The Children and Family Research Center, located in Urbana, Illinois, is an independent research organization created jointly at the School of Social Work by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The goal of the Center is to identify research needs and support research that is policy and practice relevant and encourage and facilitate public child welfare research activities through collaborative relationships... CFRC engages its public and private partners in a variety of research activities designed specifically to meet their project needs. Our approach to research and our staff focus is interdisciplinary, influenced by the fields of social work, psychology, sociology, and law. Our researchers have expertise in sophisticated quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods data collection and analysis. We disseminate the results of our research as widely as possible, through national and local presentations and..