Citation

Garnier PC, Poertner J. Child Welf. 2000; 79(5): 597-613.

Affiliation

Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11021349

Abstract

This article describes efforts to produce useful safety measures from administrative data. A measure similar to that proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is presented and compared to a measure that takes into account the length of time children are in placement. These measures are also reported for out-of-home care placement types. The challenges posed in constructing such measures from extant data are discussed.

Language: en