A community response to tragedy: Individualized services for families

The 1994 murder of a 13-year-old young woman mobilized one community to initiate a wraparound service model called Breakthrough for Families for their most hard-to-reach families, ie, those struggling with parental substance abuse, youth at high risk, & associated complex needs cutting across ex...

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Published in:Child & adolescent social work journal 1998-02, Vol.15 (1), p.39-54
Main Authors: Ray, JoAnn, Stromwall, Layne K, Neumiller, Steven, Roloff, Marilee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arizona
Community Services
Dysfunctional families
Empowerment
Families & family life
Family
Family Conflict
Hard to reach
Intervention
Methodological Problems
Murders & murder attempts
Outreach Programs
Program Evaluation
Social Problems
Social services agencies
Social work
Support services
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Summary:The 1994 murder of a 13-year-old young woman mobilized one community to initiate a wraparound service model called Breakthrough for Families for their most hard-to-reach families, ie, those struggling with parental substance abuse, youth at high risk, & associated complex needs cutting across existing categorical programs. The strength- & empowerment-based program, in which interventions were designed specific to each family, presented challenges in evaluating outcomes with traditional standardized instruments. Described here are the project, its outcomes for families & youth, & the evaluation design that evolved to measure outcomes in a strength-based program with no uniform intervention. 6 Tables, 21 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0738-0151
1573-2797
DOI:10.1023/A:1022293420801