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4/21/2008 WRMA Conducts Market Rate and Child Care Survey for Washington State Department of Early Learning (DEL)
2/1/2008 WRMA Supports Development of Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) Prevention & Early Intervention plan (PEI)
12/1/2007 North Carolina Ready Schools Task Force Adopts SPARK “Pathways to Ready Schools"
10/1/2007 WRMA Partners With Softek, Inc. and CGI to Develop the Adoption and Foster Care Case Management System for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
4/23/2007 WRMA and American Humane (AH) Perform Study to Establish Baseline Standards for Washington State’s Child Welfare Workload
2/1/2007 WRMA Selected to Design and Implement Evaluation Process and System for First 5 Sacramento Commission Funded Programs and Services
1/1/2007 WRMA Qualifies for the Third Time to Provide Evaluation Services to the Children & Families Commission of Orange County (CFCOC)
12/7/2006 WRMA Selected to Assist Philadelphia’s Child Welfare Review Panel.
10/22/2006 DHHS Child Care Bureau Awards WRMA a Contract Modification to Prepare a State-Level Information Technology Guide
9/29/2006 WRMA Continues Partnership with RTI International for Landmark Longitudinal Study on Child and Adolescent Well-Being
7/28/2006 Florida Safe Families Network Will Provide the Full Range of Child Welfare Automated Tools
5/11/2006 The Office of Community Services (OCS) continues work with WRMA to analyze the impact of Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) funding.
5/8/2006 WRMA was selected to perform a statewide caseworker workload study for the New York Office of Children and Family Services.
4/27/2006 Child Care Bureau For DHHS Awards WRMA Extension For Improper Payment Project
4/24/2006 WRMA Provides Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) IV&V and QA Services for the State’s Child Care and Child Welfare IT Systems
4/10/2006 The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) approves WRMA to support agency evaluation and analysis activities.
3/27/2006 Los Angeles County continues partnership with WRMA to prepare demographic databases and reports to meet the needs of various County departments.
2/1/2006 Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc. (WRMA) Begins Engagement with State of Oregon
10/3/2005 The California Endowment has awarded WRMA a contract to evaluate the California Telemedicine and eHealth Center, Telemedicine and eHealth Network Development Project
10/1/2005 SAMHSA has contracted WRMA & ORC Macro to conduct the National Evaluation of 2005-funded grantees of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children & Their Families Program.
9/27/2005 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with WRMA to continue to operate the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS).
9/14/2005 Lessons Learned From a Statewide Telemedicine Initiative
9/1/2005 The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has contracted with WRMA to continue its evaluation of the Supporting Partnership to Assure Ready Kids (SPARK) initiative.
8/31/2005 The report, Measuring Improper Payments in the Child Care Program: A Pilot Project of the ACF/Child Care Bureau, is now available
7/28/2005 The Los Angeles County Department of Children & Families has selected WRMA to perform Workload Assessment Consulting Services.
6/30/2005 The Office of Community Services has engaged WRMA to provide technical support to analyze the impact of Social Services Block Grant program funding.
6/29/2005 The Delaware Dept. of Services for Children, Youth and Families has engaged WRMA to begin planning for a management information and reporting system.
6/24/2005 The Judicial Council of California issued a contract to WRMA to develop a five year estimate of the need for additional language interpreters.
4/16/2005 View the recent publication, Strategies for Preventing Homelessness
2/17/2005 WRMA has received an extension on the contract from Arizona State University Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management (CNLM)
2/14/2005 The DHHS Office of Community Services (OCS) has awarded a contract to WRMA to support the Results Oriented Management and Accountability Initiative, or ROMA.
12/1/2004 WRMA Senior Vice-President Dr. Ying-Ying T. Yuan was awarded the DHHS Assistant Secretary's Administration for Children & Families Outstanding Contractor Honor Award for 2004.
10/1/2004 WRMA was engaged by Westat to contribute to the project team of the Fourth National Incidence Study on Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4) study.
10/1/2004 WRMA is assisting the Child Care Bureau in developing a methodology to measure child care payment eligibility and error rates in four States.
10/1/2004 As subcontractor to ORC Macro, WRMA is deeply involved in a five-year cross-site evaluation of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI).
10/1/2004 WRMA has been awarded a five-year contract from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA) for the HRSA Ryan White Data Coordination and Technical Assistance Center.
9/1/2004 The 15th National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) State Advisory Group Meeting is on April 18-19, 2005
6/11/2004 WRMA has been issued a task order by the Head Start Bureau of DHHS to conduct a review of objectives, activities, and projects of the Head Start National Interim Grantee Services
3/3/2004 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released Strategies for Reducing Chronic Street Homelessness, a report prepared by WRMA with the Urban Institute.
3/1/2004 AMS, with WRMA as a subcontractor, was selected by the State of New Jersey to assist in the design, development and implementation of a Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS)
1/30/2004 The Great Valley Center has published their report Assessing the Region via Indicators, Education and Youth Preparedness prepared in part by WRMA
11/17/2003 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published the final report for the National Study of Child Protective Services Systems and Reform Efforts project conducted by WRMA
9/29/2003 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contracted with WRMA to begin work on two new projects
9/25/2003 Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc., is pleased to begin an indicator study for the Great Valley Center for their upcoming report.
5/10/2003 Social Services Block Grant Program Annual Report on Expenditures and Recipients 2001 recently published.
3/24/2003 American Management Systems (AMS) and WRMA were awarded a contract by the State of Alaska to design and implement Alaska's ORCA system
3/18/2003 The Los Angeles County Probation Department has contracted with WRMA to develop an approach for the electronic exchange of school record information.
3/6/2003 The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) has begun to pilot test a customized version of WRMA's Web-Based Resource Directory.
1/2/2003 The New York State Office of Children and Family Services is currently spearheading the development, implementation, and deployment of CONNECTIONS
10/2/2002 The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy, Development and Research has contracted with WRMA.
9/26/2002 The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research will research "On-the-Street" homelessness.
9/16/2002 The General Services Administration (GSA) has contracted with WRMA to provide technical and data support for the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) program.
9/16/2002 The Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services (PRS) has awarded a contract to WRMA to evaluate its Title IV-E Adoption Assessment Waiver
8/31/2002 The role of MAXIMUS and WRMA on the State of Louisiana, Office of Community Services, LA KIDS QA/QC contract has been expanded.
8/12/2002 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has exercised their option to extend WRMA's large database analysis task order contract.
8/9/2002 WRMA awarded evaluation contract from Riverside County, California, Department of Public Social Services.
7/31/2002 WRMA has been selected by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to receive an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Task Order contract.
7/15/2002 The Children's Bureau has authorized WRMA to begin its 15th year of work on the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) project.
7/7/2002 The Social Services Block Grant Program Annual Report on Expenditures and Recipients 2000 published
5/21/2002 The County of Los Angeles contracts with WRMA to provide web-based access to community services information.
 
   
   
   
   
   

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