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National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary. Evaluation Framework

Although each of the sites is unique, RTI has developed a framework for the evaluation that can accommodate site variation ( Figure 1 ). The framework first isolates inputs as the key factors necessary to implement MFS-IP programming at each site; these include such things as ACF funding, technical assistance, and federal grant requirements.

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary. The National Evaluation of MFS-IP

The evaluation of program implementation and effectiveness is an important component of the MFS-IP initiative. RTI International was contracted by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) to conduct a seven-year national evaluation. The evaluation began in October 2006, with the first year focused on evaluation des

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary. Program Descriptions

Brief descriptions of the MFS-IP programs operated by units of government funded are provided in Table 1 . Descriptions of the programs operated by faith and community-based organizations are provided in Table 2 .

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary. Service Settings and Target Populations

The service settings and target populations vary among the grantees. All grantees plan to deliver services in at least one correctional facility (state prisons, county prisons, county jails, and tribal detention centers are represented), and many grantees will have a community-based component for partners on the outside or for formerly incarcerat

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary. Program Components

No one program model is required for MFS-IP grantees, and the sites vary widely in terms of program components delivered and service delivery approach. The broad set of program components planned among the set of grantees includes the following:

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary. MFS-IP Program Overview

MFS-IP grants support the provision of services to promote or sustain healthy relationships for couples with children, where one of the parents is incarcerated or otherwise involved with the criminal justice system (e.g., recently released from incarceration or under parole or probation). In addition to marriage-strengthening activities, grantees

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary. Introduction

Many relationships, including those between intimate partners and among parents and children, are affected by incarceration.
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Figure 1. MFS-IP Evaluation Frameword. See

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners: Program Overview and Evaluation Summary

This brief was prepared by Christine Lindquist and Anupa Bir of RTI International, under contract to ASPE. It describes the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and their Partners (MFS-IP) and provides an overview of the implementation and impact evaluation of this initiative.
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HUD/HHS/VA Collaborative Initiative to Help End

HUD/HHS/VA Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness: An Evaluation of an Initiative to Improve Coordination and Service Delivery of Homeless Services Networks

By: Greg A Greenberg, PhD Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, CT, Yale University Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT and Robert A Rosenheck, MD Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, CT, VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Yale University Department of Psyc
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HUD/HHS/VA Collaborative Initiative to Help End

HUD/HHS/VA Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness: Preliminary Client Outcomes Report

By: Alvin S. Mares, Ph.D., M.S.W. Project Director, VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center and Robert A. Rosenheck, M.D. Director, VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center Northeast Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC) VA Connecticut Healthcare System
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HUD/HHS/VA Collaborative Initiative to Help End

HUD/HHS/VA Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness: Is System Integration Associated with Client Outcomes?

By: Alvin S. Mares, Ph.D., M.S.W. (1, 2, 3) Greg A. Greenberg, Ph.D. (1, 2) Robert A. Rosenheck, M.D. (1, 2, 4, 5)
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Summary of CICH Interim Reports

Summary of CICH Interim Reports

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Appendix B: Ways That Government Financially

The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Appendix B: Ways That Government Financially Supports Faith-Based Social Services

Luis Lugo, Director of the Religion Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts, has developed a nine-point scale in describing the variety of ways that the government can support faith-based agencies in organizations in their delivery of social welfare services.  The nine types of government support — ordered from high to low in terms of general pub
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Appendix A: Types of Programs Included in NSHAPC

The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Appendix A: Types of Programs Included in NSHAPC

NSHAPC covered 16 different types of homeless assistance programs, defined as follows:
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Appendices

The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Appendices

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Family Interventions for Youth Experiencing or at

Family Interventions for Youth Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness

Family conflict is a key driver of youth homelessness, and most programs serving youth experiencing homelessness use some form of family intervention to address conflict and help reconnect youth when appropriate. This report summarizes existing evidence on family intervention strategies for youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness gathered th
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The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal

The Importance of Medicaid Coverage for Criminal Justice Involved Individuals Reentering Their Communities

The purpose of this issue brief is to highlight the importance of health insurance coverage for criminal justice involved individuals, particularly the importance of the expansion in Medicaid coverage made available through the Affordable Care Act. This issue brief explains why Medicaid and access to the health benefits the program covers can play
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Homelessness Data in HHS Mainstream Programs -

Homelessness Data in HHS Mainstream Programs - Project Page

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Evaluation of the New Jersey Substance Abuse

Evaluation of the New Jersey Substance Abuse Research Demonstration

An Intervention for Welfare Recipients with Substance Abuse Problems
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Summary of an Urban Ethnographers’ Symposium on

Summary of an Urban Ethnographers’ Symposium on Low-Income Men

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