Child Welfare and Foster Care Systems Publications
Does Extending Foster Care beyond Age 18 Promote Postsecondary Educational Attainment?
Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney2010
Employment of Former Foster Youth as Young Adults: Evidence from the Midwest Study
Jennifer L. Hook, Mark E. Courtney2010
Assessing the Impact of Extending Care beyond Age 18 on Homelessness: Emerging Findings from the Midwest Study
Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney2010
Distinct Subgroups of Former Foster Youth during Young Adulthood: Implications for Policy and Practice
Mark E. Courtney, Jennifer L. Hook, JoAnn S. Lee2010
Illinois Families and Their Use of Multiple Service Systems
Robert M. Goerge, Cheryl Smithgall, Roopa Seshadri, Peter Ballard2010
Underperforming Schools and the Education of Vulnerable Children
Lisa Walker and Cheryl Smithgall2009
Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Weighing the Costs to Government against the Benefits to Youth
Clark M. Peters, Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney, Harold Pollack2009
Continuing in Foster Care Beyond Age 18: How Courts Can Help
Clark Peters, Katie S. Claussen Bell, Andrew Zinn, Robert M. Goerge, Mark E. Courtney2008
Getting What We Pay For: Do Expenditures Align with Outcomes in the Child Welfare System?
Fred Wulczyn, Britany Orlebeke2006
Youth Who Run Away From Out-Of-Home Care
Mark E. Courtney, Ada Skyles, Gina Miranda, Andrew Zinn, Eboni Howard, Robert M. Goerge2005
The Educational Status of Foster Children
Mark E. Courtney, Melissa Roderick, Cheryl Smithgall, Robert Matthew Gladden, Jenny Nagaoka2004
An Employment Training and Job Placement Program for Foster Youth Making the Transition to Adulthood in Cook County, Illinois
Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek2010
Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth
Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, JoAnn S. Lee, Melissa Raap, Gretchen Ruth Cusick, Thomas Keller, Judy Havlicek, Alfred Perez, Sherri Terao, Noel Bost2010
A 5-Year Projection in the Number of Children Turning Age 18 while in Foster Care
Fred Wulczyn, Linda Collins2010
Employment Needs of Foster Youth in Illinois: Findings from the Midwest Study
Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek2010
Adapting a Systems Approach to Child Protection: Key Concepts and Considerations
Fred Wulczyn, Deborah Daro, John Fluke, Sara Feldman, Christin Glodek, and Kate Lifanda2010
The Child and Family Services Review Composite Scores: Accountability off the Track
John Schuerman and Barbara Needell2009
Identifying, Interviewing, and Intervening: Fathers and the Illinois Child Welfare System
Cheryl Smithgall, Jan DeCoursey, Elissa Gitlow, Duck-Hye Yang, Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner, Jiffy Lansing, Robert Goerge2009
Family Assessment in Child Welfare: The Illinois DCFS Integrated Assessment Program in Policy and Practice
Cheryl Smithgall, Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner, Duck-Hye Yang, Jan DeCoursey, LaShaun Brooks, Robert Goerge2009
Creating Community Responsibility for Child Protection: Possibilities and Challenges
Deborah Daro and Kenneth Dodge2009
Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Weighing the Costs to Government against the Benefits to Youth
Clark Peters, Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney, Harold Pollack2009
Finding the Return on Investment: A Framework for Monitoring Local Child Welfare Agencies
Fred Wulczyn, Britany Orlebeke, Jennifer Haight2009
Evaluating Contract Agency Performance in Achieving Reunification
Fred Wulczyn, Lijun Chen, Britany Orlebeke2009
Review of Policies and Programs Supporting Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Amy Dworsky and Judy Havlicek2009
Intergenerational and Interconnected: Mental Health and Well-being in Grandparent Caregiver Families
Cheryl Smithgall, Sally Mason, Lisa Michels, Christina LiCalsi, Robert Goerge2009
Child Well-Being: The Intersection of Schools and Child Welfare
Fred Wulczyn, Cheryl Smithgall, Lijun Chen2009
Children of Incarcerated Parents: Challenges and Resiliency, In Their Own Words
Andrea Nesmith, Ebony Ruhland2008
Expediting Permanency: Legal Representation for Foster Children in Palm Beach County
Andrew Zinn, Jack Slowriver2008
Consequences of Teen Childbearing for Child Abuse, Neglect, and Foster Care Placement
Robert Goerge, Allen Harden2008
An Evaluation of Services in the Bureau of Milwaukee County Child Welfare
Mark E. Courtney, Andrew Zinn, Steven L. McMurtry, Peter Power, Katrin Maldre, Noel Bost2008
Approaching the Transition to Adulthood
Thomas E. Keller, Gretchen Ruth Cusick, and Mark E. Courtney2007
The Role of Community in Facilitating Service Utilization
Deborah Daro, Karen McCurdy, Lydia Falconnier, Carolyn Winje, Elizabeth Anisfeld, Aphra Katzev, Ann Keim, Craig W. Lecroy, William McGuigan, Carnot Nelson2007
Child, Parent and Family Predictors of Child Welfare Services Involvement among TANF Applicant Families
Amy Dworsky, Mark E. Courtney, Andrew Zinn2007
Effects of WIC and Food Stamp Participation on Child Outcomes
Bong Joo Lee and Lucy Mackey Bilaver2006
Early Outcomes for Young Adults Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care in the U.S.
