This is the final evaluation report of the Mississippi title IV-E child welfare
demonstration project. The state’s request for a IV-E waiver to operate in eight counties was approved by the Department of Health and Human Services on September 17, 1998. After significant delays, implementation began on April 1, 2001 and the demonstration was approved to run for 60 months. The project was suspended after 42 months, however, and ended on September 30, 2004. The final evaluation report provides findings from the process, impact and cost studies that formed the evaluation. It describes both the challenges faced by the state agency in the operation of the demonstration and the project’s outcomes and successes despite these challenges.