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TITLE IV-E WAIVER DEMONSTRATIONS

Form D
Interim and Final Report Outline

Executive Summary

Chapter I: Introduction

1. Overview of the Demonstration

   1. Purpose
   2. Background/Context
   3. Service Intervention Strategy
   4. Implementation Status
   
   
   

2. Methodology

   1. Design (describe target population, eligibility criteria, random assignment or comparison group selection procedures and sample size)
   2. Research Questions
   3. Data Collection Procedures
   4. Limitations (if any)
   
   
   

Chapter II: Process Analysis

1. Implementation (was the demonstration implemented as designed’ why or why not’ what changes were needed’)

2. Key Features

   1. Financial Risk Sharing and Incentives
   2. Program Inputs
      1. Staff (frontline and supervisory number, type, training)
      2. Funds
   3. State/County/Provider Relations
   4. Role of the Courts
   5. Service Delivery (type, intensity duration, availability and access)
   
   
   

3. Population Characteristics

   1. Family
      - Caretaker relationship to child
      - Family composition
      - Presenting problems
   2. Child
      - Age (at entry into demonstration, child welfare, foster care)
      - Race/ethnicity
      - Sex
      - Sibling group status
      - Presenting problems
      - Special needs
      - Abuse/neglect and foster care placement history
   
   
   

4. Service Characteristics
   - Type
   - Frequency
   - Duration
   - Case plan goals
   - Referrals to other services

5. Process Indicators
   - Referral rates/case acceptance rates/reasons for rejection
   - Engagement rates/reasons for non-engagement
   - Relation of service need to services offered and services provided (e.g., what percentage of caretakers with substance abuse problems were offered services’ received services’)
   - Service or program completion rates/reasons for service termination
   - Length of time from referral to first contact; to completed assessment; to service onset
   - Waiting lists-number of families and length of time on list
   - Number of foster or adoptive parents recruited; ratio of homes to children

Chapter III: Outcomes

The list below includes a range of outcome indicators including, but not limited to, those cited in the Notice of draft child welfare performance goals published in the February 2, 1999 Federal Register. -   Comparisons - All outcome analysis should be based on a comparison between the experimental and control groups. The rate of change over time for both groups-from baseline to first and second year after implementation-should also be examined where appropriate. -   Cohorts - Depending upon sample sizes, the nature of sample selection, and the nature of and duration of proposed interventions, outcome analysis may be limited to cases which have been in the demonstration for a sufficient period of time to achieve plausible outcomes (e.g., separate analysis of families entering in years 1 and 2). -   Subpopulation Analysis -- where appropriate, outcome analysis by key subpopulations should be performed. Key variables include:       - Race/ethnicity       - Age of child/especially under 3 and 12 and over       - Special need       - Placement with relatives or other foster parents       - Abuse/neglect or status offender Safety-Related Outcomes - Percent of abused/neglected children with subsequent alleged and/or substantiated abuse/neglect report       -- during program participation       -- within 12 months of program completion’ 24 months’ Permanency-Related Outcomes - Mean/median length of time in foster care - Mean/median length of time in child welfare system       -- Percentage of foster care children (within 12 months) who are:             - reunified             - adopted (adoptive placements/agreements finalizations)            - released under guardianship            - emancipated      -- Percent of children with substantiated abuse/neglect who do not enter foster care Placement Stability - Mean and median number of placements per child - Percentage of children with more than two placement settings - Percentage of children moved to less restrictive settings; more restrictiveness - Percentage of children in group homes or institutions - Percentage of children placed out-of-state - For adoption and guardianships, the number of disrupted placements Child and Family Well Being - Education status - Health status - Juvenile arrests      -- status offenses      -- delinquency

IV: Cost-Benefit Analysis

This is a difficult component for an interim report since much of the cost and little of the benefit may be observable at this point. Nevertheless it may be helpful to at least identify:

      - Costs to date
      - Major funding streams
      - IV-E savings (if any) or shortfall (if any). If appropriate, identify the factors that will lead to cost-neutrality by the project's end.

V: Summary and Conclusions

 

OMB No. 0980-0272
Expiration Date: 6/30/2003

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Attachments

Form A - Initial Design and Implementation Plan Outline
Form B - Evaluation Plan Outline
Form C - Progress Report Outline