Accountability in Child Welfare Services: Developing a Statewide Outcome Evaluation Program

Psychological Services

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-53

  Wall, Jacqueline Remondet ^a   Busch, Monique ^b   Koch, Steven M ^c   Alexander, Gina ^d   Minnich, Heike ^a   Jackson Walker, Susan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b IARCCA Institute for Excellence Inc   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d The Villages of Indiana Inc   (United States)

^e NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

foster care; outcome assessment; program evaluation; program monitoring; residential treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350362254     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.2.1.39     Document Type: Article

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