This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Type of Maltreatment: Emotional abuse, Exposure to domestic violence, Physical abuse, Physical neglect, and Sexual abuse
Target Population: Families with children ages 0-17 being reunified from foster care or relative placement.
Brief Description:(The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff.)
The Michigan Family Reunification Program has been reviewed by the CEBC in the area of Reunification, but lacks the necessary research evidence to be given either a Scientific Rating or a Child Welfare Relevance Rating. The program is designed to assist in an early return to a permanent family for children in out-of-home foster care placement. In addition, it is designed to reduce repeat placement through a planned process of reunifying children in out-of-home care with their families using a variety of services. It is also designed to provide support in achieving and maintaining permanency in the family home.
Michigan Family Reunification Program was not designed to be conducted in a group.
Michigan Family Reunification Program has not been tested for use in a group setting.
Recommended intensity: An average of 4 hours of face-to-face contact per week. This weekly contact is conducted in single or multiple contacts depending on the needs of the family. The number of hours is higher, 8 or more, during the two weeks following reunification of the child(ren).
Recommended duration: 4-6 months
Average of 4 hours per week during this intervention, with 8 or more hours per week during the first two weeks following reunification.
Michigan Family Reunification Program does not include a homework component.
Michigan Family Reunification Program is typically conducted in a(n): Birth Family Home.
Michigan Family Reunification Program was designed with a Parent Component.
Michigan Family Reunification Program addresses the following presenting problems and symptoms: Corporal punishment, neglect, inappropriate developmental expectations, trust and safety issues.
Michigan Family Reunification Program was not designed with a Child Component.
Michigan Family Reunification Program was not developed for children with developmental delays.
Michigan Family Reunification Program has not been tested for children with developmental delays.
Michigan Family Reunification Program does not have materials available in a language other than English.
There is a manual that describes how to implement this program.
There is training available for Michigan Family Reunification Program.
Training contact: Zoe Lyons, Email: Lyonsz2@Michigan.gov, Phone: 517-241-8297
Number of days/hours: Informal, no set number of days or hours
Training is obtained: Informal Consultation
There currently are not additional qualified resources for training.
The typical resources for implementing Michigan Family Reunification Program are: the family home and/or community.
Special events, such as workshops, group family activities, and the parent education component may be held within a provider agency’s building, but we recommend they be within the community.
Team leader – Master’s degree in human services, preferably social worker.
Worker – Bachelor’s degree in human services.
Supervisor – Bachelor’s degree in human services.
Michigan Family Reunification Program has been reviewed and it was determined that this program lacks the type of published, peer-reviewed research that meets the CEBC criteria for scientific rating of 1 – 5. Therefore, the program has been given the classification of "NR - Not able to be Rated. " It was reviewed because it was identified by the topic expert as a program being used in the field, or it is being marketed and/or used in California with children receiving services from child welfare or related systems and their parents/caregivers. Some programs that are not rated may have published, peer-reviewed research that does not meet the above stated criteria or may have eligible studies that have not yet been published in the peer-reviewed literature. For more information on the "NR – Not able to be Rated" classification, please see the Scientific Rating Scale.
There are currently no published, peer-reviewed research studies for Michigan Family Reunification Program.
Family reunification contracts put new life into home-based family counseling in Michigan (2001, Fall). Practice: Ideas For and From Practitioners. Retrieved from http://www.mihomebased.com/practice/issues/old-site/fall01.html.
Skillman Foundation (1999). Evaluation of the Family Reunification Program: Results of the family reunification and foster care comparison study (Final Report). Skillman Foundation: Detroit, MI.
Contact name: Zoe Lyons, Manager
Affiliation/Agency: CPS and Family Preservation Programs, MI Dept. of Human Services
Email: Lyonsz2@Michigan.gov
Phone: 517-241-8297
Fax: 517-241-7047