Performance Measures - Initiative to Improve Educational Outcomes With Foster Children

Input Measures of Capacity and Resources

  • Provide services to 100 individual advocacy cases each year
  • Involve 200 professionals in at least annual systems training opportunities each year
  • Convene at least quarterly policy development meetings
  • Successfully implement data collection in at least five of the targeted baseline data sets

Desired Effect and Impact on Dependent Children

  • Decrease in the number of school transfers
  • Decrease in the number of high school dropouts
  • Increase in the number of dependent children who go on to college or vocational training after high school
  • Decrease suspensions and expulsions from school
  • Decrease in repeating a grade

Quality Measures

  • Successfully conclude 75% of the advocacy cases
  • Earn an Above Average rating in training evaluations from 60% of the participants
  • 100% of the policies developed will be accepted by system authorities
  • Produce annual reports and analysis of baseline data and include in project evaluation

Contact

Keri Pruitt, MPH
Program Coordinator
Educational Liaison

Washoe County
Department of Social Services
Children's Services

P.O. Box 11130
Reno NV 89520
(775) 328-3914
(775) 337-4478 (fax)
KPruitt@washoecounty.us