Firm to Evaluate Effectiveness of Child Welfare Training and Technical Assistance Network
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 16, 2009--
ICF Incorporated, LLC, a subsidiary of ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI),
announced today that it was awarded a new subcontract to provide
services to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Children’s Bureau to
conduct a cross-site evaluation of its Training and Technical Assistance
(T/TA) Network. The agreement, which consists of five base and two
option years, started in September 2008 and has a total value of $2.2
million.
In 2008, the Children’s Bureau embarked on a major initiative to enhance
T/TA services that promote safety, permanency, and well-being for
children. As part of the initiative, the bureau created five regional
Child Welfare Implementation Centers (ICs), each of which will establish
formal partnerships with states and tribes to provide long-term T/TA and
resources necessary to carry out multi-year, systems change projects.
The ICs will coordinate with the National Child Welfare Resources
Centers (NRCs) and other members of the T/TA Network in providing this
assistance.
Under the agreement, ICF will work in conjunction with prime James Bell
Associates (JBA) to evaluate the effectiveness of the new ICs, the NRCs,
and their related activities. The cross-site evaluation will be
conducted in three phases: assessment and design, evaluation
implementation and data collection, and analysis and dissemination. It
is expected to yield practical, useful, and evidence-based findings that
will result in achieving systems change in child welfare.
“The JBA-ICF team has extensive expertise in child welfare evaluations,
including evaluations of system change in child welfare,” states Maureen
Murphy, ICF senior vice president and education expert. “Our team of
evaluators will draw on this expertise along with our knowledge of IT
systems to help ensure that the evaluation reflects the most current
thinking on child welfare evaluation, is effectively implemented, and
yields findings that address key issues in child welfare systems and
services. We are excited about our involvement in this project and its
potential to support significant improvements to the child welfare
system.”
About ICF International
ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial
clients to deliver consulting services and technology solutions in the
energy, climate change, environment, transportation, social programs,
health, defense, and emergency management markets. The firm combines
passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative analytics to
produce compelling results throughout the entire program life cycle,
from analysis and design through implementation and improvement. Since
1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major corporations,
and multilateral institutions. More than 3,000 employees serve these
clients worldwide. ICF’s Web site is www.icfi.com.
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