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| Component | Description |
| Child and family demographic and descriptive information | Includes data on age, sex, race/ethnicity, income, diagnosis, risk factors, and service history on the children and families served by systems of care |
| Child and family outcome data | Measures behavioral and functional strengths and challenges for a sample of children using standardized instruments (i.e., Child Behavior Checklist, Youth Self-Report, and the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale) and available data from schools and juvenile justice agencies |
| Consumer satisfaction data | Assesses parents' and adolescents' satisfaction with services |
| Service system descriptive information | Documents development of systems of care and the extent to which system-of-care principles are applied |
| Longitudinal comparison study | Compares systems, services, and child and family outcomes in selected systems of care to those in more traditional systems |
| Service utilization and cost study | Describes service utilization and related costs and examines their relationship to child outcomes |
| Family centered interviews | Examines the match between the needs of the families and the response by selected systems of care |
| Managed care study | Examines the impact of health care reforms on the organization of systems of care and service delivery |