Research Projects
Projects or studies that use a methodological design, that test specific questions/hypotheses, and that follow an experiemental research process are listed here.
Current Projects and Partnerships
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Project
Brief Description: The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Project is a collaborative agreement between the New York State Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The overarching goals of this project are to accurately identify youth with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and report prevalence rates in an effort to provide effective treatment methods and improve service outcomes. Hillside Family of Agencies will serve as a project site to assist in the collection, identification, and access to data relevant to the Fetal Alcohol Syndrom Surveillance Project.
Primary Investigators:
Deborah J. Fox, MPH, New York State Department of Health; djf03@health.state.ny.us
Charlotte Druschel, MD, MPH, New York State Department of Health
Improving Family-to-Family Services in Children's Mental Health
Brief Description: The research study, Improving Family-to-Family Services in Children's Mental Health, is primarily focused on evaluating the impact of an agency-level organizational intervention. This intervention is designed to target children's mental health by utilizing the family peer advocates and family-to-family support services. Throughout approximately 25 programs including Hillside Family of Agencies, the researchers will examine organizational structure, components of quality practices to inform the integrated intervention with family peer advocates and support services.
Primary Investigators and Project Directors:
Kimberly Hoagwood (PI), hoagwood@childpsych.columbia.edu
Mary Cavaleri (Project Director), cavaleri@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Wendy's Wonderful Kids
Brief Description: Research shows child-specific recruitment model works to find adoptive families for children in foster care: A five-year control group study found children served by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's Wendy's Wonderful Kids adoption recruiters were up to three times more likely to be adopted than children not served by the program. Hillside Children's Center, in Western New York, was one of program sites for the Wendy's Wonderful Kids signaure program.
For more details on Wendy's Wonderful Kids please visit davethomasfoundation.org/research.
For more details about the child-specific recruitment model at Hillside Children's Center, please contact Lisa Nolan at lnolan@hillside.com or visit hillside.com/HCC.aspx
Completed Projects
Hillside Children’s Center: Livingston County Youth Court and Community Services Evaluation
Click here to download the Youth Court Evaluaion Executive Summary Report
Click here to download the full Youth Court Evaluation Report
Care Management Demonstration Descriptive Report
Click here to dowload the Care Management Demonstration Project Executive Summary
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