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Home-Based Family-Centered Services: A Response to the Child Welfare Crisis. Occasional Paper No. 1.

Authors :
Indiana Youth Inst., Indianapolis.
Publication Year :
1991

Abstract

This paper proposes the use of home-based, family-centered services that are designed to encourage the healthy development of children in their families. Such services would constitute part of a comprehensive approach to the child welfare problem in Indiana. The goals of family-centered services are to: (1) preserve the integrity of the family; (2) link children and families with community agencies; and (3) strengthen families' coping skills. The impact, in human terms, of lack of family services is illustrated by a case scenario. The problems encountered by the family in this scenario could have been prevented by a family-centered service plan that included income assistance, child care, transportation, parent education, and social support. In financial terms, home-based, family-centered services would cost less than foster care and institutional placement. Several Indiana communities have recently implemented home-based, family-centered programs. Two such programs are Families United, which provides services to families in six rural counties; and the Family Life and Education Program, an urban home-based service model serving families in eight central Indiana counties. Appendixes include flyers describing the child welfare cost crisis and the Indiana child and family support campaign. (BC)

Details

Language :
English
Database :
ERIC
Publication Type :
Editorial & Opinion
Accession number :
ED343704
Document Type :
Opinion Papers<br />Reports - Descriptive