Mark E Courtney and Amy Dworsky2006
Caring for Their Children's Children
Cheryl Smithgall, Sally Mason, Lisa Michels, Christina LiCalsi, Robert M. Goerge2006
Entry and Exit Disparities in the Tennessee Foster Care System
Fred Wulczyn, Bridgette Lery, Jennifer Miller Haight2006
A Study of Placement Stability in Illinois
Andrew Zinn, Jan DeCoursey, Robert M. Goerge, Mark E. Courtney2006
Creating Community Responsibility for Child Protection: Findings and Implications from the Evaluation of the Community Partnerships for Protecting Children Initiative
Deborah Daro, Stephen Budde, Stephen Baker, Ande Nesmith, Allen Harden2005
Adoption Dynamics: An Update on the Impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act
Fred Wulczyn, Kristen Brunner Hislop, Lijun Chen2005
Beyond Common Sense
Fred Wulczyn, Richard P. Barth, Ying-Ying T. Yuan, Brenda Jones Harden, John Landsverk2005
Involvement of TANF Families with Child Welfare Services
Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky, Irving Piliavin, Andrew Zinn2005
Comparing GIS-Based Methods of Measuring Spatial Accessibility to Health Services
Duck-Hye Yang, Robert Goerge and Ross Mullner2005
The Effect of Race on Reunification from Substitute Care in Cook County
Robert M. Goerge and Lucy Mackey Bilaver2005
Working with African American Children and Families in Child Welfare Systems
Marian Harris and Ada Skyles2005
The Entry of Children from the Welfare System into Foster Care
Robert M Goerge and Bong Joo Lee2005
Studying the Role of Child Well-Being Indicators in the Policy Process
Asher Ben-Arieh and Robert M. Goerge, Eds.2005
Behavior Problems and Educational Disruptions Among Children in Out-of-Home Care in Chicago
Cheryl Smithgall, Robert Matthew Gladden, Duck-Hye Yang, Robert M. Goerge2005
Improving Public Child Welfare Agency Performance in the Context of the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews
Britany Orlebeke, Fred Wulczyn, Susan Mitchell-Herzfeld2005
Youth Who Run Away from Substitute Care
Mark E. Courtney, Ada Skyles, Gina Miranda, Andrew Zinn, Eboni Howard, Robert M. Goerge2005
Housing Problems Experienced by Recipients of Child Welfare Services
Mark E. Courtney, Steven L. McMurtry, Andrew Zinn2004
Improving Access to Health Care for Foster Children
Paula Kienberger Jaudes, Lucy A. Bilaver, Robert M. Goerge, James Masterson, Charles Catania2004
Unintended Consequences of the Push for Accountability
Mark E. Courtney, Barbara Needell and Fred Wulczyn2004
Identified Problems and Service Utilization Patterns Among Kinship Families Accessing Mental Health Services
Cheryl Smithgall, Sally Mason2004
Residential Care in Illinois
Stephen Budde, Susan Mayer, Andrew Zinn, Melissa Lippold, Adam Avrushin, Ava Bromberg, Robert M. Goerge, Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky2004
Educational Experiences of Children in Out-of-Home Care
Cheryl Smithgall, Robert Matthew Gladden, Eboni Howard, Robert M. Goerge, Mark E. Courtney2004
The Child Welfare System’s Response to Serious Non-Accidental Head Trauma
Paula Kienberger Jaudes, Lucy Mackey Bilaver2004
Placement Stability and Movement Trajectories
Fred Wulczyn, Joseph Kogan, and Brenda Jones Harden2003
Adoption Dynamics: Comparative Results for Sub-populations
Fred Wulczyn, Kristen Brunner Hislop2003
Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging out of Foster Care
Robert M. Goerge, Lucy Mackey Bilaver, Bong Joo Lee, Barbara Needell, Alan Brookhart, William Jackman2002
The State of the Child in Illinois: 2000
Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee, Lucy Mackey Bilaver, John Dilts, Allen Harden, Jacqueline Moore, Tamara Perry, Clark Peters, Barbara Ray, Mairead Reidy, Michael Weir, Jolyon Wurr2001
Child Welfare and Protection Project Mid-Term Evaluation
Fred Wulczyn, Britany Orlebeke, Jennifer Haight, George Poede2000
An Update from the Multistate Foster Care Data Archive
Fred Wulczyn, Kristen Brunner Hislop, Robert M. Goerge2000
Planning for Human Service Reform Using Integrated Administrative Data
Mairead Reidy, Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee1999
Impact of Reform in the Cook County Juvenile Court's Child Protection Division
Sheila Merry, Clark Peters, Lucy Mackey Bilaver, Robert M. Goerge, Bong Joo Lee1999
Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings in Illinois Jurisdictions Outside Cook County
Clark Peters, Sheila Merry1997
Understanding Child Maltreatment Decisions and Those Who Make Them
Peter Rossi, John Schuerman, Stephen Budde1996
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Integrated Assessment Program (IAP): Demonstration Project
Cheryl Smithgall, Principal Investigator2009
Longitudinal Study of Children in Out-of-Home Care in New South Wales, Australia
Fred Wulczyn, Principal Investigator2009
Monitoring and Evaluating the Performance of Community-Based Care Agencies in Florida
Fred Wulczyn, Principal Investigator2009
Evaluation of New York City’s Improved Outcomes for Children Initiative (IOC)
Fred Wulczyn, Principal Investigator2009