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EBP in Foster Parent Training and SupportMTFC; efficacious supports include FCICM, MTFC-P, and PPC; promising supports includeCo-parenting, FIAP, KEEP, and Stop-Gap; and emerging supports include EcosystemicTreatment Model, Re-ED, Shared Family Care, and Shared Parenting. Specific models of someTFC provider support services have not yet been developed, including stipends, health insurancedelivery, managed care service provision, respite, and social support. However, the provision ofthese services to foster parents is associated with improved foster parent and child outcomes (seeAppendix I).Foster parent’s primary motivation for fostering is to make a positive difference inchildren’s lives (MacGregor, Rodger, Cummings, & Leschied, 2006; Rodger, Cummings, &Leschied, 2006). However, this cannot be successfully accomplished without a variety ofsupports from agencies, community and family members, and policymakers. The review ofempirical literature suggests the following:BenefitsHealth care benefits for foster children are a major issue for foster parents. This includesboth the continuity of coverage and coordination of care for foster children (Kerker & Dore,2006; Leslie, Kelleher, Burns, Landsverk, & Rolls, 2003). In addition, the program fundingscheme (fee-for-service versus performance based) has an impact on foster children’s outcomes.Research has shown that children in performance-based programs are significantly less likely tobe reunified and are more likely to be placed in kinship foster homes or adopted (Meezan &McBeath, 2008).Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.eduvii
EBP in Foster Parent Training and SupportAs stated earlier, foster parents’ primary motivation for fostering is to help children, notto accumulate monthly funds. The literature suggests that supportive services and a monthlystipend can assist foster parents in paying for additional costs associated with caring for childrenwith behavioral issues (such as TFC youth) and have a positive impact on foster parent retention(Doyle, 2007; Duncan & Argys, 2007; Meadowcroft & Trout, 1990). However, many fosterparents report that the monthly stipend is inadequate to meet the costs associated with caring forfoster children and youth (Barbell, 1996; Soliday, 1998), Thus, more research on the costsassociated with caring for TFC youth, and the various rates of TFC provider payments is needed.Involvement in Service Planning (Collaboration)Foster parents express desire to be involved in the service planning for children in theircare (Brown & Calder, 2002; Denby, Rindfleisch, & Bean, 1999; Hudson & Levasseur, 2002;Rhodes, Orme, & Buehler, 2001). Yet, there is a delicate intersection betweenprofessionalization of the foster parent role and providing parental care for foster children, asfoster parents consider themselves parents first and foremost (Kirton, 2001). Involvement inplanning and professionalization is linked to increased foster parent satisfaction and retention(Denby, Rindfleisch, & Bean, 1999; Rhodes et al., 2001; Sanchirico, Jablonka, Lau, & Russell,1998).Several models of foster parent involvement with biological parents have been developedand are in the early stages of evaluation (i.e., Co-parenting, Ecosystemic Treatment Model,Shared Family Care, and Shared Parenting). These models require differing amounts ofcollaboration between biological and foster families, ranging from planning meetings together toCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.eduviii
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