"Concurrent planning in public child welfare agencies: oxymoron or work in progress?" by Amy C D’Andrade

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Concurrent planning in public child welfare agencies: oxymoron or work in progress?

Children and Youth Services Review (2006)

Amy C D’Andrade, University of California - Berkeley
L Frame, University of California - Berkeley
J D Berrick, University of California - Berkeley

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Abstract

Concurrent planning is used increasingly in child welfare practice as one strategy to expedite permanency for children. The strategy was developed in small, private agency contexts utilizing comprehensive and intensive services; how and with what success concurrent planning concepts have been implemented by large public child welfare bureaucracies is not known. This study examines the implementation of concurrent planning in six county child welfare agencies in a large western state. Quantitative data were extracted from case files of a sample of 885 children entering out-of-home care before and after implementation of concurrent planning legislation. Interviews and focus groups with 180 individuals (including agency social workers, supervisors, and court personnel) from the same counties contextualize these findings. Results from the study help to identify factors that may facilitate or hinder successful implementation.

Keywords

public child welfare agencies

Disciplines

Social Work

Publication Date

2006

DOI

10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.02.008

Publisher Statement

NOTICE: this is the author’s pre-print of a work that was accepted for publication in Children and Youth Services Review. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Children and Youth Services Review, VOL 28, ISSUE 1, (2006), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.02.008.

Citation Information

Amy C D’Andrade, L Frame and J D Berrick. "Concurrent planning in public child welfare agencies: oxymoron or work in progress?" Children and Youth Services Review Vol. 28 Iss. 1 (2006) p. 78 - 95 ISSN: 0190-7409
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amy_dandrade/8/