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Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Child welfare--Government policy--United States.
Foster home care--United States.
Child welfare--United States.
Family services--United States.

Other Authors:

Testa, Mark.
Poertner, John.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Child welfare in the twenty-first century : outcomes, value tensions, and agency risks / Mark F. Testa, John Poertner -- Logic of results-oriented accountability : populations, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes / Mark F. Testa -- Outcomes monitoring in child welfare / Tom McDonald, Mark F. Testa -- Data for policy planning and analysis / Mark F. Testa -- Research review of evidence in child welfare / John Poertner -- Evaluation of child welfare interventions / Mark F. Testa -- Results-oriented management : using evidence for quality improvement / Terry Moore -- Flexibility, innovation, and experimentation : the rise and fall of child welfare waiver demonstrations / Mark F. Testa -- Performance-based contracting : aligning incentives with outcomes to produce results / Ken Taylor, Michael Shaver -- Fostering and sustaining university/agency partnerships / Joan Levy Zlotnik.

ISBN:

0195321308 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195321302 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)429634772

LCCN:

2009031030

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)