Research Questions: How are Friends of the Children (FOTC) youth doing in terms of service delivery, program milestones, and long-term outcomes? Are FOTC services related to more positive progress in program milestone areas (social/emotional development, making good choices, school success, health, and plans and skills for the future)? Are FOTC program milestones related to more positive long-term outcomes (avoiding juvenile justice system, avoiding teen parenting, and graduating from high school)?
Project Design: Each year youth, Friends, teachers, and parents/guardians complete a battery of instruments designed to measure the FOTC – Portland program’s theory of change and long-term outcomes. Data are analyzed both concurrently and longitudinally.
Funding Source: Friends of the Children – Portland
Start Date: 2000
Project Team
Principal Investigator and Project Director
Project Coordinator
Reports and Publications:
Furrer, C. J., Kissick, K., & Mackin, J. R. (Jan. 2010)
Friends of the Children, Portland Annual Evaluation: July 2008–June 2009 School Report.
NPC Research: Portland, OR.
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Furrer, C. J., Kissick, K., & Mackin, J. R. (Jan. 2010)
Friends of the Children, Portland Annual Evaluation: July 2008–June 2009 School Report.
NPC Research: Portland, OR.
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Furrer, C. J., & Kissick, K. (Aug. 2009)
Friends of the Children, Portland Annual Evaluation: July 2008–June 2009 Technical Appendix.
NPC Research: Portland, OR.
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Rumptz, M. H., Lucas, L. M., & McEmrys, A. (March 2001)
Teens in Transition: Best Practices in Mentoring Adolescents – A Report to the Friends of the Children Program.
NPC Research: Portland, OR.
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