Research & Evaluation
Research Publications
The following is a list of papers and reports generated by Center-supported affiliates.
2008
Final Report: New Populations in Rural Counties: Implications for Child Welfare by Esther Wattenberg with assistance from Ann Beuch
Preventing Placement Disruptions in Foster Care, Final Report for the Path Bremer Project, by Annette Semanchin Jones and Susan Wells
Families Affected by the Loss of Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance
in 2003: Child Protection, School Attendance, Wage Status.
Anita Larson and Marcie Jefferys
2007
Educational Outcomes and Family Well-Being of Teen Parents: A
Description of the High School Graduation, School Attendance, Subsequent
Births, and Child Welfare Contacts of Teen Parents Served in Ramsey
County, Minnesota by Anita Larson
Outcomes
for Teen Parents-Brief #4
Child Care Assistance: A Discussion and Review of the Literature by Anita Larson
Bridging the Divide between Policymakers and Researchers
by Marcie Jefferys, Kate Troy, Nora Slawik, and Liz Lightfoot.
PowerPoint Presentation of Findings
Family Policy Minor
Family Policy Checksheet
2006
Protective Supervision: An Exploratory Study, Strengthening the
Capacity to Respond to Children in High-Risk Families by Esther
Wattenberg and Kate Troy. July 2006.
Executive Summary
Child Protection and Educational Neglect: A Preliminary Study by Tim Zuel and Anita Larson. June 2006.
High School Graduation and Child Welfare: A Description of the Education Status of Older Minnesota Adolescents in the Academic Year after Substantiated Child Maltreatment Findings by Anita Larson and Marcie Jefferys. February 2006.
2005
National and State Maltreatment and Foster Care Case Data by Race by Sara Hastings and Marcie Jefferys. December 2005.
2004
Seven Years of Welfare Reform-Weighing the Results: A Summary of
Research Findings on the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) by
Lynda McDonnell sponsored by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs &
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, School of Social Work at
the University of Minnesota. In partnership with the Welfare Reform
Research and Evaluation Roundtable. December 2004
Summary of Research
Findings This PDF is a brief summary of the findings from the paper
above.
Annotated Bibliography for Seven Years of Welfare Reform
Brief encounters: children in shelter for 7 days or less by Esther Wattenberg, Katherine Luke and Molly Cornelius. Published by Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 26, Issue 6, June 2004, Pages 591-607.
Wrap Up: Reflections and Recommendations: "The Meth Phenomenon: What Do We Know?" by Esther Wattenberg from the The Initiative Foundation, Little Falls, Minnesota, September 20, 2004
2003
Child Welfare Longitudinal Project Special Topics Report #1: The Increase in Out-of-Home Placements Due to Parent Chemical Abuse in Greater Minnesota, 2000-2002 by Tami Swenson and Marcie Jefferys
The Well-Being of Parents and Children in the Minnesota Family Investment Program in Hennepin County, Minnesota, 1998-2002 by David Hollister, Mary Martin, Jessica Toft, Ji-In Yeo & Youngmin Kim
Informal Kinship Care in Minnesota: A Pilot Study by Priscilla Gibson, Ph.D. and Yat-sang (Terry) Lum, Ph.D
A Briefing Paper on the Minnesota Child Welfare System: Responding to
the Needs of Children Unable to Live At Home
(no digital copy available)
1999
A Memo on Legal Orphans: Are We Creating a New Class of Children in Limbo? by Esther Wattenberg & Meghan Kelley
The Effect of Federal Child Welfare Legislation on Termination of Parental Rights in Minnesota: Establishing a Baseline by Meghan Kelley
Challenges and Opportunities Posed by the Welfare Reform Era by Mark E. Courtney
Juvenile Out-of-Home Placement: A Program Evaluation with Joel Alter Office of the Legislative Auditor Q&A conducted by Esther Wattenberg
Considering Attachment Issues in Permanency Decisions, Q&A with Professors Byron Egeland, Martha Farrell Erickson and conducted by Esther Wattenberg
1998
Funding Issues in Out-of-Home Placement Services for Children
(Executive Summary) (1/98), by Marcie Jefferys
(no digital copy available)
Lemons or Lemonade? An Anger Workbook for Kids (5/98), by Jane Gilgun
(no digital copy available)
Highlights of Minnesota's New Child Welfare Law (10/98) by Meghan Kelley
Impact and Relationship of Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment: Risk and Resiliency Factors (10/98) by Martha Dore
Voluntary Reporting of Alcohol Abuse During Pregnancy
1997
Minnesota Compliance with the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
1996
Kinship Foster Care In Minnesota: A study of three counties (9/96) by Sandra Beeman, Ph.D., Esther Wattenberg, M.A., Laura Boisen, M.S.S.W., M.P.A, and Susan Bullerdick, M.S.W.
1988
To Promote the General Welfare (1988) ed by Clarke A. Chambers and Esther Wattenberg.