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Foster youth evaluate the performance of group home services in California

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  • Green, Rex S.
  • Ellis, Peter T.

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In 2003 foster youth employed by a foster youth advocacy organization suggested that an evaluation of group home services to foster youth be conducted in Alameda County, California. This report presents the development and conduct of this evaluation study; how funding was obtained; and how foster youth were hired, trained, and employed to produce a timely and informative evaluation of the performance of 32 group homes where some of the foster youth formerly resided. The results of the study are described in another paper. This report contributes to evaluation practice in the newly emerging field of youth-led evaluations. The achievements of this project in utilizing group home clients to evaluate services with which they were familiar may stimulate other evaluators to develop similar projects, thereby enriching the development of our youth and promoting more informative evaluation findings.

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  • Green, Rex S. & Ellis, Peter T., 2008. "Foster youth evaluate the performance of group home services in California," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 174-180, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:31:y:2008:i:2:p:174-180
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    1. Green, Rex S. & Ellis, Peter T., 2007. "Linking structure, process, and outcome to improve group home services for foster youth in California," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 307-317, August.
    2. Fetterman, David M., 1994. "Steps of empowerment evaluation: From California to Cape Town," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 305-313.
    3. Green, Rex S., 2005. "Assessment of service productivity in applied settings: comparisons with pre- and post-status assessments of client outcome," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 139-150, May.
    4. Green, Rex S. & Ellis, Peter M. & Lee, Shirly S., 2005. "A city initiative to improve the quality of life for urban youth: how evaluation contributed to effective social programming," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 83-94.
    5. Green, Rex S., 2003. "Assessing the productivity of human service programs," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 26(1), pages 21-27, February.
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