Gary Siegel

Institute of Applied Research

This is the first IARA summary papers on family financial hardship and child welfare. It is a summary of six multi-year, multi-method evaluation studies conducted by the authors of programs directed toward families reported for child maltreatment. The programs each involved intensive services to families, including increased financially related (ma...

An outcome analysis was conducted based on an extended follow-up of the implementation of differential response program reforms in Child Protective Services offices in 10 counties in a Midwestern U.S. State. Random assignment was conducted of families that were first determined to be appropriate for family assessments. Experimental families (n=2,38...

The Hughes et al. paper is critiqued generally and in specific areas. The weak nature of the authors’ empirical work is discussed along with their enigmatic writing and vague and incorrect use of references, and their simultaneous use of sweeping statements of opinion and narrow analytical focus. This review examines the authors’ errors regarding d...

The long-term effects of providing material or anti-poverty services to families with reports of child maltreatment were examined in a field experiment in a Midwestern state in which differential response (DR) had been implemented. From a pool of families determined to be appropriate for DR family assessments, 2605 randomly assigned experimental fa...