Family Preservation Services : Research and Evaluation

This volume assesses the effectiveness of programmes dating back to the 1970s, which sought to reorient child welfare service away from care placements and towards programmes with more emphasis on the family.

The questions considered include: whether children in these programmes are representative of the population of children at risk for out-of-home placement; whether these children improve after being involved in the programmes; and what key approaches and features of the programmes are most effective.