Family Group Decision-Making: Final Evaluation
October 9, 2006 Family Group Decision-Making: Final Evaluation The Texas Model of Family Group Decision-Making (FGDM) conferences were targeted primarily to families experiencing removal of a child in an effort to expedite the child's safe return to the family. Most often, the conference was offered within the first 30 to 45 days following the removal. Between March 2004 and the end of July 2006, a total of 3,625 conferences had been conducted throughout the state. The impact of FGDM on the living arrangements of children and their length of stay in state care. Early in the . . .
