Helaine Hornby, M.A

Helaine Hornby, M.A.

Principal

Since 1980, she has concentrated her work in the areas of child and family services, including parent support services, child protection, foster care, special education and adoption. In 1985, after a national competition, she succeeded in having the University designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Management and Administration. While there, she built a team of experts who received grants and contracts in 31 states. This work has involved evaluation of parent education and support programs; evaluation of child abuse prevention projects; assessment of state child welfare programs; assessment of states’ capacities to institute automated case management and performance monitoring systems; analysis of payment structures and systems for foster and residential care; design of data collection systems for foster care review; training curriculum development; strategic planning for child welfare and post-adoption services; and design of case management systems.

Ms. Hornby has directed three national, federally-funded research projects: an analysis of adoption disruption (four states, six sites); an evaluation of risk assessment systems in child protective services (five states); and a policy study on kinship care (five states) in which she was the co-principal investigator. These projects, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, have utilized varied methodological approaches (qualitative and quantitative) including case reading, document analysis, data analysis, interviews, focus groups and cross-site comparisons.

Ms. Hornby has served as the statewide evaluator for a number of Maine-based SAMHSA-funded studies, including an effort to increase employment rates for adults with serious mental or emotional illnesses; development of a comprehensive statewide prevention system and reduction of binge drinking and tobacco abuse among youth; creation and support of a statewide prevention/health promotion infrastructure designed to reduce substance abuse and related risk factors and consequences; evaluation of an effort to institute changes in the delivery of services offered to those with psychiatric and alcohol or drug-related co-occurring disorders; and evaluation of a system of care for children whose focus is trauma-informed services.

Ms. Hornby is an expert in qualitative data analysis, as well as organizational and policy analysis. She has published broadly in professional journals including Social Work, Child Welfare, OSERS News in Print, Children and Youth Review, Children Today and New England Journal of Human Services. She has presented papers and conducted workshops at numerous national and state conferences, both domestically and abroad. Ms. Hornby earned a master’s degree in public policy and management from the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine where she received highest honors and a BS from Simmons College in Boston.

Case Management System/Technology Solutions

From West Virginia Web-based Home Visitation Data Collection System Technical Proposal – July 2013

Helaine Hornby, Principal Investigator

Helaine Hornby is one of the two principals of Hornby Zeller Associates and has been a partner in the firm since 1995. She will provide conceptual oversight of the development of the web-based home visitation data collection system for this engagement and ensure training materials are complete and will meet the needs of all staff.

Ms. Hornby previously served as the Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy within the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, at the University of Southern Maine. For eight years, Ms. Hornby directed one of the national child welfare resource centers. She has directed three national, federally-funded research projects: an analysis of adoption disruption (involving four states and six sites); an evaluation of risk assessment systems in child protective services (involving five states); and a policy study on kinship care (also involving five states) in which she was the co-principal investigator. These projects, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, have utilized varied methodological approaches (both qualitative and quantitative) including case reading, document analysis, data analysis, interviews, focus groups and cross-site comparisons.

Ms. Hornby has provided oversight for the firm’s evaluations of home visiting programs in Maine and West Virginia, becoming intimately familiar with the day-to-day requirements of home visitors, their supervisors and local agency and state program administrators. She provided guidance to the developers of the case management and reporting system developed for Maine’s programs as well as the development of the reporting module, which is designed to meet local, state and federal reporting requirements. She developed the conceptual design for other web-based reporting systems developed by HZA such as the Maine Youth Court project.

Ms. Hornby is an expert in qualitative data analysis, as well as organizational and policy analysis. She has published broadly in professional journals including Social Work, Child Welfare, OSERS News in Print, Children and Youth Review, Children Today and New England Journal of Human Services. She has presented papers and conducted workshops at numerous national and state conferences, both domestically and abroad. Ms. Hornby earned a Master’s degree in public policy and management from the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine, where she received highest honors; she also holds a B.S. from Simmons College in Boston.

From Connecticut Data Collect System Consult – 2007

Helaine Hornby, M.A., Vice President

Helaine Hornby is Vice President of Hornby Zeller Associates and, until 1995, was the Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, at the University of Southern Maine. For eight years she directed the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Management and Administration (known now as “Organizational Improvement”). While there, she built a team of experts who received grants and contracts in 31 states. This work involved evaluation of child abuse prevention projects; assessment of state child welfare programs; assessment of states’ capacities to institute automated case management and performance monitoring systems; analysis of payment structures and systems for foster and residential care; design of systems for foster care review; training curriculum development; strategic planning for child welfare and post-adoption services; and design of case management systems.

Ms. Hornby worked with county probation officers in Pennsylvania to design the report component for the automated case management they were building for use by all counties. She met periodically with a committee of lead county probation officers, discussed an overall conceptual framework for the reporting system, provided mock-ups and specifications for all the proposed reports and made the revisions they recommended. The final product was a set of specifications for the programmers of the system for the reports which should come out of it.

Ms. Hornby has worked with offices of youth development or juvenile corrections in both Louisiana and Hawaii to develop long-range strategic plans as these states were moving from highly centralized to more decentralized systems. These plans addressed the spectrum of services from secure care to home-based services. Ms. Hornby facilitated meetings to develop the Youth Corrections Strategic Plan in Nevada. She also provided services to the Louisiana Office of Youth Development that addressed its secure care facilities. For one project she and Dr. Zeller created gender specific classification tools for females to correct for biases that were inherent in the systems in use at that time. They also developed a reward system that moved females through different units in the correctional facility based on positive reinforcement.

