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Practical Tools to Inform Investment Decisions for Children's Services, with Steve Aos

Thursday, May 12, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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Informing investment decisions for children's services: An economic model and practical tools for central and local government - with Steve Aos, Director, Washington State Institute for Public Policy.

What if commissioners of social services could have their own version of "Which?" magazine that could tell them the impact of competing investment choices on child and adult well-being, as well as the costs and economic returns of various portfolios of prevention and early intervention programmes? 

What if this tool - using the highest standards of scientific evidence - could be tailored to the needs and circumstances of children and adults in these policy makers' particular areas or jurisdictions?

The Social Research Unit is currently translating the economic model for use in the UK that was pioneered by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) and used for more than a decade to make investment decisions in a wide range of policy areas in the American state of Washington. An accompanying UK software tool will be made freely available to inform central and local government investment decisions.

At this session, Steve Aos, Director of WSIPP will describe the strategy his organisation is using to advise the state legislature to improve outcomes for less money, with lessons for UK policy makers. Michael Little, Co-director of the Social Research Unit, will describe the work to translate the model for use in the UK.

Aos, who previously gave the 2010 Social Research Unit Annual Lecture, has 35 years of experience conducting cost-benefit analyses and communicating the results to policy makers in a wide range of public policy areas, as well as in the private sector.

*Light refreshments and sandwiches will be served.

The event will be held at London's Living Room, at the top of City Hall - in cooperation with the Mayor's Fund for London. We gratefully acknowledge the Greater London Authority for generously providing the venue for this seminar.

Directions: http://www.london.gov.uk/city-hall/visitor-information/location-map

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London's Living Room, City Hall
Greater London Authority
The Queen's Walk
SE1 2AA London
United Kingdom

Thursday, May 12, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (GMT)


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The Social Research Unit is an independent charity that works to improve the health and development of children primarily in Europe and North America. Its multidisciplinary team uses research to establish the potential causes of impairment in children's lives and to rigorously test the value of children's services. It applies high quality evidence to support policy making and to develop effective practice and services and disseminates what has been learned about responding more effectively to risks in children's lives to the widest possible international audience (dartington.org.uk).