Butler Content Areas

Early Childhood, Child Welfare, Tribal Initiatives and Behavioral Health

From evaluation and applied research to workforce development and capacity building, the Butler Institute strengthens programs, systems and communities to enhance the well-being of children, youth and families. 

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Early Childhood

We work to strengthen the early childhood workforce and improve early childhood settings and systems.

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Child Welfare

We offer innovative, evidence-based approaches to support, engage and develop the child welfare workforce.

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Tribal Initiatives

We believe that culture is prevention, and we integrate community-defined evidence and practices into our work with Tribal communities.

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Behavioral Health

With an emphasis on substance use treatment, we partner with a wide variety of organizations nationwide to evaluate client- and organizational-level behavioral health outcomes, implement outcome measurement systems and support implementation fidelity. We also assist with evaluation of behavioral health workforce development programs.

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“Frequent and quality family contact leads to faster and more stable reunifications … Culturally centered family contact strengthens sense of self, builds community ties and honors differences.”

Kristin Clark, R.O.C.K. Mat-Su Family Contact Improvement Partnership
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Partner with us to strengthen child-, youth-, family- and community-serving systems.

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