Ohio Differential Response
Since 2004, the Supreme Court of Ohio's Advisory Committee on Children, Families & the Courts has participated in ongoing efforts to develop and implement recommendations to improve Ohio's system for accepting and investigating reports of child abuse and neglect. One of the fundamental components of the recommendations submitted by its Subcommittee on Responding to Child Abuse, Neglect and Dependency was initiating an Alternative Response child protection model in Ohio. Following a rigorously evaluated 18-month pilot project, the Advisory Committee recommended that Ohio move to implement an Alternative Response pathway on a statewide basis. Ohio is now focused on transitioning Alternative Response (AR) from a successful pilot project to a fully integrated statewide child welfare practice that is part of a continuum of responses. In July 2011, language to support the statewide implementation of a Differential Response System was signed into law in the state’s budget bill. This language codifies Ohio’s Differential Response pathways (Traditional Response and Alternative Response). This website contains information and resources about Ohio's ongoing Differential Response work.
2012 Differential Response Counties
AIM TEAM REPORT
Final Report of the AIM Team Executive Summary of the AIM Team Final Report Evaluation Executive Summary Ohio Alternative Response Evaluation: Final Report Recommendations for a Differential Response Statutory Framework Chronicle AppendicesAppendix A Leadership Council MembersAppendix B Fundamentals in Support of Practice ModelAppendix C Subcommittee Roster
Final Report of the AIM Team
Executive Summary of the AIM Team Final Report
Evaluation Executive Summary
Ohio Alternative Response Evaluation: Final Report
Recommendations for a Differential Response Statutory Framework
Chronicle
AppendicesAppendix A Leadership Council MembersAppendix B Fundamentals in Support of Practice ModelAppendix C Subcommittee Roster
DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE RESOURCES
DR OverviewPresentation on the Quantitative Findings of the Pilot EvaluationOhio Children, Families, and the Courts Bulletin on Alternative ResponsePractice Fundamentals from Leadership CouncilAR 2010 Pilot Leads American Humane OAC Provisions for AR 5101:2-36-01 5101:9-36-20 5101:2-38-20 DR Statutory Authorization
MATERIALS FROM OHIO'S AR SYMPOSIUM
Plenary PresentationsSystems and Practice Change Through Implementation LensWhat Does the Research Say?