Expert

Kristen Brunner Hislop

Senior Researcher

Impact Areas
Contact Information
518-581-2698

Kristen Brunner Hislop is a Senior Researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, where she serves as Project Director for Chapin Hall’s Multistate Foster Care Data Archive. The Archive is a longitudinal file that forms the core of the Center for State Child Welfare Data. Hislop coordinates the acquisition and maintenance of Archive data and manages the development and processing of the state data as well as the maintenance and ongoing development of the Archive database. She has been Project Director of the Archive since 1998 and has been providing research support for the Center for State Child Welfare Data, since 2001. Current work also includes performance assessment related to performance-based contracting, the development and maintenance of longitudinal analytic files related to foster homes for multiple states and the monitoring and evaluation of child welfare outcomes.  Hislop has broad experience with data analysis, performance-based contracting, policy analysis, data management, program evaluation, and social service financing. 

Before coming to Chapin Hall, she worked for the New York State Division of Budget, where she had responsibility for programs in both the Mental Health and Substance Abuse unit and the Child Welfare unit. 

Hislop holds an MA in Public Affairs, with concentrations in policy analysis and management of public and nonprofit organizations, from the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. 

 

MA in Public Affairs, with concentrations in policy analysis and management of public and nonprofit organizations, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota

Wulczyn, F., & Hislop, K. B. (2002). Adoption dynamics: Comparative results for sub-populations. Report to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Wulczyn, F., & Hislop, K. B. (2002). Growth in the adoption population. Report to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Wulczyn, F., & Hislop, K. B. (2002). Foster care dynamics in urban and non-urban counties. Report to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Wulczyn, F., Hislop, K. B., & Harden, B. J. (2002). The placement of infants in foster care. Infant Mental Health Journal, 23(5), 454-475.

Wulczyn, F., & Brunner, K. (2000). Infants and toddlers in foster care. Protecting Children, 16(1), 4-11.

Wulczyn, F., & Brunner, K. (2000). Experience of children 12-17 entering care: Findings from the Multistate Foster Care Data Archive. In Transition from foster care: A state-by-state data base overview, Executive summary. (pp. 10 – 11). Seattle, WA: Casey Family Programs.

Key Work

Key Work

Project
Building Evidence on New York City’s Efforts to Provide Comprehensive Supports for Youth in Foster Care
This project examines whether New York City's Fair Futures Program is meeting its goals.
August 2, 2023
Report
Effective Use of Administrative Data Can Strengthen Efforts to Maintain a Stable Supply of High-Quality Foster Homes
In this report, we demonstrate the potential of administrative data to contribute robust evidence in support of child welfare systems’ efforts to maintain a...
2018
Report
Persistent Patterns Provide Insight into Child Welfare System
Using data from the Multistate Foster Care Data Archive, this report provides an overview of what happens when children are placed in foster care. The results ...
2007
Project
Informing Decisions in Juvenile Court
Courts around the country drive much of the public’s action on behalf of children who may have been or who are at risk of maltreatment. Chapin Hall has studied...
March 19, 2018
Project
The Center for State Child Welfare Data
The Center for State Child Welfare Data–or the Data Center–supports child welfare systems in more than 30 states to make evidence-based decisions designed to...
January 1, 2018