Child age and outcome correlates in intensive family preservation services

摘要: Abstract Consistent with other studies of Intensive Family Preservation Services (IFPS), 83% 1506 children served by Homebuilders over a 2 year, 8 month period avoided official out-of-home placement, 12 months after service intake. An examination client variables associated outcome revealed that child age was an important predictor placement outcomes, infants (birth to years) and older (ages 10 17 being significantly more likely be placed treatment than 3 9 year-old children. Additional analyses the child-age cohorts clear, cohort-specific clusters parent/family characteristics were post-intervention placement. Implications for provision, intervention focus, program evaluation are explored.