The initiative is part of the government-backed Knowledge TransferPartnerships programme to improve the productivity of businesses.
Academics will analyse raw data on looked-after children from acrossmore than 30 Bryn Melyn residential care settings. The data will be usedto develop an outcomes measurement model that reflects how a complexrange of services impact on the lives of young people in care.
Kevin Gallagher, chief executive of Bryn Melyn, said he hoped the toolwould be rolled out nationally once the project was complete.
"There has been an ongoing debate in children's services about how tomeasure outcomes," he said. "This is about developing a tool for thewhole sector to use. There will be a number of benefits for looked-afterchildren."
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