Funded Projects
Dr. Wells provides technical assistance, project leadership, and research skills to other organizations through a variety of collaborative efforts.
Current Projects
Completed Projects
Current Projects
University of Minnesota School of Social Work as Grantee or
Contractor; total funding provided:
Using Comprehensive Family
Assessments to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes - Subcontract with Ramsey
County on a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Reducing Placement Disruptions in Foster Care - Funded by the Bremer Foundation through PATH Wisconsin Inc.
University of Minnesota School of Social Work with University of
Minnesota as funder:
Effectiveness of Child Protective Service
Interventions - the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School of the
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota School of Social Work Community Partnerships
(cost sharing arrangements with community organizations):
Racial
Disparities in the Minnesota Public Child Welfare System Qualitative
Study - Minnesota Department of Human Services and four Minnesota
counties
Completed Projects
University of Minnesota School of Social Work as Grantee or
Contractor; total funding provided:
Exploration of Child Welfare Case
Typologies, Associated Worker Activities and Case Outcomes - Fellowships
for University-Based Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Investigator
Initiated Research in Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's
Bureau/Administration for Children, Youth and Families
Title IV-E Eligibility Training Program Evaluation - Minnesota Department of Human Services
Destination 2010 Evaluation - Minneapolis Foundation
University of Minnesota School of Social Work Community Partnerships
(cost sharing arrangements with community organizations):
Racial
Disparities in the Minnesota Public Child Welfare System Study -
Minnesota Department of Human Services and the African American
Disparities Advisory Committee
Racial Disparities Case Record Reading Study - Minnesota Department of Human Services and the African American Disparities Advisory Committee
Re-entry into Foster Care - Hennepin County and the Minnesota Department of Human Services
Placement Stability - Hennepin County and the Minnesota Department of Human Services
Children and Families Research Center, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work as Grantee or Contractor:
Family
Centered Services Evaluation - Illinois Department of Children and
Family Services
Assessing Quality of Out-of-Home Care in the Child Welfare System - Children's Bureau/Administration for Children, Youth and Families
NYC Foster Care Program Classification/Child Evaluation Matching System - Administration for Children's Services
Implementation of the Child Welfare Settlement Agreement Between the Colorado Department of Human Services and the Colorado Lawyers' Committee - Colorado Department of Social Services
Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Children and Families Research Center, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work as Funder of Research:
Child
Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol Evaluation for Illinois Department
of Children and Family Services
National Survey of Outcome Measures Used by Public Child Welfare Agencies - Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Research Triangle Institute as Primary Grantee or Contractor:
Case
Registry Consultation for the State of Nebraska - State of Nebraska
Department of Social Services
North Carolina Child Welfare System Study - State Division of Social Services, Department of Human Resources
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law as Primary
Grantee or Contractor:
Criminal Justice Response to Parental Abduction
Cases - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Justice System Processing of Child Abuse Cases - National Institute of Justice
Multidisciplinary Team Development Project - New York State Department of Social Services
Effective Screening of Child Care and Youth Service Workers - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Study of CPS Management in North Carolina - State of North Carolina Department of Human Resources/Department of Social Services
Development of Child Fatality Data Collection Instrument - Department of the Army, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Screening in Child Protective Services - National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
A Model for Screening in Child Protective Services - National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Maltreatment Fatalities- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law as
Sub-Contractor to Another Grantee or Contractor:
Evaluation of Three
Models of Risk Assessment in the State of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania
Office of Children, Youth and Families
