Aunties and Uncles Co-operative Family Project Ltd: Volunteers making a difference in the lives of children and parents

Wilkes, Lesley M; Beale, Barbara L; Cole, Rose

doi:10.5172/conu.2006.23.2.291

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“…Volunteer families are commissioned by child welfare authorities to provide respite care to children of primarily single mothers, and informal support to children and parents who have a stressful and/or adverse social situation. The CFP has much, but not all, in common with respite or relief care programs in the UK (Triseliotis, Sellick & Short, 1995), youth mentoring programs in the US (Rhodes & DuBois, 2008), and the Aunties and Uncles Co-operative Family Program in Australia (Wilkes, Beale & Cole, 2006). CFP is much used by local authorities:…”

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Long-term outcomes of Sweden's Contact Family Program for children

Brännström

Vinnerljung

Hjern

2013

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Objectives: To assess the long-term impacts of Sweden's Contact Family Program (CFP) for children on participants' future outcome profiles, here conceptualized as combinations of outcomes related to mental health problems, public welfare receipt, illicit drug use, placement in out-of-home care, educational achievement, and offending. Method:We analyzed longitudinal register data on more than 950,000 children born 1980-90, including 6,693 children who entered CFP at 2-5 years of age, with a follow-up until 2008.Children's outcome profiles were identified by latent class analysis. The average program impact was estimated by means of propensity score matching.Results: Long-term outcomes for those who had received the intervention were not better than for matched peers who did not receive the intervention. Simulation-based sensitivity analyses indicate that some of our estimated negative treatment effects may be affected by unobserved factors related to program participation and outcomes. However, both selection and outcome effects must be extremely strong in order to generate notable positive effects of CFP participation. Conclusions:The results indicate that the CFP is an ineffective intervention for reducing risks of compromised long-term development in children. Since the intervention reaches a high-risk group of children and is popular among users, volunteer families and professionals, the program should be reinforced with knowledge-based components that target known risk factors for child welfare recipients.

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Long-term outcomes of Sweden's Contact Family Program for children

Brännström

Vinnerljung

Hjern

2013

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…Volunteers (families or persons) are commissioned by child welfare authorities to provide informal social support to children who have a stressful and/or adverse social situation. The CFPP shares some traits, but not all, with youth mentoring programs in the United States (Rhodes, 2004(Rhodes, , 2008 and the Aunties and Uncles Co-operative Family Program in Australia (Wilkes, Beale, & Cole, 2006). Roughly 4% of all Swedish children at age 18 will have experience of a contact family/person (Vinnerljung & Franzén, 2005).…”

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Effectiveness of Sweden’s Contact Family/Person Program for Older Children

Brännström

Vinnerljung

Hjern

2014

Research on Social Work Practice

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Objectives: To estimate the impacts of Sweden's Contact Family/Person Program (CFPP) for older children on participants' long-term outcomes related to mental health problems, illicit drug use, public welfare receipt, placement in out-of-home care, educational achievement, and offending. Method: We analyzed longitudinal register data on more than 1,000,000 individuals born between 1973 and 1984, including 6,386 individuals who entered CFPP at 10-13 years of age, with a follow-up until 2008. The program impact was estimated by means of propensity score matching. Results: Outcomes for those who had received the intervention were not better than that for matched peers who did not receive the intervention. Conclusions: The results did not find support for CFPP effectiveness in reducing risks of compromised long-term development in older children.

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A Psychological Profile of Potential Youth Mentor Volunteers

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Journal Community Psychology

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Mentoring programs rely on adult volunteers to offer disadvantaged children friendship, role modeling, and insight into the way others relate. However, with the increasing numbers of children requiring mentors, programs are finding it difficult to attract enough volunteers. This study investigates (a) community awareness of an Australian youth mentoring program, (b) the proportion of the population who would consider becoming a mentor in future, and (c) whether those who would consider it differ significantly in their psychological characteristics. While awareness of the program is low, consideration of mentoring is relatively high. Those who would consider volunteering for the program have distinct psychological characteristics, indicating that customized marketing strategies are likely to be effective in attracting them. Findings demonstrate the potential for marketing techniques to be used effectively in the youth mentoring arena and give practical guidance as to how effective campaigns could boost numbers of mentors.

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Aunties and Uncles Co-operative Family Project Ltd: Volunteers making a difference in the lives of children and parents

Cited by 5 publications

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Long-term outcomes of Sweden's Contact Family Program for children

Long-term outcomes of Sweden's Contact Family Program for children

Effectiveness of Sweden’s Contact Family/Person Program for Older Children

A Psychological Profile of Potential Youth Mentor Volunteers

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