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Leadership in Systems Evaluation | FAQ's | Learning Groups
An underdeveloped, but very promising strategy for Systems
Transformation is family and youth engagement in national
and local level evaluations of child and family serving systems
and their use of the findings that come out of those evaluations.
This
strategy is supported by many entities, including the federal Center
for Mental Health Services, of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration under the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. That Center, for example, requires of its funded
system of care projects to involve families and youth in
the implementation of the national evaluation. Some suggested
strategies include “providing feedback on the design and
objectives of the evaluation, conducting interviews, analyzing data,
and interpreting and reporting results”, to give a few
examples1.
The
national Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
advocates strongly for this systems transformation strategy. We
believe:
- Evaluation
– skills, strategies, and results – can be powerful
advocacy tools for families and youth.
- Program
and systems evaluation driven by the expertise and perspectives
of families and youth involved in those programs and systems will
be more relevant, more culturally competent, and more likely to
be used.
- Families
and youth engaged in systems transformation work should be driven
by and mobilized by quality data.
- Families
and youth choosing to engage in evaluation should have access
to training, resources, and information as needed.
To
that end, the Federation provides links on this page to a few of
our training and technical assistance resources. More information
about evaluation training curricula is available on the “Federation
Training Program” section of this website.
 The
Framework for Involving Families and Youth in Evaluation
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Family-to-Family
Network Analysis
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The
Family & Youth Driven Family-Youth-Evaluator Partnership
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and the N of 2
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Engaging
New Families in Evaluation
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Qualifying Family Preference in Hiring
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Evaluation
Training Needs Assessment
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Family Engagement in Evaluation: Lessons Learned
© 2004 Elaine Slaton, Federation of Families for Children’s
Mental Health
1DHHS,
SAMHSA, CMHS. CFDA 93:104; Section D
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