News about Education Outcomes

Crossroad was one of the leaders in the development of a copyrighted outcomes project through our state association, IARCCA.  The Lilly Endowment has awarded grants to broaden the research and knowledge base about services to children and families.  This project aggressively and systematically measures the results agencies achieve for young people and their families, answering the question, “How do we really know that we made a difference  and improved a child’s life?”

Crossroad’s 2009 data has been reported to IARCCA and the statewide report will be available later this year. We have noticed trends that we think you will be excited about, too:

Children at Crossroad are achieving educational success!  In our Open Residential units, 85% of the children achieved educational success (defined as improvements in behavior, achievement, and attendance), in spite of 56% of those children having a defined special education need.  In our Intensive Treatment and PRTF programs, 100% of students achieved educational success, with 91% of those children having special education needs.

Children placed in one of our open residential units have 27% fewer problems at discharge versus intake, as measured on IARCCA’s Child Problem Checklist. Children in our Intensive Treatment and PRTF programs exhibit 38% fewer problems.

We look forward to sharing more about the promising outcomes achieved by Crossroad kids.