Using Research and Evaluation to Support Programs That Promote Parents' Economic Security and Children's Well-Being. OPRE Report 2018-04

Autor/inn/en	Ross, Christine; Sama-Miller, Emily; Roberts, Lily
Institution	Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation; Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Titel	Using Research and Evaluation to Support Programs That Promote Parents' Economic Security and Children's Well-Being. OPRE Report 2018-04
Quelle	(2018), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Family Programs; Family Income; Children; Child Development; Low Income Groups; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Program Improvement; Data Collection; Data Analysis; Logical Thinking; Models; Stakeholders; Research; Agency Cooperation; Social Services; Child Welfare; Early Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Family program; Familienprogramm; Familieneinkommen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Data capture; Datensammlung; Auswertung; Analogiemodell; Forschung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Kindeswohl
Abstract	The "Integrated Approaches to Supporting Child Development and Improving Family Economic Security" project was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research and Northwestern University for the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It focused particularly on programs whose goals are both to improve the economic security of families and to support the development and well-being of children. This brief describes a continuum of research and evaluation approaches that could help program leaders and staff create more robust programs offering coordinated services to low-income parents and their children. The brief can also help program funders plan descriptive research and evaluation that can inform program development and identify which programs are ready for an assessment of impacts. The brief first discusses how to build a foundation for data-informed program improvement, including how to use program data to assess whether the program is working as its leaders and staff envision. Then, it discusses how research partners can be helpful in supporting program development based on analysis of program data. Programs that have engaged in data-informed program improvement may be ready to participate in an impact evaluation, so the final section presents criteria to help program leaders and funders assess the readiness of a program for an impact evaluation. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01