Publications & Presentations
Good Shepherd Services has received a national spotlight for its innovative programs, best practices, and performance management achievements. Below are some publications and presentations that highlight our work in the field.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
OUR AGENCY-WIDE IMPACT
FAMILY SUPPORT, COUNSELING, & FOSTER CARE
- Euphrasian Rapid Intervention Center: A Therapeutic, Trauma-Informed Residence for Young Women [Winter 2019]
- Promoting Supportive, Lasting Adult Connections for Older Youth in Foster Care [July 2018]
- Good Shepherd Services: Improving Outcomes with the Sanctuary Model of Trauma-Informed Care [Social Solutions webinar, 2014]
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
- The Problem with Attendance: Using Continuous Improvement to Tackle Root Causes in Chronic Absenteeism [April 2019]
- Good Shepherd Young Adult Borough Centers: A Supportive, School-Based Program to Promote Student Success [March 2018]
- Good Shepherd Community Schools: Creating Safe, Engaging, and Inclusive Learning Communities [December 2017]
- In-School Support Programs: Partnering with Schools, Students and Families to Improve Learning and Academic Performance [June 2014]
- 4th R: Reading, Riting, Rithmetic, and Resilience [April 2014]
Partnership School Programs
- Partnership Schools: A Partnered Approach to Re-Engaging Off-track Students [December 2018]
- Re-Engaging Youth for High School Success: Findings from the Impact Evaluation of the Good Shepherd Services Transfer School Model [Metis Associates, 2015] Read full report here.
- Transfer High School Codification Manual [2007]
College Access and Retention Programs
- LifeLink: Student-Driven College Access and Success [September 2019]
- Groundwork for Success: Expanding Opportunity for College Access and Success [April 2017]
- Brooklyn Frontiers High School: Partnering for Youth Success [June 2014]
- How Can Schools Boost Students’ Self-Regulation? [Phi Delta Kappan, 2013]
- Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat: Good Shepherd Services’ LifeLink Approach to Postsecondary Success [Jobs For the Future, 2010]
AFTERSCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Afterschool Programs
- Shared Interests: Involving Youth Councils in Performance Management [Poster from AEA Conference, October 2020]
- Lighting the Lamp: Including the Voice of Younger Participants in Afterschool Program Planning [Poster from AEA Conference, October 2020]
- Walk the Path Together: Partnering to Advance Data Use [Chapter in the book Measure, Use, Improve! Data Use in Out of School Time, 2020]
- Fostering Youth and Staff Development: Understanding the Roles and Experiences of the Afterschool Workforce [American Journal of Community Psychology, 2020]
- GSS Afterschool Programs: Harnessing the Power of Community to Promote Growth and Learning [FY2019]
- Partnering to Improve Afterschool: A Q&A with Good Shepherd Services & the Institute of Human Development & Social Change [NYU, 2019]
- Our Afterschool Programs: Harnessing the Power of Community to Promote Growth and Learning [October 2019]
- Afterschool Classroom Quality Matters: Three Evidence-Informed Strategies [January 2019]
- Afterschool Classroom Quality Matters: Driving Academic Outcomes in Out-of-School Contexts [March 2018]
- Classroom Practices and Academic Outcomes in Urban Afterschool Programs: Alleviating Social-Behavioral Risk [Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2018]
- University-Community Partnership and Embedded Efficacy Trials: Putting “Science to Work” for Urban Afterschool Programs [Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017]
- Good Shepherd Services’ Programs Show Widespread Impact on Social-Emotional Learning [March 2016]
Community-Based Programs
- How Our Programs Have Responded During the COVID-19 Pandemic [January 2021]
- Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence (B.R.A.G.): Public Health Approach to Combating Gun Violence [May 2019]
- Expanding the Geography of Opportunity in East New York [February 2018]
Workforce Development
- Rebound: Transferring Skills from the Basketball Court to the Workplace [January 2019]
- Leveraging Strengths and Expanding Opportunities: An Effective Approach to Youth Workforce Development [March 2018]
