1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«This paper presents a description and evaluation of [an intermediary fee-for-service adoption reunion pilot project] as it was implemented in Batshaw Youth and Family Centers, the youth protection agency serving English-speaking residents of Montreal.»

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
142 clients who had registered for the fee-for-service program

Instruments :
Mail survey (clients)
Questionnaire for the social workers intermediaries

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«In Quebec, as elsewhere, there are long waiting lists of adopted persons and birth parents seeking information about each other and/or actual reunion - especially in recent years, with cuts in welfare budgets and in agency resources. To adress this problem, the Quebec government authorized a pilot project, involving (a) a fee-for-service program, and (b) the use of contract social workers to supplement agency staff as intermediaries in the reunion process, which was introduced in six centers between 1991 and 1993.» (p. 112) This paper presents the description and evaluation of its implementation in Batshaw Centers. «In contrast to other reported reunion research, this study reports on a managed, active search program in one agency and provides birth parent and adopted person’s responses to the same reunion. A comprehensive survey of clients who used this service found a high level of satisfaction. There were, however, some significant differences in satisfaction between birth parents and adopted persons and between those who were searching and those found.» (p. 112)