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Board Development in Two Hospitals: Lessons From a Demonstration
Kellogg Foundation / University of Georgia
A recently concluded demonstration project assessed the outcome of interventions to improve the effectiveness of nonprofit hospital boards, including a reduction in the number and size of boards, term limits for board members, election of new board chairs, and reorganization of the boards' committee structure. The study resulted in an article that reached conclusions about board management, the use of retreats to initiate board development, and the importance of time management and CEO support to strengthen board effectiveness.
Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Holland
Collaborator(s): Anthony Kovner, Richard Chait
Communities in Charge Omsbud Role and Consultation to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has funded a major national program to help 14 communities around the country rethink and restructure the financing and delivery of health care for the uninsured. Ms Kaplan serves as the ombudsperson for this program, mediating among the sites, the national program office and the foundation. In addition, she provides consulting services to the foundation on issues concerning access to care and the health care safety net for uninsured and other vulnerable populations.
Principal Investigator(s): Sue Kaplan
Evaluation of Assuring Better Child Health and Development Evaluation
The Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund funded a three year state-focused initiative, Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD), as part of its Child Health and Development Program. The goal of ABCD was to increase and enhance child development services that low-income children and their families receive by enhancing the services provided via Medicaid in four states (North Carolina, Vermont, Utah and Washington). The Commonwealth Fund funded a combination of researchers from New York University, University of Kansas, and Northwestern University as the national evaluators for ABCD. The national evaluation team adopted a case study approach, involving primarily qualitative data collection. The team conducted three rounds of site visits and document review, coinciding with the three years of the initiative. The team collected qualitative information on each state through 12 in-depth site visits, 206 interviews with 150 key informants, review of all submitted project documents, and participation in the state Consortium meetings and conference calls. The national evaluation team also synthesized the primarily quantitative data collected by the four local evaluations. The evaluation found that states were able to implement system changes that facilitated the delivery of child development services to Medicaid child enrollees. The states adopted various approaches depending upon characteristics of their environment, agency culture, and past decisions. Important pre-conditions for success included history of partnering with the state’s department of health/public health, adequate access to primary care providers, and a collaborative orientation among key state and private agencies.
Principal Investigator(s): Carolyn Berry
Collaborator(s): Barbara Langner, Peter Budetti
Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Program
Ford Foundation
The Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship program, inaugurated in 1980, sought to increase the number of people of color in the fields of public policy and international affairs by preparing its participants for success in graduate schools and for leadership roles in public service. The PPIA evaluation explores how and in what ways PPIA affected these schools’ capacity to recruit and retain students of color, as well as the program’s impact on the Fellows themselves. The research is a joint effort between New York University, which handles the evaluation for the public policy schools involved in PPIA, and the Academy for Educational Development, which is responsible for assessing the educational and professional outcomes for the PPIA Fellows.
Principal Investigator(s): Keith MacAllum
