Lawrence Palinkas - William T. Grant Foundation

Awarded Grants

Grant

Research Evidence Use by Private Child Welfare Agencies

The investigators will document if and how research evidence is used by child welfare agencies to make clinical and administrative decisions.

Fred Wulczyn

Chapin Hall At The University Of Chicago

2013 – 2017
$214,729

Grant

Fostering Evidence Use in Child Welfare Policies Regarding Psychotropic Medications

Recent federal legislation calls for child welfare agencies and Medicaid to develop mechanisms for assuring youth in foster care receive appropriate health and mental health services, including medications.

Laurel Leslie

Dartmouth College

2011 – 2013
$405,643

Grant

Innovation and the Use of Research Evidence in Public Youth-Serving Agencies: Phase I

California and several counties in Ohio are currently undergoing a large, federally funded trial investigating an attempt to implement an evidence-based, statewide foster care program (Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, or MTFC) with the help of Community Development Teams (CDT).

Lawrence Palinkas

Chapin Hall At The University Of Chicago

2009 – 2013
$434,381

Grant

Social Networks and EBP Implementation in Public Youth-Serving Systems

This award builds on an NIH-funded cluster-randomized trial to test whether providing implementation support through community development teams impacts a county’s decision to adopt the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, an evidence-based child welfare program. With this award, Palinkas ...

Lawrence Palinkas

Chapin Hall At The University Of Chicago

2008 – 2009
$25,000

Articles & More

News

• Jul 15, 2020

Welcoming Three New Members to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

We are pleased to announce three new members of the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee, a dedicated group of academics who are committed to the Scholars Program’s priorities of career development, mentoring, and the bold pursuit of ...

Foundation Staff

Welcoming Three New Members to the William T. Grant Scholars Selection Committee

Publication

Use of Research Evidence and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Youth-Serving Systems

Although the effectiveness of interventions for prevention and treatment of mental health and behavioral problems in abused and neglected youth is demonstrated through the accumulation of evidence through rigorous and ...

Lawrence Palinkas

Lisa Saldana

Chih-Ping Chou

and Patricia Chamberlain

Publication

Measuring Use of Research Evidence: The Structured Interview for Evidence Use

Objectives: This article describes the Standard Interview for Evidence Use (SIEU), a measure to assess the level of engagement in acquiring, evaluating, and applying research evidence in health and social service settings. Method: Three scales measuring input, process, and output ...

Lawrence Palinkas

Antonio Garcia

Gregory Aarons

Megan Finno-Velasquez

Ian Holloway

Thomas Mackie

Laurel Leslie

and Patricia Chamberlain

Blog Post

Research-Practice-Policy Partnerships for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Child Welfare and Child Mental Health

Partnerships between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers represent a promising avenue for improving outcomes for young people and families. In this report, Lawrence Palinkas, Cherry Short, and Marleen Wong of the ...

Lawrence Palinkas

Cherry Short

and Marleen Wong

Research-Practice-Policy Partnerships for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Child Welfare and Child Mental Health

The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.