Best Practice Briefs in Human Services

Current information on human services policies, programs, concepts, processes, models and tools.

Best Practice Briefs are published by Outreach Partnerships at Michigan State University as a way of providing practical information for funders, decision makers, planners, and managers.

It is a monthly online publication connecting university resources to the community.

Each issue is comprised of concise articles aimed at presenting state-of-the-art knowledge about human services in four areas: Basic Concepts, Tools, Processes, and Models of Best Practice.

Drawing on basic research, evaluation reports, and field experience, Best Practice Briefs offers the best current thinking about human service policy and program development, in an accessible user-friendly form.

Briefs available include:

• Evaluating Services by Linking Outcome-based and Assets-oriented Approaches
• Developing Community Systems of Care
• Trends Affecting Human Services Non-profit Organisations
• Evaluating Community-based Programs. Home Visiting as an example
• Youth Violence – Separating Myth from Reality
• Moving from welfare to Work
• Parent Involvement in School

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For further information

Contact	:	Office of Outreach & Engagement Michigan State University
Address	:	East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
Email	:	outreach@msu.edu

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