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Based upon a cross-sectional mailed survey of all group home providers in the state of California, this study provides current information on the size of group home settings, the cost of care, and the staffing in various group home arrangements. Issues such as staff turnover are discussed in addition to the need for a commitment to ethnic and cultural diversity among staff. Agency administrators' views of the future trends in group home care are provided along with recommendations for change.
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Funding for this study was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau and the California State Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention.
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Berrick, J.D. Group care for children in California: Trends in the '90s. Child Youth Care Forum 22, 7–22 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00868988
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