@article{ref1,
title="Long-term economic benefit of Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) for adolescent females referred to congregate care for delinquency",
journal="Child welfare",
year="2019",
author="Saldana, Lisa and Campbell, Mark and Leve, Leslie and Chamberlain, Patti",
volume="97",
number="5",
pages="179-195",
abstract="Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) is an alternative to congregate care, for youth involved in the juvenile justice and/or child welfare systems. Though demonstrated as clinically-and cost-effective across multiple rigorous trials, the long-term cost benefit of TFCO has not been considered. This study follows n = 166 females from adolescence to young adulthood, who were involved in both systems and referred for out-of-home-care. Records of arrest, court, incarceration (juvenile, jail, and prison), monitoring (parole and probation) and child-welfare services were included in a long-term cost-benefit analysis. Outcomes highlight ongoing benefit of the TFCO intervention, nearly 10 years post-intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-4021",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}