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Financing Access to High Quality Early Care and Education for All of Mississippi's Children Public Report of The Mississippi Early Care and Education (ECE) Financing Team

by Erin Maher and Richard Brandon

Early Care and Education Cost Estimates For Shelby County, Tennessee Report to the First Years Institute ECE Initiative Planning Committee

by Erin Maher and Richard Brandon

Counting the Child Care Workforce: A Catalog of State Data Sources to Quantify and Describe Child Caregivers in the Fifty States and the District of Columbia

by Erin Maher and Richard Brandon

Financing Access to High Quality Early Care and Education for All of Illinois' Children Public Report of the Illinois Universal Financing Project Team

by Erin Maher and Richard Brandon

All in the family: variations in the use of family meetings in child welfare

Child welfare, 2013

The current state of family meeting practice within and across child welfare jurisdictions in the... more The current state of family meeting practice within and across child welfare jurisdictions in the United States is widespread and varies greatly, presenting challenges for rigorous research and evaluation. Three illustrative jurisdiction-level case studies are provided, which demonstrate not only commonalities and differences in practice across agencies but the underlying reasons for this variation. The associated challenges for evaluation of this practice are also discussed.

Evaluation of the Statewide Implementation of a Parent Education Program in Louisiana's Child Welfare Agency: The Nurturing Parenting Program for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children

by Erin Maher and R. Hodnett

PsycEXTRA Dataset, 2010

Social status determinants of control in individuals’ accounts of their mental illness

Social Science & Medicine, 2002

We examine the determinants of patients' accounts of their own mental illness. In particular, we ... more We examine the determinants of patients' accounts of their own mental illness. In particular, we examine the factors that affect the likelihood of attributing one's own mental illness to controllable factors rather than non-controllable factors. Our quantitative measure of attributional control is derived from the coding of in-depth interviews with people with severe mental illness seeking treatment for the first time (N ¼ 144). We find that those who occupy positions of social disadvantage (particularly African-American males and those who receive public assistance) are less likely to attribute their illness to controllable sources, suggesting that personal mental illness attributions are systematically related to a person's social location. We outline the significance of these findings for research on the psychological consequences of mental illness attributions. r

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Child care arrangements for toddlers and preschoolers: Are they different for youngest children?

by Erin Maher and Jutta Joesch

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006

Many extant studies on the use of non-parental child care are based on data from the youngest chi... more Many extant studies on the use of non-parental child care are based on data from the youngest child in the household. To date, it has not been addressed whether this approach introduces bias. We present reasons why child care arrangements for youngest children may differ from those of same-age older children and examine whether the use of child care, type of arrangement, and use of care in combination with mother's employment differ for youngest versus middle/oldest toddlers and preschoolers with data from the 1999 National Household Education Survey. We find that youngest preschoolers are more likely to attend child care on a regular basis than middle/oldest preschoolers. Further, youngest toddlers and preschoolers are more likely than middle/oldest toddlers and preschoolers to have an employed mother. How families combine the use of child care and maternal employment differs by birth order. Controlling for other child and household characteristics does not explain these differences. Differences in the types of care arrangements used for youngest versus middle/oldest toddlers and preschoolers in non-parental care do not reach statistical significance.

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Getting with the (evidence-based) program: An evaluation of the Incredible Years Parenting Training Program in child welfare

by Erin Maher and Tyler Corwin

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011

This study evaluates four group sessions of the Incredible Years (IY) Parenting Training Program ... more This study evaluates four group sessions of the Incredible Years (IY) Parenting Training Program used for the first-time in two child welfare agencies in New York State. Few studies have examined process and evaluation outcomes of evidence-based parenting programs in child welfare. Qualitative staff interviews and surveys on parenting behaviors were used to examine program processes, improvements in parenting behaviors,

Dosage matters: The relationship between participation in the Nurturing Parenting Program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and subsequent child maltreatment

by Erin Maher, R. Hodnett, and Tyler Corwin

Children and Youth Services Review, 2011

This article uses statewide data on caregivers of young children referred to the Nurturing Parent... more This article uses statewide data on caregivers of young children referred to the Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP) for allegations of abuse and neglect to examine the relationship between program dosage and subsequent maltreatment. At six months after participating in the program, caregivers who attended more sessions were significantly less likely to be reported for child maltreatment, holding other factors constant. At two years after participating, caregivers attending more sessions were significantly less likely to have a substantiated maltreatment incidence, controlling for other characteristics of families associated with maltreatment. These findings demonstrate the program is associated with preventing short-term allegations and longer-term substantiated incidences of maltreatment for a child welfare population. By demonstrating the importance of participation in the NPP, we increase the evidence about effective parent education programs for this population.

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Overcoming challenges to implementing and evaluating evidence-based interventions in child welfare: A matter of necessity

by Peter Pecora, Erin Maher, and Dana Schultz

Children and Youth Services Review, 2009

This case study highlights the challenges and solutions for implementing an evidence-based progra... more This case study highlights the challenges and solutions for implementing an evidence-based program and associated evaluation in child welfare. The program is designed to support the mental health needs of youth in foster care in school settings. The intervention is unique, not only in the application of an evidence-based program to child welfare, which many scholars and practitioners point out is all too rare, but also because the intervention requires multiple system integration. In detailing the process, we hope to contribute to a growing body of literature documenting the integration of science and practice through the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based programs.

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Travis County, Texas, Child Protective Services Reintegration Pilot Project

by Erin Maher and Ruth McRoy

Chapter 1: Literature Review........................................................................ more Chapter 1: Literature Review................................................................................................................... ................................19 Scope of the Problem........................................... ... ... Chapter 2: Background and Overview..............................................................................................................................25 ...

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Evaluation of the Statewide Implementation of a Parent Education Program in Louisiana's Child Welfare Agency: The Nurturing Parenting Program for Infants

Final evaluation report …, 2009

... Parent Education Program in Louisiana&#x27;s Child Welfare Agency: The Nurturing Parentin... more

Estimating the Size and Components of the US Child Care Workforce and Caregiving Population. Key Findings from the Child Care Workforce Estimate. Preliminary …

by Erin Maher, M. Whitebook, and Richard Brandon

Center for the Child Care Workforce, 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 1037, Washington, DC 20005-2112. ... more

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Context matters: real-world and utilization-focused evaluation strategies to support change and improvement in child welfare

by Erin Maher, Peter Pecora, and Lyscha Marcynyszyn

Child welfare, 2011

This article examines the importance of context in evaluative inquiry. Following guidelines from ... more This article examines the importance of context in evaluative inquiry. Following guidelines from real-world and utilization-focused evaluation frameworks, four projects are described to illustrate one foundation's pragmatic approach to evaluation that values collaboration, methodological appropriateness, and utilization. The authors contend that such an approach helps to ensure meaningful and actionable results in child welfare because it is responsive to local agency information and capacity needs while simultaneously contributing to the knowledge base of the field.