第安纳州家庭保护服务 (INFPS)，以在儿童需要时将其留在家中这样做被认为是安全的。

客观的

本文探讨了 INFPS 对儿童搬家事件和重复虐待的影响。

参与者和设置

本研究将 2021 年 1 月 1 日至 2021 年 3 月 31 日期间接受 INFPS 的所有儿童和家庭与 2019 年 1 月 1 日至 2019 年 3 月 31 日期间开始的类似家庭病例队列进行比较。

方法

通过使用从服务提供商收集的行政记录和调查数据，进行贡献分析和准实验设计。

结果

INFPS 与案例层面的重复虐待减少了约 3-4%，儿童层面的重复虐待减少了约 2-3%。与重复虐待相比，在案例层面和儿童层面的分析中，INFPS 与儿童被带走的可能性降低没有显着相关性。

结论

总体而言，这些结果确定了 INFPS 在治疗期间减少重复虐待的短期有效性。结果突出了 INFPS 通过增加使用循证实践 (EBP) 来改善此类结果的潜在效用。目前的研究结果表明需要继续研究 INFPS 对儿童和家庭结果的长期影响。