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Gather
Data
Evaluation
Team
Assess Data
Elements and
Make
Adjustments
Stark County Family Council, Ohio
Exhibit III-5: Communication Cycle in the
Vermont System of Care
Report to
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Promising Practices in Children’s Mental Health
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Deliver
Services
Families,
Service Providers,
and Other
Stakeholders
Assess
Outcomes
and Modify
Services
Exhibit III-6: The Vermont Access Feedback Report Card:
Evaluating the Evaluation Report to Communities
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Comments of
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What’
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Comments of
caregivers:
What
would
have
made
things
better?
A-
The Stark County Family Council is collecting and analyzing data that have immediate impact on
systems change, program improvement, and state funding. For example, they have been monitoring
children’s out-of-home placements across all systems, and they have achieved quarterly reductions over
30%. At the policy level, these data have documented that in-home services are a very good investment,
and the State of Ohio is now responsive to their evaluation efforts and community-based services. The
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