A Framework for Evaluating System Initiatives
This resource offers a framework for evaluating system initiatives that grew out of a BUILD symposium to assess the current state of the systems initiative evaluation field, identify lessons learned from previous systems initiative evaluation, and point to next steps and directions for evaluating systems initiatives. The evaluation framework helps clarify what complex systems initiatives are doing and aiming to accomplish, and thereby supports both theory of change development and evaluation planning.
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From Mandated Reporting to Mandated Supporting: What Will It Take?
Video January 17, 2025
This recording and slide deck are from the third webinar in the "Moving Away from Family Separation: Cross-systems Strategies to Support Young Children and Families at Risk of Child Welfare Involvement" webinar series.
From Barriers to Opportunity: Confronting Systemic Barriers to Early Childhood and Poverty-Reduction Programs
Report December 12, 2024
This report from EdTrust-New York highlights a crisis in childcare availability, with more than 60% of New York classified as a childcare desert. Recent improvements to the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) have not significantly increased accessibility, as families still encounter complex application processes and stringent eligibility requirements. Many parents struggle to find available slots or are unaware of available programs altogether.
Ensuring Children in Foster Care get the Supports They Need: Innovating Our Way to Solutions
Blog November 26, 2024
Since 2020, BUILD Initiative has explored how the child welfare system and other early childhood systems (i.e., health, mental health, housing, early intervention, transportation, economic support, early care and education and all the child-and-family serving systems) can align and work together to achieve better outcomes for children and families. According to Dr. Cynthia Tate, who leads the project, several states are developing promising programs, policies, and strategies that can inspire other states.