Research and Evaluation Services Resources

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Resources Developed by the Department

The resources below were developed by the Department of Research and Evaluation Services during the course of its professional activities.

Connecting Need and Capacity: A Study of Mental Health Services for Milwaukee County Youth [.PDF] April 2005
Uses prevalence studies, a survey, and interviews to explore the need for mental health services among youth in Milwaukee County and matches this against data on capacity of the current system.
The Distribution of Youth Mental Health Resources in Milwaukee County [.PDF] May 2005
Uses the State Medicaid registry of licensed providers of mental health services to assess the approximate capacity of the mental health services delivery system.
Psychiatric Service Capacity for Youth in Milwaukee County: Analysis of State Medicaid Provider Service Data [.PDF] June 2005
Uses the State Medicaid Provider Database (Mental Health Services) to explore how licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, and alcohol and drug counselors are distributed with respect to youth population and poverty as a means of assessing the capacity of mental health services for youth in Milwaukee County. The analysis also reports the amount of services billed by each category of licensed provider by ZIP code.
Alliance Research on Incarcerated Parents and their Children December 2005
These documents include a broad review of the literature, including an exploration of costs and benefits of incarcerating parents, research on grants and foundations that support programming and research, and a review of programs for incarcerated parents and their children that currently operate in the U.S.

Strengths Based Assessment Instruments gives the background, description, and applications of the Assets Inventory and the Capacities Inventory. The Assets Inventory and the Capacities Inventory are self-administered, individually based assessments available for a nominal fee from the department. The Developmental Evaluation for Community-Centered Practice is available to the public without charge.

Strengths-based Assessment Instruments, October 2000
Assets Inventory (examination copy) [.PDF] October 2000
Capacities Inventory (examination copy) [.PDF] October 2000
Developmental Evaluation for Community-Centered Practice, Version B, August 2000

The Department of Research and Evaluation Services welcomes comments from reviewers and users of these tools. We can be reached at research@Alliance1.org.