The measurement of program effectiveness through outcomes evaluation is a critical component of program success.

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Program Outcomes


The agency bases it's program measures on the best available research and evidence to increase their effect on providing new skills and knowledge to create stronger families, ensure family bonding, create healthy early brain development in children, enhance early learning and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Each of Parent Trust for Washington Children’s programs has it’s own benchmarks for success (and related achievement rate) and measurement for percentage of change related to the Outcomes.

You can view Outcomes Effectiveness Data on our website. Full reports are PDF files. Overviews are web pages.

Parent Education & Support Programs
Families in Recovery: full report >>   overview >> 
Circle of Parents®: full report >> overview >> 
Intensive Parent Training & Support: full report >>   overview >> 
Parents as Teachers: full report >>  overview >> 

Telephone Support & Resources
Family Help Line Live Support Line: full report >>   overview >> 

Expectant and New Parents Services
Conscious Fathering Skills For New Dads: full report >>   overview >> 
Great Start Birth and Family Education: full report >>  overview >> 

Child & Teen Services
Children's Group: full report >>  overview >>

 

 

Investing Time
Parent Trust for Washington Children has invested over 300 staff hours and resources consulting with leading evaluators and researchers to provide accurate and thorough program outcome measures.

The agency currently measures all programs for their effect on providing new skills and knowledge to create stronger families, ensure family bonding, create healthy early brain development in children, enhance early learning and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Investing Resources
Parent Trust for Washington Children’s ongoing Outcomes Evaluations utilize survey’s filled out periodically by program participants.

These surveys measure critical Protective Factors that research has shown decreases the risk of maltreatment and dysfunction in the home:
  • Increase of social support networks for the family
  • Increase in applied family management skills and knowledge of normal child development
  • Increase in life management skills