Research and Evaluation

Self-eval­u­a­tion is nec­es­sary to mea­sure progress toward improv­ing sys­tems and out­comes for young peo­ple. Learn about our research and eval­u­a­tion meth­ods, includ­ing the Foun­da­tion’s part­ner­ship with Child Trends, a non­prof­it, non­par­ti­san research cen­ter that pro­vides valu­able infor­ma­tion and insights on the well-being of chil­dren and youth. Oth­er research con­trib­u­tors include the Nation­al Youth Tran­si­tion Data­base and Chapin Hall.

Fea­tured Resources:

Nation­al Youth Tran­si­tion Database
Based on results from the Nation­al Youth Tran­si­tion Data­base sur­vey, which states are required to admin­is­ter to cohorts at ages 17, 19 and 21 to mea­sure the out­comes of youth tran­si­tion­ing out of fos­ter care.

Chapin Hall
Chapin Hall’s body of research explores out­comes for fos­ter youth, includ­ing out­comes in edu­ca­tion, hous­ing and eco­nom­ic independence.

Child Trends
Child Trends con­ducts research, iden­ti­fies and pro­motes research and data-dri­ven inter­ven­tions for tran­si­tion-aged youth and pro­vides pro­gram eval­u­a­tion and tech­ni­cal assis­tance in the broad­er child wel­fare field.