Youth—A New Open Access Journal
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Short Biography of Author
Dr. Franke is Professor in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare. Dr. Franke has 29 years of experience in conducting cross-sectional and longitudinal research in a variety of interconnected fields focused on youth and families, including child welfare, education, juvenile justice, mental health, and adolescent violence. His expertise includes psychometrics and data analysis (multivariate, predictive analytics, and machine learning), data visualization, and linking large existing datasets together for the social good. Over the years Dr. Franke has worked on numerous evaluation projects in these areas. In the area of child welfare, he has done work on multiple levels, including examining the child welfare system and related systems involved in the lives of children and families (e.g., health, mental health, juvenile justice, education, and housing), workers and worker training, as well as children and families. He has received over $120 million dollars in funding. He recently completed a study examining the link between children in out-of-home care and early childhood education through a project funded by the Administration for Children and Families. In addition to working with the Center of Excellence at UCLA around trauma-informed practice/training, Dr. Franke currently oversees the training provided to all new and current staff at the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services as well as the cross-training that is beginning to occur between county agencies and service providers as well as families. |
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Franke, T.M. Youth—A New Open Access Journal. Youth 2021, 1, 27-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth1010004
Franke TM. Youth—A New Open Access Journal. Youth. 2021; 1(1):27-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth1010004
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranke, Todd Michael. 2021. "Youth—A New Open Access Journal" Youth 1, no. 1: 27-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth1010004