Global Budget Could Mitigate 'Perverse Incentive' For Child Abuse Intervention - Oregon

"At the end of the visit, the child is given the chance to pick out a stuffed animal and a blanket – and often, executive director Barbara Peschiera said, children light up, despite the difficulty of the visit, which takes several hours.

“They're happy and skipping,” she said, as if the weight of living with the abuse has been lifted. “We get to return their childhood to them.”

"Children who visit the clinic are then connected to resources – including family therapy and mediation, as well as legal resources if the family needs them – that will help in the healing process....

“We have the opportunity to say, 'This saves the system money,'” Peschiera said...."

http://www.thelundreport.org/resource/global_budget_could_mitigate_perverse_incentive_for_child_abuse_intervention

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