Developing Outcome Strategies in Children's Mental Health

Do you know if your services are reaching the intended population? Are those services provided as planned? Are you able to use outcome information to improve service delivery? This new book is designed to help you explore answers to these questions! Recognizing the value of measuring outcomes in children's mental health services, the authors share with you the realities of developing and sustaining outcome-based evaluation strategies that help you understand what your program has accomplished. You'll learn what strategies have worked for systems and agencies of all sizes across the country as they share their challenges and successes in tracking information about the populations they serve, the services provided, and the results achieved. You'll see the various methods they've used to capture the information they need, whether it be to evaluate a state mental health system in Vermont or to create a budgeting system in Florida. Then, you'll learn how to take existing