Moving Forward with Wisconsin’s Community Response Program

1. Moving Forward with Wisconsin’s Community Response Program Prepared for Wisconsin Children’s Trust Fund Erik Bakken, Michele Dickinson, Austin Frerick, Kate Grannemann, Marianne Griffin, and Ye Wang

2. 1: How do current practices of CRP sites influence potential for evaluation? 2: Which states have programs similar to Wisconsin’s CRP? 3: How should CTF evaluate CRP to inform statewide implementation? Research Questions

3. Community High Poverty Residential Instability High Unemployment Poor Social Connections Family Social Isolation Family Disorganization Violence in the Home Parenting Stress Poor Parent-Child Relationships Negative Interactions Individual Substance Abuse Mental Health Issues Lack of Parenting Skills History of Maltreatment Young Age Low Education Single Parent Low Income Risk Factors for Perpetration

8. 1: How do current practices of CRP sites influence potential for evaluation? 2: Which states have programs similar to Wisconsin’s CRP? 3: How should CTF evaluate CRP to inform statewide implementation? Research Questions

9. Areas of Variation #1: Point of Referral

10. Areas of Variation #2: Involvement in Referral Process

11. Areas of Variation #3: Service Type & Provision R: Referral to non-profit organization or other agency DO: Directly offered

12. Consistency in Defining Success • ●Short Term: Completion of family’s service goals • ●Long Term: Reduction in Re-Referrals to CPS

13. 1: How do current practices of CRP sites influence potential for evaluation? 2: Which states have programs similar to Wisconsin’s CRP? 3: How should CTF evaluate CRP to inform statewide implementation? Research Questions

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17. 2011 2014

18. 1: How do current practices of CRP sites influence potential for evaluation? 2: Which states have programs similar to Wisconsin’s CRP? 3: How should CTF evaluate CRP to inform statewide implementation? Research Questions

19. Recommendations Randomized Controlled Trial Cost-Benefit Analysis

24. Recommendations Randomized Controlled Trial Cost-Benefit Analysis

25. Project GAIN Cost-Savings Analysis

26. Cost-Benefit Analysis Data Needs • CPS administration costs • CPS and CRP staff salaries and benefits • Re-referral rates among CRP participants and non-participants • Substantiated re-referral rates among CRP participants and non-participants • Out-of-home placements rates among CRP participants and non-participants • Estimate of time spent by CPS workers on re-referred cases, re-referred cases that are substantiated, and re-referred cases that result in out-of-home placement • Out-of-home placement costs • CRP costs

27. Recommendations Randomized Controlled Trial Cost-Benefit Analysis For further information Contact Michele Dickinson at (608) 516-6992 or michele.dickinson@wisconsin.gov Visit this website after June 1, 2014 for a PDF copy of our report: www.lafollette.wisc.edu/publications/workshops.html