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Development and Initial Findings of an Implementation Process Measure for Child Welfare System Change |
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| Authors: | Mary I. Armstrong Julie S. McCrae Michelle I. Graef Tammy Richards David Lambert Charlotte Lyn Bright |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;2. University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA;3. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA;4. University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, USA;5. University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | leadership administration and supervision organizations/systems policy issues |