What’s the Return on Investment? Using Placement Analysis to Measure Child Welfare Costs

Funding of Post-Permanency Programs

2019

6-10 pages

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

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Child welfare leaders and agencies will learn about an approach, called placement day analysis, that calculates the financial impact of diverting or shortening child welfare placements. Decision makers can identify the right interventions and program changes-those that are good for both children and lean agency budgets-to invest in moving forward.

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