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Presented at the 22nd Annual Research Conference

Bring It Home: Using the National Longitudinal Outcomes Study for Local Evaluation

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Session Number: 07 Room: Salon J

Presentation Type: symposium

Chair: Matt Wojack Discussant: Jane Powers

Synopsis: This symposium will present the experience of a community system of care in using the national evaluation of the Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI), integrated with local evaluation, to evaluate progress toward community-defined outcomes. The CMHI national evaluation has undoubtedly contributed to continuing federal support for systems of care, with its extensive monitoring of family and child functioning, service delivery, and system outcomes. It is equally important for communities to monitor indicators of local importance. Rather than create new data sources, it is less burdensome for communities to identify relevant national measures and “retrieve” the local data collected and submitted to the national evaluation. Since the retrieval of local data is challenging, sharing methods among community systems of care can be helpful. The symposium consists of three presentations: the integrated evaluation and performance measurement process of a community system of care and a review of findings that demonstrate progress toward community-defined outcomes; the methodology designed to retrieve the local data that is collected and submitted to the national evaluation of the CMHI; and the assistance available from the national evaluation, including a comparative analysis of selected local and national outcome data. Presenters and participants will discuss performance improvement approaches driven by integrated local and national evaluation and share lessons learned from efforts to track local outcomes with data submitted to the national evaluation.

Date: Monday, March 2, 2009

Session Time: 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Local Continuous Quality Improvement Process and Findings

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Presenting: Matt Wojack; Jane Powers

All Authors for this paper: Matt Wojack; Jane Powers; Suzanne Miel-Uken

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: This portion of the presentation will describe (1) how the Impact system of care in Ingham County, Michigan, is being strengthened by fully engaging stakeholders (families, youth, agency partners, and community institutions) in a continuous cycle of action, assessment and refinement of action; (2) how data collected for the national evaluation contributes to the assessment of local outcomes; and (3) findings on progress toward selected key local outcomes.

Methodology for Retrieving and Presenting Local Data from the National Evaluation

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Presenting: Craig Wiles

All Authors for this paper: Craig Wiles

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: This presentation will describe the methodology that is designed to retrieve the local data that is collected and submitted to the national evaluation, to isolate individual cases for selected variables and to present the findings to the stakeholders so that they can easily track progress as the data is aggregated over time.

National Evaluation Support to Help Communities Maximize Use of the Data

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Presenting: Kurt Moore

All Authors for this paper: Kurt Moore

Presentation Type: element of symposium

Synopsis: This presentation will describe the support provided to communities by the national evaluation. The presentation will include a comparative data analysis of local indicators of community-defined outcomes and aggregate national data. Comparing local and aggregate national data is one approach that can help communities understand how their outcomes compare with those of other communities.