Recent Publications
Crampton, D., Crea, T., Abramson-Madden, A. & Usher, C. (in press). Challenges of street-level child welfare reform and technology transfer: The case of Team Decisionmaking. Families in Society.
Crea,
T., Wildfire, J. & Usher, C. (in press). Implementation fidelity of Team
Decisionmaking. Children
and Youth Services Review.
Crea, T. M., Crampton, D. S., Abramson-Madden, A., and Usher, C. L. (2008). Implementation of Team Decisionmaking (TDM): Scope and compliance with the Family to Family practice model. Children & Youth Services Review, 30, 1221-1232.
Usher, C.L. (2008). Experimental and quasi-experimental research. Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th ed. Mizrahi, T. & Davis, L. (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Webster, D., Usher, C.L., Needell, B. & Wildfire, J.B. (2008). Self-evaluation: Using data to guide policy and practice in public child welfare agencies. Child Welfare Research. Shlonsky, A. & Lindsey, D. (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Brisson, D. & Usher, C.L. (2007). Conceptualizing and measuring bonding social capital in low-income neighborhoods. Journal of Social Service Research, 34: 1 – 11.
Brisson, D.B. & Usher, C.L. (2007). The effects of informal neighborhood bonding social capital and neighborhood context on home ownership for families living in poverty. Journal of Urban Affairs, 29, 65-75.
Meier, Andrea & Usher, Charles L. (2006). New approaches to program evaluation, in Richard L. Edwards & John A. Yankey (Eds.), Effectively Managing Nonprofit Organizations. Washington: NASW Press.
Brisson, D.B. & Usher, C.L. (2005). Low-income neighborhoods and bonding social capital. Family Relations,54, 644-653.
Usher, C.L. (2004). Measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of services for families and children. In Albert R. Roberts & Kenneth R. Yeager (Eds.) Evidence-Based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services. New York: Oxford University Press.
Usher, C.L. & Wildfire, J.B. (2003). Evidenced-based practice in community-based child welfare systems. Child Welfare, 82, 597-614.
Usher, C. L., Locklin, E., Wildfire, J. & Harris, C. (2001). Child welfare performance ratings: One state's approach. Administration in Social Work, 25, 35-51.
Usher, C. L. (1999). From social experiments to reform initiatives: Implications for designing and conducting evaluations. Protecting Children, 15, 4-9.
Usher, C. L., Randolph, K. A., & Gogan, H. C. (1999). Placement patterns in foster care. Social Service Review, 73, 22-36.
Usher, C. L., Wildfire, J. B., and Gibbs, D. A. (1999). Measuring performance in child welfare: Secondary effects of success. Child Welfare, 78, 31-51.