Marts Eric J, Lee Eun-Kyoung Othelia, McRoy Ruth, McCroskey Jacquelyn
Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Child Welfare. 2008;87(2):335-58.
This paper describes an innovative service delivery model to reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system. Point of Engagement (POE) is a collaborative family- and community-centered approach initiated in Compton, a regional office in Los Angeles County that serves south Los Angeles, a predominantly African American and Hispanic/Latino area. Over the past two years, the POE has been implemented in the Compton area by providing more thorough investigations, engaging families, and delivering needed services to children and families within their homes and communities. POE has demonstrated a reduction in the number of children removed from their families, an increase in the number of children returned to their families within one year, and an increase in the number of children finding legal permanency.
本文介绍了一种创新的服务提供模式，以减少进入儿童福利系统的儿童数量。接触点（POE）是一种以家庭和社区为中心的协作方法，始于康普顿，这是洛杉矶县的一个区域办事处，服务于洛杉矶南部，一个以非裔美国人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔为主的地区。在过去两年里，通过在康普顿地区进行更全面的调查、与家庭互动，并在儿童及其家庭的家中和社区提供所需服务，实施了接触点模式。接触点模式已显示出被从家庭中带走的儿童数量有所减少，一年内回到家庭的儿童数量有所增加，以及获得合法永久安置的儿童数量有所增加。
