Managed care approach to child welfare services -Reply

[Lisa Sanfilippo <SANFILIPPO-LISA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fred Wulczyn of the Chapin Hall Center for Children and Columbia
University has done quite a bit of work in the managed care and
foster care area (particularly in New York City). You might want to
look up some of his work.

>>> Kristen Humphrey <khumphre@ix.netcom.com> - 4/16/98 12:51 PM >>>
As was mentioned in a recent message, child welfare services have
been
privatized in Kansas.  I am proposing a research study to examine the
impact of managed care/privatization on the well being of children
with
disabilities in foster care with regard to the implementation of the
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.

I am interested in your input regarding:

- other states that use a managed care approach for any type of child
welfare services
- children with disabilities in foster care (including
emotional/behavioral disorders)
- other research in this area
- ways to evaluate the unintended consequences of a policy
- any other suggestions or ideas that you have

I am in the very early stages of this process so my ideas are still
very
fuzzy.  I appreciate any comments or suggestions that you can offer.

Thank you.

Kristen Humphrey, LMSW
Doctoral Student
Beach Center on Families and Disability
Department of Special Education
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS  66045