Interagency Partnerships and The Pathway to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Outcomes: A 10 year Collaborative Framework for Prevention and Family Support
Jerry Endres
Matrix Outcomes Model
Jerry Endres, M.S.W. is the retired Director, Institute for Community Collaborative Studies, Department of Health, Human Services and Public Policy, California State University Monterey Bay where he was a senior lecturer and research scientist (1997-2010). He led a ten-year California Office of Child Abuse Prevention funded project to implement public child welfare partnerships with private family resource agencies and funded a Harvard University project (with Elizabeth Schorr) to research national strategies for preventing child abuse and neglect. Previously (1971-1997) as a both a community organizer and faculty member he developed national and state operated community health promotion projects with the Stanford University School of Medicine; conducted national and international training programs with the University of California at Santa Cruz; and developed First Nations alcohol treatment and training programs and self government management with indigenous communities across the United States and Canada. He currently conducts community prevention research and facilitates the design and implementation of the Family Development Matrix across California and other states.
Abstract
Abstract“In order to have more evidenced based practice, we need more practice based evidence”, Larry W. Green, 2008, California State University Monterey Bay Matrix Conference This paper describes the development and... [ view full abstract ]
Abstract
“In order to have more evidenced based practice, we need more practice based evidence”, Larry W. Green, 2008, California State University Monterey Bay Matrix Conference
This paper describes the development and implementation of the Family Development Matrix Outcomes Model (FDM) in California during 2005-2015. The FDM experience provides a contribution to the discussion on how child welfare services have adapted to an outcomes-based funding model for the expansion of public/private partnerships in service delivery.
The Family Development Matrix (FDM) enhances the community’s commitment to supporting at risk families while tracking family support service outcomes. The FDM is both an assessment and early intervention case management tool used to facilitate family participation to engage them to using existing strengths, to apply best practice interventions, and designing a family empowerment plan with family directed goals. This action plan and its results developed with the caseworker and the family is tracked in an internet database to measure the progress of family outcomes, the associated interventions and family engagement.
The purpose is to present the FDM as a family practice model and a public/private partnership with child welfare and community based, family support agencies. From 2005 to 2015 the FDM was implemented in 25 collaborative networks. It builds strong community networks with sustainable community programs that evaluate both the strengthening processes and the needs of at-risk families.
Outcome results are presented for 140 family resource centers throughout the state of California. The model provides a tool for family support agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of a strength-based approach with researched interventions. Results suggest the importance of practitioners to generate a body of contextually specific evidence to support their choice of evidenced informed family interventions.
Authors
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Jerry Endres
(Matrix Outcomes Model)
Topic Area
Multi-disciplinary Interagency Approaches (MDIA) and Child Protection Units [Micromanageme
Session
Oral 33 » Session1-Multidisciplinary Interagency Approaches (09:00 - Wednesday, 4th October, Asia Room)
