The Outcome Measurement System (OMS)
Idaho Network of Children's Advocacy Center's one-hour lunch and learn training sessions are free and offered to anyone in the state of Idaho who works in child serving professions.
Speaker - Kaitlin Lounsbury, Program Evaluation Coordinator for the National Children’s Alliance
Speaker's Bio:
Kaitlin Lounsbury is the Program Evaluation Coordinator for the National Children’s Alliance. Her work is dedicated to helping our field demonstrate the impact of services provided by Children’s Advocacy Centers. This includes NCA's Outcome Measurement System (OMS) to evaluate the impact of services and remaining needs, helping to improve CAC practices for families and multidisciplinary team professionals involved in the response to child maltreatment. Her background includes academic research with a focus on child abuse interventions and direct service work as a counselor, providing a blended skillset to help child-serving organizations effectively measure their work and improve practices
Session Description:
The Outcome Measurement System (OMS) is a nationally standardized, research-based set of surveys designed for CACs to gather feedback from youth, families, and multidisciplinary team partners. In this refresher training, we will start by discussing the purpose of the program, the variety of methods available to gather this feedback, and best practices for each method, with a focus on how overcome potential barriers and pursue approaches that work best for each community. We will then explore ways that CACs can use this feedback in combination with other sources to guide improvements to services, demonstrate the need for additional resources, and raise awareness about the positive impact of CACs.
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