title: Development and description of two new instruments for measuring the impact of coordinated social services for children.
abstract: The Boston Family Reunification Network provides two innovative services designed to help children return to their families as soon as possible. A team developed two new instruments to measure process and clinical outcomes of the initiatives. This article describes the instruments, the two-year development process, and the points considered during the instruments' development. Suggestions for other social welfare groups planning to create and implement outcome tools are included.
authors.affiliation: Suffolk University Department of Public Management, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Beinecke
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leavey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mosley
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Matava
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D019058:Community Networks; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*