In response to the findings to the 2014 Comprehensive Statewide Needs Assessment, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin collaborated with DARS to conduct an in-depth needs assessment specifically looking at the needs of youth and students with disabilities during transition to employment and/or higher education. The goal of the needs assessment was to learn… Read more »
Check out our latest report! Schwab, J., Schroeder, D., Faulkner, M., & Marra, L. (2016). 2016 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey prepared for the Texas Workforce Commission. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, Child & Family Research Institute, Ray Marshall Center.
Parenting in the Context of Deportation Risk
Brazeal, J., Marra, L., McKerlie, K. & Faulkner, M. (2015). Mixed Messages: The current state of teen pregnancy prevention in Travis County, TX. Austin, TX: The Healthy Youth Partnership, Child & Family Research Institute.
Gerlach, B. and Tennant, P. (2016). Consumer satisfaction for DARS clients 2015. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, Child and Family Research Institute.
Schwab, J., Schroeder, D., Faulkner, M., & Marra, L. (2015). 2015 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey prepared for the Texas Workforce Commission. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, Child & Family Research Institute, Ray Marshall Center.
In partnership with DARS, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin conducted a comprehensive needs assessment for Texans with disabilities in 2014. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended calls for periodic comprehensive statewide needs assessments that will result in recommendations to the goals, priorities, and strategies of the state plan that DARS is required… Read more »
Schwab, J., Faulkner, M., Landuyt, M., Fong, R., Scott, J., Gerlach, B. & Ryan, T. (2014). Texas foster care redesign: Initial insights into foster care reform. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services & Casey Family Programs. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, Child and Family Research Institute.
Faulkner, M., Gerlach, B., Marra, L., Gomez, R. & Schwab, J. (2014). SB 44 Needs Assessment: Examining the relinquishment of children with serious emotional disturbances. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin, Child and Family Research Institute.
Faulkner, M., Gerlach, B., & Marra, L. (2013). Texas TRIO project final evaluation report prepared for the Texas Education Agency, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families. Austin, TX: Child and Family Research Institute, The University of Texas at Austin.