For HZA’s recent CSSD project focusing on the service needs of 16 and 17 year-old offenders, Ms. Hornby took the lead on both the literature review of evidence based practices and on the examination of screening and assessment tools designed to ensure the appropriate level of service for each youth. Many of the criteria she identified for selecting a screening and assessment tool paralleled the eight principles for reducing offender recidivism cited in Attachment B of the RFP.

Ms. Hornby is an expert in qualitative data analysis, as well as organizational and policy analysis. She has published broadly in professional journals including Social Work, Child Welfare, OSERS News In Print, Children and Youth Review, Children Today and New England Journal of Human Services. She has presented papers and conducted workshops at numerous national and state conferences, both domestically and abroad. Ms. Hornby earned a master’s degree in public policy and management from the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine where she received highest honors and a B.S. from Simmons College in Boston.

CFSR/PIP/QSR Support

From Arkansas Quality Service Reviews Proposal – August 2016

Helaine Hornby, M.A., Co-Principal Investigator

Helaine Hornby, along with her co-principal Dr. Zeller, will provide oversight and guidance throughout the Quality Service Review process and provide support and guidance in the management and oversight of Arkansas’ Title IV-E Waiver and Child and Family Services Review. Much of her focus will be on ensuring the quality and completeness of the work performed.

Prior to the formation of the partnership at HZA in 1995, Ms. Hornby was the Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine. In 1985, after a national competition, she succeeded in having the University designated by the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Management and Administration (subsequently known as Organizational Improvement) which she directed for the next eight years. While there, she built a team of experts who received grants and contracts in 31 states. This work involved evaluation of parent education and support programs, evaluation of child abuse prevention projects, assessment of state child welfare programs, assessment of states’ capacities to institute automated case management and performance monitoring systems, analysis of payment structures and systems for foster and residential care, design of data collection systems for foster care review, training curriculum development, strategic planning for child welfare and post-adoption services and design of case management systems.

During her time at the university, Ms. Hornby directed three national, federally-funded child welfare research projects: an analysis of adoption disruption, an evaluation of risk assessment systems in child protective services, and a policy study on kinship care. These projects, sponsored by the federal Administration for Children and Families, utilized qualitative and quantitative approaches, including case readings, document analyses, data analyses, interviews, focus groups and cross-site comparisons.

Ms. Hornby has led child welfare evaluations in numerous states including Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Along with Dr. Zeller (see below), she currently works with the project teams responsible for evaluating Arkansas’s Title IV-E Waiver and Diligent Recruitment initiatives and is the lead evaluator for the Title IV-E Waiver evaluations in Maine and West Virginia. She has served as the statewide evaluator for a number of Maine based SAMHSA funded studies. She provides guidance and oversight in the development of evaluation plans, the instruments which will be used for data collection and the interpretation of the results.

Ms. Hornby is an expert in qualitative data analysis, as well as organizational and policy analysis. She has published broadly in professional journals including Social Work, Child Welfare, OSERS News in Print, Children and Youth Review, Children Today and New England Journal of Human Services. She has presented papers and conducted workshops at numerous national and state conferences, both domestically and abroad. Ms. Hornby earned her Master’s Degree in Public Policy and management from the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine where she received highest honors.

From Alaska Title IV-E Consultant Proposal – November 2014

Helaine Hornby, M.A.,

Principal

Estimated Hours:61

Work Location:Portland, Maine

Since 1980, she has concentrated her work in the areas of child and family services, including parent support services, child protection, foster care, special education and adoption. In 1985, after a national competition, she succeeded in having the University designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Management and Administration. While there, she built a team of experts who received grants and contracts in 31 states. This work involved evaluation of parent education and support programs; evaluation of child abuse prevention projects; assessment of state child welfare programs; assessment of states’ capacities to institute automated case management and performance monitoring systems; analysis of payment structures and systems for foster and residential care; design of data collection systems for foster care review; training curriculum development; strategic planning for child welfare and post-adoption services; and design of case management systems.

Along with Dr. Zeller, Ms. Hornby led the financial assessment of the Mississippi Department of Human Services. Much of her focus there, beyond modifying the cost allocation plan and the random moment survey, was on expanding and improving reimbursement of university training. She participated in the same Alaska Office of Children’s Services projects referenced above for Dr. Zeller.

From Pennsylvania Data Gathering, Analysis, and Reporting; Technical Assistance and Training Proposal – October 2012

Helaine Hornby, M.A.

Principal

Helaine Hornby is one of HZA’s two principals and, until 1995, was the Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, at the University of Southern Maine. For eight years she directed one of the national child welfare resource centers.

Ms. Hornby has directed three nationally, federally-funded research projects; an analysis of adoption disruption (four states, six sites); an evaluation of risk assessment systems in child protective services (five states); and a policy study on kinship care (five states) in which she was the co-principal investigator. These projects, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, have utilized varied methodological approaches (qualitative and quantitative) including case reading, document analysis, data analysis, interviews, focus groups and cross-site comparisons.