@article{7cb2663331504e858ca5ad1acc346f4d,
title = "Crisis nurseries: Important services in a system of care for families and children",
abstract = "This paper reports the results of an evaluation of crisis nursery services for five crisis nurseries in Illinois from 2000 to 2003 based on analysis of administrative data reported to the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). Crisis nursery services, sometimes called {"}respite{"} services, provide temporary emergency care for children. The results demonstrate the vital importance of availability of emergency support services for young children and their caregivers. By describing how crisis nurseries respond to needs of families of young children and provide the after-crisis care. It describes the important role crisis nurseries currently play in crisis intervention and after-crisis services for children and their families.",
keywords = "Crisis nurseries, Emergency, IDHS, Illinois, Infants, Respite, Young children",
author = "Cole, {Susan A.} and Wehrmann, {Kathryn Conley} and Ginny Dewar and Laura Swinford",
note = "Funding Information: The crisis nurseries in Illinois used federal start-up money available in the 1980s to initiate their programs. When direct support for the programs was rolled into family support block grants administered by the state in the 1990s, access to funding declined. IDHS saw a value in the preventive services provided by the nurseries and agreed to provide $500,000 to be used by all five nurseries to provide family support services. The five nurseries divided the grant according to the financial needs of the specific crisis nursery programs. As part of the funding agreement, IDHS required the nurseries to report how the money they provided was being used. This study used aggregate data originally collected and reported to IDHS for funding accountability to begin to examine the impact of crisis nurseries for children and families in Illinois. Although limited, the data provide some interesting insights into crisis nursery services and directions for future research. 4.1 ",
year = "2005",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.12.023",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "995--1010",
journal = "Children and Youth Services Review",
issn = "0190-7409",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "9",
}