Mallon G P
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA.
Child Welfare. 1998 Jan-Feb;77(1):61-78.
Society has made a major capital investment in the out-of-home care system and, to a lesser extent, in preparing youths exiting out-of-home care for self-sufficiency. The field of child and family services has begun to evaluate the effectiveness of independent living skills programs and to measure outcomes that document the extent to which these social investments are cost effective and linked to positive outcomes. This article provides descriptive and evaluative outcome data for all youths discharged to independent living from December 1987 to December 1994 in a New York City-based independent living program operated by Green Chimneys Children's Services.
社会已对家庭外照料系统进行了重大资本投资，在较小程度上，也对帮助脱离家庭外照料的青少年实现自给自足做了投资。儿童与家庭服务领域已开始评估独立生活技能项目的成效，并衡量结果，以证明这些社会投资在多大程度上具有成本效益且与积极成果相关联。本文提供了1987年12月至1994年12月期间，在由绿色烟囱儿童服务机构运营的纽约市独立生活项目中，所有出院后实现独立生活的青少年的描述性和评估性结果数据。
