Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change
Abstract
This article describes a new measure designed to examine the process of implementation of child welfare systems change. The measure was developed to document the status of the interventions and strategies that are being implemented and the drivers that are being installed to achieve sustainable changes in systems. The measure was used in a Children's Bureau-supported national effort to assess the ongoing implementation of 24 systems-change projects in child welfare jurisdictions across the country. The article describes the process for measure development, method of administration and data collection, and quantitative and qualitative findings.
Citation
Mary I. Armstrong, Julie S. McCrae, Michelle I. Graef, Tammy Richards, David Lambert, Charlotte Lyn Bright & Cathy Sowell (2014). Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change, Journal of Public Child Welfare, 8:1, 94-177, DOI:10.1080/15548732.2013.873759