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Fostering accountability : using evidence to guide and improve child welfare policy / edited by Mark F. Testa and John Poertner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195321302 (hbk.) :
  • 9780195321302 (Cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.7 TES
LOC classification:
  • HV741 .F674 2010
Contents:
1. Introduction--2. Child welfare in the twenty-first century : outcomes, value tensions, and agency risks --3. Logic of results-oriented accountability : populations, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes --4. Outcomes monitoring in child welfare --5. Data for policy planning and analysis--6. Research review of evidence in child welfare --7. Evaluation of child welfare interventions --8. Results-oriented management : using evidence for quality improvement --9. Flexibility, innovation, and experimentation : the rise and fall of child welfare waiver demonstrations --10. Performance-based contracting : aligning incentives with outcomes to produce results --11. Fostering and sustaining university / agency partnerships--12. Conclusion.
Summary: This work presents a model of child welfare decision making that holds public officials answerable for the integrity and validity of the actions they take on behalf of the children and families in their care.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.7 TES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213529

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction--2. Child welfare in the twenty-first century : outcomes, value tensions, and agency risks --3. Logic of results-oriented accountability : populations, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes --4. Outcomes monitoring in child welfare --5. Data for policy planning and analysis--6. Research review of evidence in child welfare --7. Evaluation of child welfare interventions --8. Results-oriented management : using evidence for quality improvement --9. Flexibility, innovation, and experimentation : the rise and fall of child welfare waiver demonstrations --10. Performance-based contracting : aligning incentives with outcomes to produce results --11. Fostering and sustaining university / agency partnerships--12. Conclusion.

This work presents a model of child welfare decision making that holds public officials answerable for the integrity and validity of the actions they take on behalf of the children and families in their care.

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