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Foster Care Re-entry Study

Foster Care Re-entry Study. A Hennepin County Project conducted in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Susan J. Wells, Ph.D. Project Consultant Andrea Nesmith, Ph.D. Research Associate Cheryl Cowan, M.S.W.

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Foster Care Re-entry Study

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  1. Foster Care Re-entry Study A Hennepin County Project conducted in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the University of Minnesota School of Social Work Susan J. Wells, Ph.D. Project Consultant Andrea Nesmith, Ph.D. Research Associate Cheryl Cowan, M.S.W. Research Assistant Project Completed October 2003

  2. Federal Outcomes in Child Welfare Services • Re-entry into foster care • Re-abuse or neglect • A safe & stable home • Length of time to achieve a safe & stable home

  3. Federal Oversight • Linked to receipt of Title IV-E funding of the Social Security Act • States must achieve specified levels of performance or have approved Program Improvement Plans • Outcomes are based on overall performance of the states (75th percentile)

  4. How Does Minnesota Stack Up? • In the 2001 Federal Review, some areas for improvement in MN were: • Timeliness of initiating investigations (case review) • In-home protective services (case review) • Re-entry into foster care • Stability of foster care • Length of time to adoption

  5. How Does Minnesota Stack Up? Re-entry Outcomes • Federal Standard: 8.6% of one year’s placements are re-entries in 12 mos. • Minnesota: 22.6% (2001 review)

  6. Re-entry Study Findings • Some factors leading to re-entry • Placement for neglect → less likely • Parents incarcerated → less likely • Child’s placement is Title IV-E reimbursable (child is from extremely poor family; would have been eligible for AFDC by 1996 stds.) → more likely

  7. Odds of Re-entry [1] The IV-E eligibility was recorded in SSIS by the end of Placement 1 or sometime thereafter.

  8. Factors Associated with Re-entry Continued on next slide

  9. Factors Assoc. with Re-entry (cont.) * n.s. = Tested, but not significant in case record reading study ** Statistically significant in final regression analysis

  10. What Do the Findings Mean? • Case more likely to involve: physical or sexual abuse, parental drug problem, or abandonment • Child’s initial placement did not involve incarceration of parent • Child living in extreme poverty

  11. Implications of Re-entry Study for Policy & Practice • Need programs for emergency alternatives to placement, particularly in case of parental incarceration • Will save money in the long run by avoiding placement and starting the cycle of institutional involvement • Programs that aid families in financial need are important to avoiding placement • Juxtaposition of drug problems, drug treatment and child welfare time frames needs to be addressed

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