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Process & Practices

Studies at Morrison Child and Family Services programs are generally one group, pre/post designs. Each program evaluation study is designed to answer four questions:

Are we serving our targeted population?
Are we providing the right mix of services?
Are children and families showing positive change?
Do these positive effects last?

In addition, we sometimes are able to consider a fifth question:

Which clients are (or are not) benefiting from treatment?

Although evaluations are customized to reflect each program’s unique characteristics, population and goals, each evaluation contains descriptive information about consumers (demographics, risk and protective factors, etc.) and services (type and amount), outcomes (functional and pre/post testing on standardized instruments), and consumer satisfaction.

Services for Other Non-Profits
Broad Evaluation Experience
Program Types
Clients
Data
Sample Program Evaluation Studies

Services for Other Non-Profits
Helping nonprofits measure and improve their outcomes

Other non-profits can benefit from Morrison's expertise and experience in program evaluation. We will design an evaluation based on an organization's specific needs, funder requirements, and budget. Evaluations can range in scope from relatively simple to very complex.

Evaluation services offered include:

Logic modeling
Literature reviews
Recommendations of measurement tools
Data management
Statistical analysis
Written and oral reports
Implementation of best practice models including fidelity monitoring

Broad Evaluation Experience
Morrison has extensive experience in evaluating many different program types, assessing a wide range of clients, and collecting and analyzing a variety of data.

Sample Program Evaluation Studies

Program Types
Morrison evaluates a full range of child and adolescent juvenile justice and mental health programs for boys and girls, from birth to 18 years. We have experience evaluating:

Community-based prevention services
Clinic-based outpatient programs
Day treatment programs
Residential programs
BRS (Behavioral Rehabilitation Services) programs

Clients
Morrison has developed great expertise in assessing and evaluating a range of clients, including:

Sexually aggressive youth
Chemically dependent and delinquent adolescents
Severely abused and neglected preschoolers
Families with multiple stressors and system involvements

Data
Morrison’s comprehensive program evaluation studies document a variety of data, including:

Client demographics and risk factors
Client and partner level of satisfaction
Scores on behavioral and psychological tests such as the CANS and CBCL
Behavior changes
Follow up data

Sample Program Evaluation Studies
Counterpoint Day Treatment