Reducing barriers to using data: A learning collaborative approach to leverage collective knowledge about treatment parent satisfaction and retention

Amy Strickler, Jennifer R. Mihalo and Karen L. Celedonia

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 95, issue C, 300-307

Abstract: Measuring treatment parent satisfaction is an important area of interest for foster care programs to improve quality of services, or to meet demands from funders or program leadership. Treatment parent satisfaction is an important indicator of quality services due to its association with retention, placement stability, and permanency for youth. One way to effectively measure treatment parent satisfaction is to use a standardized assessment tool that can help guide areas for intervention as well as monitor improvements after changes have been made. The Treatment Foster Parent Satisfaction Survey (TFP-SS) was developed to measure treatment parent satisfaction through four constructs: Professional Parenting Role, Treatment Foster Parent Efficacy, Support from Staff, and Quality of Training. In order to increase utility of the survey and usefulness of results, we developed the Treatment Parent Satisfaction and Retention Learning Collaborative with 20 foster care organizations. We will provide evidence supported resources and innovative strategies shared during the learning collaborative. Foster care organizations also used the TFP-SS, and results were used to develop benchmarks for each domain. Lessons learned from implementing the learning collaborative and benchmarking initiative will also be discussed.

Keywords: Treatment foster parents; Satisfaction; Retention; Learning collaborative; External partnerships (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.11.011

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