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Child Welfare
Quality services for children involved in the child welfare system are crucial to positive outcomes. In 2007, an estimated 794,000 children were victims of maltreatment, and nearly two-thirds of them received welfare services. These children face disproportionate risks of health and behavioral problems and high rates of homelessness, school drop-out, and incarceration. PolicyLab's work seeks to improve the systems serving families in child welfare and ultimately increase the stability, permanency, and well-being of the children using them.

Psychotropic Medication Use in Medicaid Eligible Children

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The broad goal of this research is to generate an evidence base for the use of antipsychotic medications in Medicaid eligible pediatric populations with a long-term goal to develop programs and policies that promote more effective and safe medication practices.

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The Children's Stability and Well-Being Study (CSAW)

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CSAW is a longitudinal cohort study of 450 children in the Philadelphia child welfare system whose objective is to identify intervention opportunities to reduce placement instability and improve outcomes for children and their families.

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CSAW: Therapeutic Parenting Intervention

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In partnership with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services and the Department of Behavioral Health, this project pilots the co-location of two evidence-based behavioral health interventions Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Child Adult Relationship Enhancement training in selected foster care agencies.

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CSAW: Analysis of Eductional Stability

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To determine strategies that strengthen the child welfare and educational systems' ability to support the educational needs of children in foster care, this project is conducting cross-system focus groups with teachers, school counselors, foster care parents, and foster care caseworkers.

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