Child Welfare Program: Key Elements

KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM PROPOSALS
The Stuart Foundation's Child Welfare program encourages organizations to submit proposals for projects that exhibit the following characteristics:

• Promising practices in child welfare services that require further development and evaluation before they can be replicated or expanded.
• Expansion or replication of well-tested models of child welfare reform.
• Direct services that benefit children and families where child abuse or neglect has occurred, as well as a strategy for extending these services throughout the child welfare system.
• Evidence of a public/private partnership or collaboration that draws on the expertise, resources and capabilities of each of the partners. Evidence of financial commitments from other public or private partners is particularly compelling.
• Programs that have had or could have a strong impact on the child welfare system in California and Washington.
• A work plan that allows time to ramp up a new program, make mid-course adjustments as needed, and gather and analyze data on program effectiveness.
• Existence of accurate baseline data on the defined problem.
• Details on how progress will be measured and the anticipated impact and outcomes of the program. It is essential to demonstrate how children, youth and families will benefit as a result of the work.
• A plan for sustainability after the grant has ended, including details about how existing public funding streams will be reallocated.