Research and Evaluation
FRCA conducts program evaluations that demonstrate positive outcomes for families. Throughout all of FRCA’s evaluations, we know that families statistically improve in economic self-sufficiency, family protective factors, and health. Find the executive summaries of our annual evaluation reports below.
In July 2024, the California Evidence-based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), a national evidence-based clearinghouse for measurement tools, awarded the CFSA2.0 a Measurement Tool Rating of “B: Psychometric Demonstrated.” This rating was based on the published, peer-reviewed research available. The B rating requires a tool to have 1 published peer-reviewed study that establishes the measure’s psychometrics, in this case reliability and validity. The CFSA2.0 Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:
- Richmond, M. K., Bayless S. D., & Haymond, T. (2024). A validation study of the Colorado Family Support Assessment 2.0. Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 163,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740924003025 - Richmond, M. K., Pampel, F.C., & McChesney, B., (2015) Reliability of the Colorado Family Support Assessment: A Self-Sufficiency Matrix for Families Research on Social Work Practice Volume 27, Issue 6
https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731515596072
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In March of 2026, Omni and FRCA published new peer-reviewed research in Family Sciences on what drives improvements for families in Colorado’s Family Development Services (FDS) program, a pathway from FRCA’s Family Pathways Framework©.
The Study: Omni analyzed Colorado Family Support Assessment (CFSA 2.0) data from 2,031 families across 31 FRCA-member FRCs between 2020 and 2024, using multilevel modeling to examine how readiness to change at different points in enrollment related to improvements in economic self-sufficiency and health.
- Read the published article here.
Annual Evaluation Reports
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION EVALUATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FRCA 2024 Annual Evaluation Executive Summary | English
FRCA 2024 Annual Evaluation Executive Summary | Spanish
This executive summary contains highlights from evaluation findings for families served between July 2023 and June 2024.
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION 2022-2023 EVALUATION REPORT
This summary contains evaluation findings for families served between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
For this evaluation we expanded our focus on understanding the experiences of families from different racial/ethnic backgrounds, families living in rural or urban areas, and families experiencing different economic conditions. In this report we provide information on all families served, followed by summaries examining disaggregated data by racial/ethnic identification, rural/urban location of residence and income level.
COLORADO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION 2021-2022 EVALUATION REPORT
This summary contains evaluation findings for families served between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022.
For this evaluation we focused on understanding the specific experiences of families from different racial/ethnic backgrounds as well as the experiences of families living in rural and urban areas. FRCA’s Program & Evaluation Committee helped shape the focus and direction of this year’s equitable evaluation questions and analytic approach. In this report we provide information on all families served, followed by summaries examining disaggregated data by racial/ethnic identification and rural/urban location of residence.
COLORADO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION 2020-2021 EVALUATION REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This executive summary contains highlights from evaluation findings for families served between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021.
COLORADO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION 2019-2020 EVALUATION REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This executive summary contains highlights from evaluation findings for families served between July 1, 2019, and May 15, 2020.
COLORADO FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ASSOCIATION 2018-2019 EVALUATION REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This executive summary contains highlights from evaluation findings for families served between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019.
