Re: CPS parent satisfaction measures

[Aron Shlonsky <shlonsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nicole and Anne,

I'm also forwarding your email the the guru of Cal State connections, Anne 
Powell.  She may have some other ideas.

The most interesting things I've seen are:

1) wraparound services: statewide eval being conducted by UC Berkeley 
Center for Social Services Research (that's us).  Looks like we're covered, 
but SB163 (a parallel program for state eligible foster children) has been 
rolled out statewide.  You may be able to get someone at CDSS to bite and 
there are definitely Bay Area counties involved.  A similar program - 
multi-systemic therapy - is out there as well (San Diego, I think).  Scott 
Hengeller is running that deal.
2) Family Group Conferencing: Again, we're doing an eval, but there are 
counties out there that are doing FGDM and it's not being evaluated. We're 
only looking at Fresno and Riverside.  As an anthropologist, this might be 
VERY interesting.  The intervention comes from (depending who you ask) New 
Zealand and their work with the Native Maori.
3) This is a stretch for reunification and maintenance, but it depends on 
your definition (I'm a bit loose about these things).  There's a lot of 
good work being done at Edgewood Children's Center in SF with kinship 
caregivers.  If you define family pres more liberally, you might enjoy 
working with them.  They have an entire research division and you might 
convince them to let you work with them.  They are great folks.  Contact 
Don Cohon at 650-326-6429 website at http://www.edgewoodcenter.org/

Best of luck,
Aron

At 01:30 PM 4/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Aron,
>
>I am a doctoral student in Anthropology at the City
>University of New York and I am putting together my
>dissertation project on parenting education/ family
>maintenance services in California.  When I saw your
>inquiry on the list serve, I thought I would write to
>see if you might be willing to answer a question.
>
>I am trying to decide in which county to situate my
>research, preferably in the bay area (I'm from SF).
>Is there any thing special going on in Alameda or SF
>counties (or any other counties you can think of) in
>terms of family maintenance/ preservation?  Are there
>any remarkable programs being carried out or
>developed?
>
>I would appreciate any insight you might have.
>
>Thanks for your time,
>
>Nicole Laborde
>
>
>--- Aron Shlonsky <shlonsky@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
>wrote:
> > Dear Group,
> >
> > A colleague of mine in a California county has asked
> > me if I know of any
> > satisfaction measures for parents receiving family
> > maintenance and/or
> > family reunification services.      I don't, but
> > would like to see one if
> > it exists.  The involuntary nature of these services
> > raises some
> > interesting issues in the design and implementation
> > of such measures, which
> > sounds like a worthwhile topic for this listserve.
> >
> >
> > Aron Shlonsky, MSW, MPH
> > Research Associate
> > UC Berkeley
> > School of Social Welfare
> > Center for Social Services Research
> > 16 Haviland Hall #7400
> > Berkeley, CA  94720-7400
> > (510) 642-8139
> > (510) 642-1895 fax
> > shlonsky@uclink4.berkeley.edu
> >
>
>
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Aron Shlonsky, MSW, MPH
Research Associate
UC Berkeley
School of Social Welfare
Center for Social Services Research
16 Haviland Hall #7400
Berkeley, CA  94720-7400
(510) 642-8139
(510) 642-1895 fax
shlonsky@uclink4.berkeley.edu