Foster Kinship Navigator Program: A Two Study Mixed-Method Evaluation Project

Dr. Mark S. Preston - Preston Management and Organizational Consulting

This qualitative evaluation was to determine the level of fidelity of Clark County Nevada’s Foster Kinship navigator program to its navigator program manual and to ascertain if Foster Kinship’s navigator program for formal kinship families met the minimum standard for promising practice.

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Proximal outcomes of Connecting, an evidence-based, family-focused prevention program for caregivers of adolescents in foster care

Kevin P. Haggerty, Susan E. Barkan, Martie L. Skinner, Koren Hanson - Children and Youth Services Review

This study experimentally tested proximal outcomes of Connecting, a low-cost, self-directed, family-based substance-use prevention program for foster families.

Case Studies of Programmes to Promote and Protect Nurturing Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kristy Hackett, Kerrie Proulx, Carina Omoeva - FHI360 and Lego Foundation

This Case Study Report, prepared in partnership with World Health Organization (WHO) and the LEGO Foundation, describes the implementation experiences and emerging lessons of COVID-19 response strategies of seven programmes that prioritize nurturing care and early childhood development (ECD) in their work.

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Co-Reporting of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: The Likelihood of Substantiations and Foster Care Placements

Rebecca Rebbe, Andrea Lane Eastman, Avanti Adhia, Regan Foust, Emily Putnam-Hornstein - Child Maltreatment

The current study used population-based administrative records from California to assess how CPS responds to reported allegations of IPV, with and without physical abuse and/or neglect allegations.