Clarity about the child and family level outcomes that matter most and how they should be measured helps us to generate consistent, comparable evidence that can inform decisions about services. To ensure that the evaluations we fund focus on key outcomes for vulnerable children who are most affected by family-level risks, we have been working with a consortium comprising Oxford MeasurEd, The Brilliant Club, and the Association for Young People’s Health, to develop our own outcomes framework and measures database.
These resources will be used to support Foundations to achieve its strategic aims by focusing evaluation work on a common set of outcomes for babies, children, young people and parents/caregivers. This report describes the framework and database, the approach followed to develop these resources and information on how they should be used.
Foundations’ Outcomes Framework describes the 10 measurable outcomes relevant to our strategy and aligned with the Children’s Social Care National Framework. Focusing our evaluations on these 10 outcomes helps show progress towards the four most important things to achieve our mission:
The Measures Database is a repository of tools that can be used to measure outcomes in the framework. The database provides both practical (e.g. time to administer) and statistical information (e.g. validity and reliability) about each tool.
Foundations’ Outcomes Framework and Measures Database will be used to inform funding decisions and will help align research and evaluation around a common set of outcomes.
Foundations’ intends to update the Measures Database in the future. If you have questions or would like to share relevant information about measurement tools in the database please contact evaluation@foundations.org.uk.
Foundations’ Outcomes Framework was developed through an process that involved:
The framework was then finalised by further prioritising, grouping and refining outcomes and definitions.
The Measures Database was developed by:
You can view the project linked to this publication here:
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Rated 2: Has preliminary evidence of improving a child outcome from a quantitative impact study, but there is not yet evidence of causal impact.
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