“The Dawn Project Evaluation Study (DPES) was originally conceived by a multidisciplinary team of researchers that included individuals from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Indiana University (IU), to provide an outside, independent evaluation. DPES was designed in collaboration with parents; representatives from child welfare, probation, corrections, mental health, and education; and academics from a wide range of disciplines, including education, sociology, nursing, economics, psychology, and psychiatry. An evaluation advisory board was established to include representation from the many stakeholders, including Choices, Inc., the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, The Indiana Department of Correction, Marion County Department of Child Services, Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion Superior Court Juvenile Division, Marion County Mental Health Association, and family members from Families Reaching for Rainbows support group. This board, which was known locally as the “Evaluation Team” or “E-Team,” was instrumental in the initial design process and has continued to meet to monitor the research team’s work over the full six years of the demonstration. The E-team completed the evaluation planning activities in the spring of 2000, and the study protocol and data collection were implemented in the fall of 2000. Overview of the Data Sources and Data Collection Methods.”
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