- Expanding the Geography of Opportunity Through Sector-Based Training & Apprenticeships [July 2016]
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
- Chelsea Foyer Dashboard [November 2020]
- Partnering to Leverage Multiple Data Sources: Preliminary Findings from a Supportive Housing Impact Study [Child Welfare, 2017]
- Paving the Way for a More Prosperous Future for Young Adults: Results of an Outcomes Study of the Chelsea Foyer at the Christopher [CIDI, 2016]
- Chelsea Foyer at the Christopher: Paving the Way to a More Prosperous Future for Young Adults. [NYU conference on Foster Youth in Transition, 2016]
- Using Data and Evidence to Strengthen Services for Homeless Youth at Good Shepherd Services. [Beyond Housing Conference, 2014]
- Homelessness Prevention: Balancing Funder Demands with Continuous Quality Improvement at Good Shepherd Services [Social Solutions webinar, 2012]
- Good Shepherd Services: Improving Outcomes with the Sanctuary Model of Trauma-Informed Care [Social Solutions webinar, 2012]
YOUTH JUSTICE SERVICES
- GSS Network of Support for Justice-Involved Youth [April 2018]
- Life Lessons: The Difference Credible Messengers Make [Urban Matters, 2017]
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
STRATEGIC EVALUATION AND LEARNING
Reports
Blogs
- The Power of Youth Voice in Data Conversations [AEA, 2021]
- Level Up: Growing Your Approach to Participatory Evaluation [AEA, 2020]
- Evaluation’s Role in a Data-Driven Reopening of Society [AEA, 2020]
- Tips and Resources for Virtual Gatherings during this Global Pandemic [AEA, 2020]
- Reflecting on the Role of Evaluator During this Global Pandemic [AEA, 2020]
- Using the Chaordic Stepping Stones to Advance Inclusion and Creativity in a Partnership [AEA. 2020]
- Diffusing the Drama: How the Karpman Triangle Can Help Us Move Past Conflict with Evaluation Stakeholders (AEA, 2020]
- Lean Data in Action [AEA, 2019]
- How a Lean Data Approach Can Change Your Effectiveness as an Evaluator [AEA, 2019]
- Let’s Talk about Race [AEA, 2019]
- Empowering Staff with Tools to Improve their Programs [AEA, 2018]
- Conveying Constituent Voice: Two New Data Viz Techniques to Try [AEA, 2018]
- Strengthening After-School Programs by Building a “Knowledge Neighborhood” [Education Week, December 2017]
- Life Lessons: The Difference Credible Messengers Make [Urban Matters, 2017]
- A Tool for Helping Staff Translate Results into Action [AEA, 2017]
- Cultivating Leaders: Scaffolding Successful Youth Outcomes with Strong Staff Supports [Youth Today, February 2017]
- Implementing Youth Photovoice for Strategic Planning [AEA, 2016]
- Understanding Propensity Score Matching as an Alternative to Randomized Control Trials [AEA, 2016]
- Conducting Youth-Driven Research for a Youth-Led Summit [AEA, 2015]
- Practical Tools for a Youth Research Camp [AEA, 2014]
- Using Data Visualization to Keep Your Logic Model Front and Center [AEA, 2013]
- Techniques for Involving Youth in Data Gathering and Interpretation [AEA, 2013]
IN THE PRESS
- Partnering to Improve Afterschool: A Q&A with Good Shepherd Services & the Institute of Human Development & Social Change [NYU, 2019]
- Collaborating to Find Solutions Out of Remediation [Inside Higher Ed, January 2018]
- Strengthening After-School Programs by Building a “Knowledge Neighborhood” [Education Week, December 2017]
- The Role of After-School Environments in Students’ Academic Performance [Education Week, December 2017]
- Positive After-School Settings Can Boost Students’ Academic Performance [Education Dive, November 2017]
- Afterschool Program Environments Linked to Academic Confidence and Skills [Science Daily, November 2017]
- The City’s Helpers are Starving for Aid [Daily News, February 2017]
- Mayor DeBlasio’s Proposed Budget Cuts [Daily News, February 2017]
- The Power of Civic Engagement [Youth Today, January 2017]
- Student Walkouts a Fine Form of Civic Engagement, Say Youth Development Leaders [Youth Today, November 2016]
- Turning the Art of Leadership Development into Science [The Bridgespan Group, February 2016]
- Keeping Up with the Neighbors [Heller, Spring/Summer 2015]
- Study Shows Which Management Tools Benefit Charities the Most [Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 2015]
- How Can Schools Boost Students’ Self-Regulation? [Phi Delta Kappan, 2013]