Timely and Needed Perspectives on Differential Response in Child Protective Services

This article is an invited commentary and analysis of the authors’ completed systematic evaluation of Child Protective Services (CPS) differential response (DR) models. I write this commentary based on 25 years of public child welfare experience followed by 13 years as a social work professor and re...

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Published in:Research on social work practice 2013-09, Vol.23 (5), p.521-524
Main Author: Ellett, Alberta J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child Neglect
Child protection
Child Safety
Child Welfare
Child Welfare Services
Controversy
Deception
Delivery Systems
Government agencies
Policy Making
Program Evaluation
Program Implementation
Research Methodology
Research Problems
Resource Allocation
Responses
Social Services
Social Work
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Summary:This article is an invited commentary and analysis of the authors’ completed systematic evaluation of Child Protective Services (CPS) differential response (DR) models. I write this commentary based on 25 years of public child welfare experience followed by 13 years as a social work professor and researcher. In their review of DR, the authors’ identify critical and unresolved issues in DR implementation and program evaluation as well as recommendation to improve DR within CPS. In the course of the authors’ evaluation, they completed interviews with key informants in states that have implemented DR; an important contribution to CPS literature. Concepts, issues, and controversies in the DR literature are discussed in view of CPS practice models and history of policy making.
ISSN:1049-7315
1552-7581
DOI:10.1177/1049731512474493