RE: assessment vs. investigation

[Greg Tooman <GTooman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Three sources that might be helpful:

"Missouri Child Protection Services Family Assessment and Response
Demonstration, Impact Evaluation Digest of Findings and Conclusions,"
conducted by the Institute of Applied Research.  The State of Missouri or
the Institute of Applied Research might be able to get you a copy.

"Final Report on the Multiple Response System for Child Protective Services
in Virginia," completed by the Virginia Department of Social Services.

"Flexible Response Evaluation," conducted by the Texas Department of
Protective and Regulatory Services.

Gregory Tooman
Research Associate
Children's Services
American Humane Association
63 Inverness Dr. East
Englewood CO 80112-5117
(303) 792-9900 fax: (303) 792-5333
greg@americanhumane.org
http://www.americanhumane.org/


-----Original Message-----
From: Nico Trocme [mailto:nico.trocme@utoronto.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 12:26 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Cc: teresa neves
Subject: assessment vs. investigation


I am looking for information on alternative responses to child protection
reports.  I understand a number of U.S. jurisdictions are experimenting with
diverting non-urgent reports to an alternative approach that focuses on
assessing service need rather than investigating allegations.

Does anyone know of any reports, articles or web-sites with information on
this question?

Nico Trocmé, University of Toronto
Center of Excellence for Child Welfare Research
Bell Canada Child Welfare Research Unit

246 Bloor St West, Toronto, M5S 1A1, Ontario, Canada
tel: 416-978-5718 / fax: 416-978-7072 / nico.trocme@utoronto.ca
 http://cwr.utoronto.ca