Founded in 1999, the Praed Foundation seeks to support transformational activities in human services, with a special emphasis on improving the lives of children and families. The Foundation has a variety of projects that supports its mission including managing flexible funding for youth with mental health needs in the juvenile justice system. The primary work of the Foundation is in support of a mass collaboration of individuals who seek to use evidence-based assessments as an approach to working together to maintain the focus of human service enterprise on the people they serve. As such, the Praed Foundation maintains the copyrights on the Child & Adolescent Needs and Strengths, the Family Advocacy and Support Tool, the Crisis Assessment Tool, and the Adult Needs and Strengths Assessment to ensure that they remain free for anyone to use who shares this commitment.

Outcome Champion Award Winners

Each year, the foundation recognizes excellence in support the evolution of systems to better serve children and families by awarding Outcomes Champions. Here are the recipients from previous years:

2004: Diane Borgeson (New Jersey’s Partnership for Children)

2005: Murielle Elfman & Candace Putter (Philadelphia Department of Human Services)

2006: Stephanie Hanko (Illinois Department of Children & Family Services)

2007:

• System level: Betty Walton, Ph.D. Indiana University
• Agency level: Knute Rotto Choices Inc
• Direct Service: Erika Crawford Tennessee Department of Children and Families
• Family: Robin Joyce Wayside Youth Services (Massachusetts)

2008:

• System level: Randal Lea, Tennessee
• Agency & Direct Service level: Lise Bisnaire & Stephanie Greenham, Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario
• Family: Nancy Craig, New York State