About this Special Issue
From the Editor: Improving the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare
Introduction
Joe Bock
Special Foreword: Making Research Work in Child Welfare: Overcoming Challenges
Kimberly DuMont and Christine James-Brown
Exploring the Integration of Systems and Social Sciences to Study Evidence Use among Child Welfare Policy-makers
Thomas I. Mackie, R. Christopher Sheldrick, Justeen Hyde and Laurel K. Leslie
Learning to Listen and Listening to Learn: Recursive Information Flow to Build Relationships and Improve Practice
Anita M. Larson and Sara E. Langworthy
Tensions and Opportunities: Building Meaningful Partnerships Between Child Welfare Decision-makers and Evaluators
Emily Fisher, Jacquelyn Spangler and Ruth Huebner
Benefits of Embedding Research into Practice: An Agency-University Collaboration
Michael A. Nunno, Elliott G. Smith, William R. Martin and Sharon Butcher
Strategies for Strengthening the Utility of Research in Supportive Housing-Child Welfare Partnerships
Miriam J. Landsman and Mitchell Rosenwald
From Novel to Empirical: Developing Community- Based Programs into Research-Ready Programs
Rebecca J. Macy, Dania M. Ermentrout, Phillip H. Redmond, Jr., Cindy Fraga Rizo and McLean D. Pollock
Engaging the Child Welfare Community in Examining the Use of Research Evidence
Susan Maciolek