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Message ID: 10547
Date: 2020-01-10

Author:James Jolley

Subject:RE: Child centered outcome measures

Dr. Paula Wolfteich at the NCAC intervention and clinical director mentioned that they do it and her email is pwolfteich@nationalcac.org when we attended “What do ED’s need to know about direct service provision” training in Huntsville last year. Jim Jolley Statewide Training Coordinator Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers 2940 East Park Avenue Suite 2B Tallahassee, FL 32301 Office 850-671-4791 JJolley@fncac.org From: bounce-124262866-84443373@list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 2:33 PM To: child-maltreatment-research-l@list.cornell.edu Subject: Child centered outcome measures Greetings Everyone, We are starting a conversation in Minnesota about measuring outcomes at the child level. We have in mind to get baseline measures when children come into the system, using existing validated instruments, that would include an assessment of trauma, physical and mental development, and behavioral and mental health. The idea is that over time, if the system is doing its job well, all of these metrics will improve. We recognize this is not a small undertaking but we want to get started thinking about it. The hypothesis is that by rolling up these measures, de-identified of course, at the worker, supervisor, unit, County and state levels, it will become more clear how well children are doing. Also, following the principle that “what gets measured is what it’s done”, measuring child-centered outcomes would focus on child well-being in ways that add an important dimension to the current (though also important) process-oriented child welfare metrics such as timeliness of response, frequency of social worker visits, length of time in care etc. Is anyone aware of efforts underway to measure child-level outcomes in any counties or states? Thanks for whatever help you can provide. Rich Gehrman Executive Director Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota 651-303-3209 www.safepassagemn.org

Dr. Paula Wolfteich at the NCAC intervention and clinical director mentioned that they do it and her email is pwolfteichnationalcac.org when we attended “What do ED’s need to know about direct service provision” training in Huntsville last year. Jim Jolley Statewide Training Coordinator Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers 2940 East Park Avenue Suite 2B Tallahassee, FL 32301 Office 850-671-4791 JJolleyfncac.org From: bounce-124262866-84443373list.cornell.edu On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 2:33 PM To: child-maltreatment-research-llist.cornell.edu Subject: Child centered outcome measures Greetings Everyone, We are starting a conversation in Minnesota about measuring outcomes at the child level. We have in mind to get baseline measures when children come into the system, using existing validated instruments, that would include an assessment of trauma, physical and mental development, and behavioral and mental health. The idea is that over time, if the system is doing its job well, all of these metrics will improve. We recognize this is not a small undertaking but we want to get started thinking about it. The hypothesis is that by rolling up these measures, de-identified of course, at the worker, supervisor, unit, County and state levels, it will become more clear how well children are doing. Also, following the principle that “what gets measured is what it’s done”, measuring child-centered outcomes would focus on child well-being in ways that add an important dimension to the current (though also important) process-oriented child welfare metrics such as timeliness of response, frequency of social worker visits, length of time in care etc. Is anyone aware of efforts underway to measure child-level outcomes in any counties or states? Thanks for whatever help you can provide. Rich Gehrman Executive Director Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota 651-303-3209 www.safepassagemn.org