Program Evaluation

Program evaluation is a systematic method for collecting and analyzing data to assess the design, implementation, improvement or outcomes of a program. Rather than determining need, it instead evaluates the program itself and assesses it based on the questions asked. There are a number of evaluation types, including content evaluation, process evaluation, and outcome evaluation. Data Management CCFL staff are proficient in the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of a wide array of data, and specifically understand the challenges faced by human service providers when designing and managing their own data systems. To assist human service organizations of all sizes, CCFL provides expertise to agencies on modifying current data systems, training staff on system use, improving data collection methods, and helping extract and effectively interpret the collected data..

Community Services Division

The UNL Center on Children, Families, and the Law organized the Community Services team in 2003 to coordinate our activities in community and service-system development for at-risk populations....

Ending Homelessness Planning and Development

In 2010, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness published the first Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, creating a shared vision for communities where systems...

National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative

The National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative (NTI) strengthens the capacity of the child welfare and mental health workforce to use adoption-competent, trauma-informed...

National Center for Adoption Competent Mental Health Services

In 2023, the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) was awarded a five-year $20 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration...

Parent Partner Evaluations

Partner logosThe Parent Partner Evaluation project began as an evaluation contract for the Iowa...

Program Evaluation of Nebraska’s Title IV-E Child Welfare Demonstration Project

CCFL conducted a process and outcome evaluation, as well as cost analysis for Nebraska's implementation of two statewide interventions: Alternative Response (AR) and Results-Based Accountability (...

QIC-AG, Intercountry and Private Adoption Evaluation

The purpose of this project is to evaluate five interventions conducted through the Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (QIC-AG) at five different...

Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development

The Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD) was established at CCFL in October 2016 as a cooperative agreement funded by the Children's Bureau, a federal agency under the...