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Ohio’s IV-E Waiver Demonstration Evaluation

Opportunity Working with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, we evaluated the effects of flexible funding through the ProtectOHIO Title IV-E Waiver demonstration—providing evidence toward the use of…

Evaluation of the Summit County STARS Program

Opportunity Working with the Ohio Summit County Collaborative on Trauma, Alcohol & Other Drug, & Resiliency building Services for Children & Families (STARS) partners and the Family Reunification through Recovery…

ProtectOHIO Third Waiver Period: Final Evaluation Report

This publication from 2016 explores the impact of the Title IV-E Waiver (a national child welfare demonstration project) in 16 participating Ohio counties. Since 1997, these child welfare agencies have…

ProtectOHIO Kinship Supports Evaluation Brief 2016

The ProtectOHIO Kinship Supports intervention is a method designed to promote kinship placement as best practice, increasing attention to and support for kinship placements, caregivers, and families. Its purpose is…

Six Ohio Alternative Response (SOAR) Counties Project

Opportunity Collaborating with six county child welfare agencies (SOAR) in Ohio, we evaluated the effects of Alternative Response, an innovative approach for serving child welfare-involved families and gauging child safety.

Ohio Kinship and Adoption Navigator (OhioKAN)

Opportunity We contributed foundational research on effective practices to help the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and its partner organizations develop and roll out a navigation program to…