| Project Title: | Neglected Children in Intergenerational Kinship Care |
| Grant/Contract Number: | 90CA1578 |
| Type of Project: | Demonstration |
| Funding Agency: | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect |
| Agency Contact Person: | Sue
Sparrow (202) 205-8244 |
| Principal Investigator: | Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D. |
| Mailing Address: | Georgia
State University University Plaza Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 |
| Total Project Duration: | 09/30/96 to 09/29/01 |
| FY 98 Total Costs: | $150,000 |
| Total Project Budget: | $1,000,000 |
| Child Maltreatment Focus: | Primary, Secondary |
| Type of Abuse: | Neglect |
| Sample Size: | 50 participants per year |
| Age of Subjects: | 2-16 years old |
| Child
Abuse and Neglect Focus of This Project: |
Treatment and Preventive Interventions |
| Summary |
| The goal of the Neglected Children in Intergenerational Kinship Care demonstration project is to implement and evaluate a cost-effective, multiservice model that empowers intergenerational families affected by child neglect. The project objectives are to (1) identify the negative impact of neglect and provide resources to neglected children; (2) prevent their subsequent neglect in kinship care; (3) decrease social isolation of grandparent caregivers: and (4) improve grandparents' health so they can parent more effectively. Expected outcomes are improved child outcomes, increased resources for families, increased social support for grandparents, and improved physical and psychological health of these families. Clients will participate in a home-based, multimodal intervention based on individual family assessments. Services will include visits from a registered nurse-social worker team, and legal, financial, housing, or educational assistance. A community advisory board and grandparent support groups will help grandparents access ongoing community resources and social support. The population to be served are low-income, African American families in metropolitan Atlanta that are headed by grandparents. This project will target children in substitute intergenerational care who are not in formal CPS foster family caseloads and who are referred by agencies serving predominately low-income, urban families. One or more children must have been neglected prior to placement with the grandparent. Through Georgia State University, undergraduate and graduate students will tutor and mentor the children. This demonstration project will provide valuable information to policymakers, government officials, and agency administrators about the growing numbers of such placements. |
