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What Works Best For Whom In Family Preservation? Relationships Between Service Characteristics And Outcomes For Selected Subgroups Of Families, Julia H. Littell, John R. Schuerman, Amy Chak

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Faculty Research and Scholarship

Once the effects of case characteristics were taken into account. we found that there were no significant relationships between the duration of services. amounts of contact with workers, number of concrete services, or provision of specific types of services and case outcomes.

In sum, we discovered that the duration, amounts, and types of services do not alter the risks of placement or subsequent maltreatment among families with cocaine problems, those with inadequate housing. families of a parent with serious emotional problems, or cases with serious child care skill deficits. Directions for further research in this area are discussed.

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