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How does performance-based funding change child welfare services?
How does performance-based funding change child welfare services?
Evaluating Michigan’s performance-based funding model
Challenge
To address perceived inefficiencies in child welfare spending and improve child and family outcomes, the Michigan Legislature convened a task force in 2013 around performance-based funding for public and private child welfare services. It recommended the following activities:
- A pilot project to test the new funding model
- An independent evaluation to assess
- Planning and implementation
- Cost effectiveness
- Child and family outcomes