Electronic

Service Coordination

Outcomes

Research

Evaluation

Electronic

The Ohio State University Center for Family Research (CFR) has created an Internet-based data collection platform to track multi-need youth and families that are provided assistance through Ohio's Service Coordination mechanism.

Service Coordination

Service Coordination typically is described as a way to provide service and support planning through use of a team-based and thus collaborative approach. In this team-based planning process, the local family and children first (FCF) coordinator works closely with families and community support personnel in order to organize activities that reinforce common goals built around the idiosyncratic needs of each child and family touched by service coordination. This process places great value on the family's perspective of what they want and need, and thus emphasizes the essential nature of having family members become equal partners in the decision-making process with regard to the development, implementation, and monitoring of their individualized plan.

Outcomes, Research and Evaluation

The Internet platform will provide users at the county level with the ability to collect data on a wide range of factors that will inform research and evaluation activities, including the collection of outcomes data that documents the effectiveness of specific services and also aids in the identification of gaps in service.