EVALUATION OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES UNDER TITLES IV-A AND IV-B, V 1

• NCJ Number: 42248
• Author(s): K W WEBB; M R BURT; S PINES; B A KRAFT
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 187 pages
• Contract Number(s): SRS 74-31
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Burt Associates, Inc
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO STIMULATE STATE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO MEASURE THE COSTS AND RESULTS OF THEIR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT SERVICES IN DEFINITIVE, QUANTIFIABLE WAYS.

Abstract

BY MEASURING COSTS AND SERVICES IN THIS WAY, THEY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE PROGRAM AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION CHOICES. IN GENERAL, THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVAUATION EFFORT IS TO HELP THE SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICE OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE DEVELOP AN INITIAL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR MEASURING COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...TWH