Differential Response in Illinois: Final Evaluation Report Jan 2014

In December 2009, the State of Illinois was selected by the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR) as one of three sites to implement and evaluate Differential Response (DR) used by Illinois child protective services. This report by Tamara Fuller, Martin Nieto, and Saijun Zhang, of the Children & Family Research Center, University of Illinois, School of Social Work presents the final findings of the outcome evaluation and cost analysis, which compared DR to the traditional investigation response . . .