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Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D., holds a doctoral degree from the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Piescher serves as the Director for Research and Evaluation at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) where she manages a number of large-scale and locally-based research and evaluation projects including the Minn-LInK project. Minn-LInK integrates over a decade of statewide, administrative data from multiple agencies to answer questions about the effects of policies, programs, and practice on the well-being of children in Minnesota. Dr. Piescher’s research focuses on child well-being and educational success and stability for at-risk youth, child welfare workforce development and system change, housing and homelessness, interpersonal and sibling relationships, and utilizing cross-systems data for research and evaluation, with implications for practice and policy.
Research interests
- child well-being
- educational success and stability
- at-risk youth
- child protection
- child welfare system change
- housing and homelessness
- interpersonal and sibling relationships
- integrated, administrative data
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Projects
Social Determinants of Health for Medically Complex Children
Piescher, K. N. & LaLiberte, T. L.
GILLETTE CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY CARE
4/1/19 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
Absent Again? Truancy Policies and Racial Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1/1/19 → 12/31/20
Project: Research project
Research Output
Does open enrollment policy improve academic performance among students involved with child protective service? Findings from Minnesota-linking information for kids
Hong, S., Choi, W. S., Piescher, K. N., Zhang, Y. & Rhee, T. G., Jan 2020, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 108, 104653.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Adoption Discontinuity in Intensive Out-of-Home Care Settings
Kim, J. R., Piescher, K. & LaLiberte, T., Oct 2 2019, In : Adoption Quarterly. 22, 4, p. 307-329 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
A prospective, longitudinal study of risk factors for early onset of delinquency among maltreated youth
Cho, M., Haight, W., Choi, W. S., Hong, S. & Piescher, K., Jul 2019, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 102, p. 222-230 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Scopus
citations
Retention of child welfare workers: The wisdom of frontline supervisors
Griffiths, A., Desrosiers, P., Gabbard, J., Royse, D. & Piescher, K. N., Mar 2019, In : Child Welfare. 97, 3, p. 61-83Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Longitudinal association of child maltreatment and cognitive functioning: Implications for child development
Hong, S., Rhee, T. G. & Piescher, K. N., Oct 2018, In : Child Abuse and Neglect. 84, p. 64-73 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
3
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citations