The Integrated Model of Family Foster Care (MIAF®) to promote high-quality child welfare practices in Portugal

contrary to other western European countries, Family Foster Care continues unresourced and poorly used in Portugal. A shift towards family-based care is urgently needed and requires combined efforts of policies and resources to promote high-quality practices to ensure sustainable change. This research proposal, focuses initial implementation stage of theIntegrated Model of Family Foster Care (MIAF) – a CWPM recently developed to respond to the current national priority in terms of CW policies, aiming to promote high-quality FFC practice standards and assist foster families and children to achieve safety, stability, and well-being outcomes.
This study aims to conduct a mix-method process and outcome evaluation, including a quasi-experimental 12-months follow-up, of the MIAF to assess the promising of the model.