FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY CHILDREN’S SERVICES

AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK

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

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Quality Assessment & Improvement

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Research & evaluation

Training & Technical Assistance

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Policy Analysis

We promote 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

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