Web Conference Recording – Improving Outcomes for Children through Performance-Based Contracting
The June 10 Governing for Children and Families web conference explored performance-based contracting in state child welfare systems as a method to improve
outcomes for children.
Chapin Hall research fellow Fred Wulczyn described the elements involved in designing performance-based contracts. Panelists from Tennessee discussed how the state shifted its fiscal approach through performance-based contracting and the issues faced by providers when implementing the new model.
Watch
the web conference and download related materials, including the audience
Q&A session log (pdf) and a performance-based contract template (MS Word).
Read the related reports, Monitoring
Child Welfare Programs: Performance Improvement in a CQI Context and Getting What We Pay For - Do Expenditures Align with Outcomes in the Child Welfare System?
Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration: November 10-14
Child welfare managers are invited to apply for Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration, from November 10-14 in Chicago. The purpose of the course is to enable participants to become critical consumers of child welfare administrative data as a means to making continuous quality improvements in their organizations.
The course is limited to 15 participants, who will receive full support for tuition, room, and most meals. Candidates must complete an application form, submit a resume or CV, and include a recommendation from a supervisor at their current organization. Applications are
due August 29.
Learn more about the course and download
application materials.
Effect of Court Advocacy on Keeping Youth in Care after Age 18
Strong advocacy within the juvenile court on behalf of foster youth plays a primary role in keeping youth in care after age 18, according to a new Chapin Hall study. The
study examines foster youth in Illinois, one of the few states that extends care up to age 21.
Researchers found that a higher degree of court advocacy is associated with a greater availability of placements and services for older foster youth, more involvement by
caseworkers and other adults, more positive attitudes about remaining in care beyond 18, and a greater awareness that, by law, youth may remain in care beyond 18.
Read the issue brief, Continuing
in Foster Care Beyond Age 18: How Courts Can Help, by Clark Peters, Katie S. Claussen Bell, Andrew Zinn, Robert M. Goerge, Mark E.
Courtney.
Incorporating Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice Programs
A new report explores six juvenile justice programs that use positive youth-development principles to improve their intervention approaches. The study describes the factors
that facilitate the adoption of such principles as well as implementation challenges.
Read the report, Building on Strength: Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice Programs, by William H. Barton and Jeffrey A. Butts.
Outlining an Alternative Approach to Child and Family Services
Over the next year, Chapin Hall will be posting electronic versions of selected reports that are no longer in print. This seminal report, first published in 1994,
explores the potential benefits of a major shift in children's policy, from a focus on reacting to problems to a focus that would both enhance child development and family
functioning and respond appropriately to problems as they arise.
Read the report, Children,
Families, and Communities: A New Approach to Social Services, by Joan Wynn, Joan Costello, Robert Halpern, and Harold Richman.
Chapin Hall Founder Harold Richman Honored by the University of Chicago
Harold Richman, founding director of Chapin Hall, was honored by the University of Chicago for his many contributions to the field of children's policy research. At a
July 7 event in Chicago, Chapin Hall executive director Matthew Stagner announced the naming of the main conference room in the historic Chapin Hall building on the
university campus in Richman's honor. He also announced the creation of the Harold A. Richman Fellowship to support outstanding child policy researchers at Chapin Hall early
in their careers.
View photos of the event and read more about Harold Richman.
For more information contact:
Jelene Britten
Public Affairs Associate
Chapin Hall Center for Children
1313 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773.256.5138
jbritten@chapinhall.org
