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Enhancing the Foster Care Review Process: The Case of Kentucky's Interested Party Review Program
Author(s) -
Bryan Valerie,
CollinsCamargo Crystal,
Rhee Stephanie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2009.01037.x
Subject(s) - foster care , order (exchange) , welfare , welfare system , process (computing) , public relations , nursing , child care , political science , psychology , medicine , business , computer science , law , finance , operating system
In order to promote timely permanency for children in out‐of‐home care, citizen foster care review programs employ volunteers to monitor progress for children in the child welfare system. In addition to case file reviews, Kentucky implemented an Interested Party Review system in which foster care review board members meet with family members and child welfare staff in order to glean more detailed and multi‐faceted information to submit to the court. This article describes a mixed‐methods program evaluation demonstrating the contribution of such a review process to judicial decision making and child outcome, as well as recommendations for program improvement.