Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through
Systems of Care

The Center for Child and Family Policy is serving as the external evaluator for ‘Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care' grant. North Carolina is one of nine sites across the nation to have received this grant which is funded by the Children's Bureau. The Center is assisting the State Division of Social Services in evaluating the development of Systems of Care in three counties: Alamance, Bladen, and Mecklenburg. This includes development of a multi-level needs assessment, facilitating the evaluation package developed by the national evaluators Caliber & Associates, developing and revising state and local evaluation measures, and documenting the implementation process for blueprinting development. The entire model of evaluation is based on the participatory action model to allow continuous feedback from families, the local sites, the state, and the national team.

PRESENTATIONS:

Alexander, M., & Quinn, J. (2005, November). Evaluating Systems of Care in North Carolina. Talk presented at Sytems of Care Fall Grantee Meeting, Arlington, VA.

Alexander, M., & Quinn, J. (2005, October). Evaluating Systems of Care in North Carolina. Talk presented at Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Lawrence, N., & Snyder, E. (2007, November). Multiple response and System of Care evaluations: Measures, tools, and outcomes. Paper presented at the American Humane Annual Conference on Differential Response in Child Welfare, Long Beach, CA.

Snyder, E., & Huffman, R. (2007, November). Planning for sustainability. Workshop presented at the 2007 Fall System of Care Grantee Meeting, Washington, DC.

Snyder, E., Huffman, R., & Seo, J. (2007, February). Using evaluation results and social marketing to sustain your System of Care. Talk presented at the 2007 Winter System of Care Grantee Meeting, Washington, DC.