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 Children & Youth Services
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.
Featured Research
| Access to Subsidized Quality Child Care in Monroe County NY |
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| In 2007, 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. |
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| Bridging Gaps Between Systems |
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| 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 2002 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 2005 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. CGR’s work has the potential to become a catalyst for change statewide. |
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