Improving outcomes of children in out-of-home care through supporting research-backed quality, effective practices.

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Research & evaluation

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The Institute for Quality Children’s Services (IQCS) promotes the well-being of children in out-of-home care and their families by making scientifically supported quality practices accessible and actionable to federal, state, local government, private nonprofit, and for-profit child serving organizations and caregivers.

NEWS & EVENTS

JAN 24, 2025 In place of the state, a nonprofit association has regulatory authority over about two dozen of the facilities.
SEE: The New York Times 

Service Trajectories Of Children Entering Initial Residential Placement Via CPS Or Non-CPS Pathways

The 2024 extramural research funding program supports research on using the Child and Caregiver Outcomes Using Linked Data (CCOULD) dataset and focusing on policy implications for child welfare and Medicaid services administered by HHS. Institute for Research on Poverty – UW-Madison (wisc.edu)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

“Taking it day by day”: Maternity group homes in the lives of mothers aging out of foster care

Melissa Radey, Shamra Boel-Studt, Christopher J. Collins | Children and Youth Services Review

A mixed-methods evaluative study of the Life Model of residential care for trauma-affected children and youth

Boel-Studt, S. M., Deichen Hansen, M., & Dowdy-Hazlett, T. | Journal of Public Child Welfare