Regional Partnership Grants Cross Site Evaluation Design Report for Seventh Cohort of Grant Recipients

Since 2006, Congress has authorized the Children’s Bureau (CB) within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund discretionary grants for improving safety, well-being, and permanency outcomes for children who are at risk of or are in out-of-home placement because of caregivers’ substance use issues. To build knowledge of effective, collaborative services for children, youth, and families affected by substance use issues, the CB established a cross-site evaluation of RPG projects in 2011. This report describes the cross-site evaluation design for the seventh cohort of RPG projects (RPG7). The report presents an overview of our design for the RPG7 cross-site evaluation, including a conceptual framework to guide the evaluation, research questions, data sources, and data collection methods.