| Author(s) | National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care |
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| Year Published | 2009 |
Demonstration Sites and References
Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care Demonstration Sites
California - Partnering4Permanency - Valerie Earley, Project Director, vearley@ehsd.cccounty.us
Colorado - Jefferson County System of Care - Susan Franklin, Project Director, SFrankli@jeffco.us
Kansas - Family Centered Systems of Care - Beth Evans, Project Director, bethevans@srs.ks.gov
Nevada - Caring Communities Project - Tom Morton, Project Director, MortonTD@co.clark.nv.us
New York - The CRADLE in Bedford Stuyvesant: A Systems of Care Initiative - Nigel Nathaniel, Project Director, Nigel.Nathaniel@dfa.state.ny.us
North Carolina - Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care - Eric Zechman, Project Director, ericzechman@ncmail.net
North Dakota - Medicine Moon Initiative: Improving Tribal Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care - Deb Painte, Project Director, debp@nativeinstitute.org
Oregon - Improving Permanency Outcomes Project - Patrick Melius, Project Director, Patrick.J.Melius@state.or.us
Pennsylvania - Locally Organized Systems of Care - Andrea Richardson, Project Director, anr63@pitt.edu
References
Annie E. Casey Foundation. (2002). Team decision making: Involving the family and community in child welfare decisions. Part Two: Building Community Partnerships in Child Welfare. Retrieved September 3, 2008, from http://www.aecf.org/upload/pdffiles/familytofamily/f2f_tdm_sept_02.pdf(PDF - 181 KB)
Boyes-Watson, C. (2005). Community is not a place but a relationship. Public Organization Review: A Global Journal, 5, 359-374.
Center for the Study of Social Policy. (2003). Improving the performance and outcomes of child welfare through state Program Improvement Plans (PIPS): The real opportunity of the Child and Family Services Review.
Chapin Hall Center for Children. (n.d.). ACS' community partnership initiative: Approach and preliminary findings.
Children's Bureau. (2008). Child and Family Services Reviews fact sheet. Retrieved September 3, 2008, from https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/policy-guidance/childrens-bureau-child-and-family-services-reviews-fact-sheets
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (n.d.). Guiding principles of systems of care: Community-based services. Retrieved June 11, 2009, from /management/reform/soc/history/community.cfm
Kettner, P., Daley, J., & Nichols, A. (1985). Initiating change in organizations and communities: A macro practice model. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Mulroy, E., Nelson, K., & Gour, D. (2004). Community building and family centered collaboratives. In M. Weil, D. Gamble, M. Reisch, L. Gutierrez, & E. Mulroy (Eds.), The handbook of community practice (pp. 460-474). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Patt, S. (2007). A community in support of children and families: Operationalizing Portland, Maine's community partnership for protecting children. Retrieved September 3, 2008, from https://ncwwi.org/files/a-community-in-support-of-children-and-families-operationalizing-portland-maines-community-partnerships-for-the-protection-of-children.pdf
Robichaud, A. (2007). Moving toward equal ground: Engaging the capacity of youth, families and communities to improve treatment services and outcomes in the juvenile justice system. Retrieved June 11, 2009, from http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/sites/default/files/documents/RF_Moving_Toward_color.pdf(PDF - 440 KB)
Ungar, M., Manuel, S., Mealey, S., Thomas, G., & Campbell, C. (2004). A study of community guides: Lessons for professionals practicing with and in communities. Social Work, 49(4), 550-561.
The National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care is funded by the Children's Bureau, under contract with ICF International. The Center assists and supports grantees funded through the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care demonstration initiative by providing training and technical assistance and a national evaluation of the demonstration initiative. Contact: Yvette Lamb, Project Director, 10530 Rosehaven Street, Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22030-2840, 703.385.3200.
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