Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcom

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn hel

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the fo

Poverty declined significantly in the decade after Lyndon Johnson's 1964 declaration of "War on Poverty." Dramatically increased federal funding for education a

This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services.