Aug 18, 2017 By: yunews
Daniel Pollack, professor of social work at , published two 鈥淟egal Notes鈥 in the August 2017 issue of Policy & Practice, the journal of the American Public Human Services Association.
The first, 鈥,鈥 tackles the question, 鈥淪hould foster parents with any history of being convicted for drunk driving be required to install a device in their car that inhibits the car from starting until sobriety is confirmed?鈥
Pollack cites evidence that shows that various 鈥渋nterlock devices,鈥 similar to a breathalyzer or ignition locks, have reduced DUI deaths significantly. He concludes that 鈥渋t鈥檚 time to add state foster care programs鈥 to the list of agencies and organizations required to employ these interlock devices.
The second, 鈥淕ood Child Welfare Metrics May Help Avert Lawsuits,鈥 outlines the metrics that child welfare agencies can easily capture that would help them 鈥減erceive trends, establish goals, and measure results鈥: average first reply time, average resolution time, client satisfaction, team functioning, human resource measures (absence rate, turnover rate, and so on), and website effectiveness. 鈥淕ood child welfare metrics help us monitor, audit, and make tough, informed decisions, and can help us keep the agency out of legal hot water," Pollack writes.
