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National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care Resources

The Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center (the Center) provides programmatic and evaluation technical assistance to recipients of cooperative agreements from the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care demonstration initiative. This program is funded through the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Center's goal is to support grantees' efforts to design and build systems of care that will improve safety, permanency, and well-being for families and children.

The Center is continually developing resources that will support the grantees' efforts to improve outcomes for children and families. Through its evaluation efforts, the Center also produces information on this initiative's effectiveness. Please check back frequently for additional resources on systems of care.

A Closer Look
A series of reports summarizing the work of the nine grant communities.

Systems of Care National Evaluation Logic Model (PPT - 23 KB)
Describes the grantees' strategic planning of infrastructure and service delivery as well as the cross-site process and outcome evaluation for the initiative.

Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care Grant Cluster—An Overview (PPT - 160 KB)
This PowerPoint presentation from July 2006 provides information on lessons learned from the grantees and from the Center's technical support and evaluation efforts.

Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care: Systems of Care: Guide for Strategic Planning
Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care, Children's Bureau (HHS) (2007)
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Provides information and materials on procedures any community can use to support the planning and development process for designing a system of care.

Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care: Building the Infrastructure: A Guide for Communities
Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care, Children's Bureau (HHS) (2007)
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Designed for communities developing and implementing systems of care, this guide outlines definitions, goals, activities, personnel, and expected outcomes for the fundamental components of the infrastructure needed to support systems of care.

Updated on November 19, 2008