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CGR’s expertise encompasses many different areas, but frequently involves evaluating programs, assessing the status and future of specific types of services, or recommending structural changes to better integrate service delivery for children and youth.

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Community Status Report on Children: Setting Baseline Measures & Needed Investments
 

In late 2009, The Children’s Agenda, a nonprofit advocate for Rochester NY children, released its Community Action Plan for Greater Rochester’s Children. After the report’s release, local leaders asked CGR and the Children’s Agenda to provide baseline measures so they could better understand how well the community is currently serving children and what it will take to meet the goals of the action plan. Our report identifies the number of quality programs, amount of resources invested, the proportion of children served in quality settings, and what is needed to meet the 2015 goals for 3 key areas: home visitation, early education and care, and after-school programming. The report also makes suggestions for addressing juvenile justice and youth violence issues.  (Note: baseline measures compared with 2015 goals are provided in the summary charts.)

 
 

Access to Subsidized Quality Child Care in Monroe County NY
 
CGR completed a study for a coalition of child care advocates, funders and providers concerned that a high-quality system of early childhood and after-school programs in Monroe County (NY) is at risk. Declining numbers of child care slots filled by children receiving child care subsidies, lower government allocations for subsidized care, and imminent loss of funding for some after-school programs prompted coalition leaders to seek outside assistance. CGR documented what’s driving declines in providers and numbers of subsidized children; identified how many children need subsidized child care; documented where such care is provided and needed; assessed barriers to subsidized child care enrollment, and made recommendations for the future.  
 

Bridging Gaps Between Systems
 
CGR’s work with Broome County (NY) is an excellent example of how we have made a difference in helping a community address the needs of children receiving inadequate services due to lack of coordination between systems. In a study for the county’s Mental Health Department, CGR first pointed out that children with co-occurring mental health and developmental disability issues were being caught between systems. In a follow-up study, CGR determined the numbers, characteristics and needs of children with co-occurring conditions, and made recommendations for bridging gaps between the state’s mental health and developmental disability service systems and between systems within the county. Since that report, community leaders in the county have taken numerous steps, including starting an Assessment and Referral Service for youth with co-occurring disorders.  
 

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