• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

The PII approach integrates the tenets of implementation science and program evaluation into a coordinated framework to support and evaluate this initiative. This brief describes the steps in the...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief describes the importance of implementation fidelity for programs or interventions and then outlines how to develop fidelity criteria to assist with measuring implementation...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This brief provides information about institutional review boards (IRBs), including their purpose, when IRBs may be required, and the review process. Metadata-only record linking to the original...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief provides information about what evaluation capacity is, its importance, and how human service organizations can develop their own evaluation capacity. Metadata-only record linking to...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

The results of Brief 1 indicated that children with special health care needs (SHCN) experienced more challenges in foster care compared to the experiences of children with no SHCN. However, it is...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief presents the latest findings from NYTD surveys completed by youth in NYTD Cohort 2 at age 19 (in FY 16). The brief also presents select comparisons of results between Cohort 1 and...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This brief summarizes the existing guidance and recommendations related to identifying, sampling, and surveying youth in the follow-up population at age 19. Metadata-only record linking to the...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief discusses the impact of data quality issues on the size and scope of the baseline population cohort and ways to address them. Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This data brief examines outcomes of children according to their special health care needs (SHCN) status, specifically their age at entry, gender, race and ethnicity, adoption history, placement...

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• Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Updated: 2019-04-30

PAH method development and sample collection. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wallace, M., J. Pleil, D. Whitaker, and K. Oliver. Dataset of polycyclic aromatic...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

The brief discusses the requirements for reporting NYTD data element 3 (record number) and common mistakes states make in reporting the same record number to NYTD and AFCARS for a youth who is or...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief describes how evaluators can communicate evaluation findings, including how to determine target audiences, the content to be disseminated, and the format in which they are...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This technical assistance brief provides a copy of the NYTD survey questions from the NYTD regulation (45 CFR1356.82(a)(2) and (3); Appendix B to Part 1356) and provides a Spanish translation of...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This brief presents findings from NYTD surveys completed by youth transitioning out of foster care at ages 17, 19 and 21 (NYTD Cohort 1). Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset....

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief present highlights of State reports from fiscal year 2013 to the National Youth in Transition Database, including information on independent living services paid for or provided to...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-05

This brief provides CFSR reviewers with an overview of the practices that may lead to a Strength rating in a case as well as other issues to consider during the assessment. Metadata-only record...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief presents the latest findings from NYTD surveys completed by youth in NYTD Cohort 2 at ages 17, 19, and 21 (in FY 19). Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief presents findings from NYTD surveys completed by Cohort 3 youth at ages 17, 19, and 21 in Federal Fiscal Years 2017, 2019, and 2021. Metadata-only record linking to the original...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This brief present highlights of State reports from fiscal year 2012 to the National Youth in Transition Database, including information on independent living services paid for or provided to...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

This technical assistance brief provides information on mapping similarities and difference between NYTD and AFCARS 2020 from the NYTD perspective. Metadata-only record linking to the original...

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