Crystal Collins-Camargo

Biographic Data

ID	7236105
NAME	Crystal Collins-Camargo
GIVEN NAMES	Crystal
FAMILY NAME	Collins-Camargo
SIGNATURE	COLLINS-CAMARGO C
AFFILIATIONS	PhD, MSW, associate dean for research and professor, University of Louisville, KY, USA
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	14
TOTAL CITATIONS	30
AUTHOR COUNT	14
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	4

“The 1619 Project” and Social Work Curriculum
Sharon E Moore, E M Sterrett-Hong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work Education2025
“The 1619 Project,” developed by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones for the New York Times Magazine, examines ways the abolished institution of slavery is implicated in contemporary racial inequities in the U.S., as well as the accomplishments of Black Americans despite layered structural oppression. A school of social work at a Research I university deemed “The 1619 Project” an apt pedagogical tool for preparing social work students, across undergra…
Dimensions of Organizational and Personal Evidence Use by Senior Managers in Private Child Welfare Agencies
Crystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2025Cited by: 1References: 6
Scholars know little about how human service agency leaders use evidence to improve organizational performance. We draw on interviews with 27 private child welfare administrators in six states to examine how senior leaders use evidence, the types of evidence they use, and specific organizational processes established to support evidence use. Results suggest evidence use in private agencies takes diverse forms, including the analysis of internal d…
Organizational complexity within private child welfare agencies in the United States and impact on agency performance outlook
Open AccessMónica Pérez Jolles, Bowen Mcbeath et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022References: 55
A Review of Treatment Decision-Making Models and Factors in Mental Health Practice
Open AccessA Nathan Verbist, Andrew Winters et al.ARTICLEFamilies in Society The Journal…2020
Treatment decision making has been influenced by the evidence-based practice movement, which encourages practitioners to make decisions based upon current research evidence, practice wisdom and ethics, and client values or preferences. This article offers a review of the treatment decision-making literature to identify decision-making drivers based on characteristics of the therapist and client. The narrative review includes surveys, case studies…
Standardized assessment domains as predictors of prescription of trauma-focused treatment for youth in out-of-home care
Open AccessA Nathan Verbist, Andrew M Winters et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020References: 39
Implementation of system-wide change in child welfare and behavioral health
Open AccessAndrew M Winters, Andrew Winters et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 5References: 36
Exploring the university partnership model for child welfare citizen review panels
Open AccessJ Jay Miller, Crystal Collins‐camargo et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017
Successes and challenges in developing trauma-informed child welfare systems
Open AccessBecci A Akin, Jessica Strolin-Goltzman et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 5References: 18
Child Welfare Practice within the Context of Public–Private Partnerships
Crystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLESocial Work2017Cited by: 1References: 4
Frontline and managerial child welfare practice occurs within the context of a "partnership" among public agencies that have statutory mandate for child protection and related services and private agencies that provide an array of services to children and families through contractual or informal means. Empirical literature has begun to develop around key questions within this interorganizational system, including how public and private child welf…
Perceptions of state child welfare administrators regarding federally-mandated citizen review panels
Open AccessCrystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2016Cited by: 2References: 9
Private child and family serving agencies
Open AccessCrystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2014References: 50
Collaboration, competition, and co-opetition
Open AccessAlicia Bunger, Alicia C Bunger et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2014Cited by: 8References: 38
Reflections on citizen–state child welfare partnerships
Open AccessValerie Bryan, Valerie C Bryan et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2010Cited by: 8References: 10
What Do We Know About Strategies for Involving Citizens in Public Child Welfare
Crystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2009
Citizens are increasingly being called upon to participate in public child welfare programs. This participation—through such federally mandated programs as Foster Care Review Boards, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and Citizen Review Panels—can potentially promote authentic community involvement or leave angry agencies and panel members in its wake. These disparate outcomes are dependent upon numerous factors both within the child welfare agen…

What Do We Know About Strategies for Involving Citizens in Public Child Welfare
Crystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2009
Citizens are increasingly being called upon to participate in public child welfare programs. This participation—through such federally mandated programs as Foster Care Review Boards, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and Citizen Review Panels—can potentially promote authentic community involvement or leave angry agencies and panel members in its wake. These disparate outcomes are dependent upon numerous factors both within the child welfare agen…
Reflections on citizen–state child welfare partnerships
Open AccessValerie Bryan, Valerie C Bryan et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2010Cited by: 8References: 10
Private child and family serving agencies
Open AccessCrystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2014References: 50
Collaboration, competition, and co-opetition
Open AccessAlicia Bunger, Alicia C Bunger et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2014Cited by: 8References: 38
Perceptions of state child welfare administrators regarding federally-mandated citizen review panels
Open AccessCrystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2016Cited by: 2References: 9
Exploring the university partnership model for child welfare citizen review panels
Open AccessJ Jay Miller, Crystal Collins‐camargo et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017
Successes and challenges in developing trauma-informed child welfare systems
Open AccessBecci A Akin, Jessica Strolin-Goltzman et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 5References: 18
Child Welfare Practice within the Context of Public–Private Partnerships
Crystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLESocial Work2017Cited by: 1References: 4
Frontline and managerial child welfare practice occurs within the context of a "partnership" among public agencies that have statutory mandate for child protection and related services and private agencies that provide an array of services to children and families through contractual or informal means. Empirical literature has begun to develop around key questions within this interorganizational system, including how public and private child welf…
A Review of Treatment Decision-Making Models and Factors in Mental Health Practice
Open AccessA Nathan Verbist, Andrew Winters et al.ARTICLEFamilies in Society The Journal…2020
Treatment decision making has been influenced by the evidence-based practice movement, which encourages practitioners to make decisions based upon current research evidence, practice wisdom and ethics, and client values or preferences. This article offers a review of the treatment decision-making literature to identify decision-making drivers based on characteristics of the therapist and client. The narrative review includes surveys, case studies…
Standardized assessment domains as predictors of prescription of trauma-focused treatment for youth in out-of-home care
Open AccessA Nathan Verbist, Andrew M Winters et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020References: 39
Implementation of system-wide change in child welfare and behavioral health
Open AccessAndrew M Winters, Andrew Winters et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 5References: 36
Organizational complexity within private child welfare agencies in the United States and impact on agency performance outlook
Open AccessMónica Pérez Jolles, Bowen Mcbeath et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022References: 55
“The 1619 Project” and Social Work Curriculum
Sharon E Moore, E M Sterrett-Hong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work Education2025
“The 1619 Project,” developed by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones for the New York Times Magazine, examines ways the abolished institution of slavery is implicated in contemporary racial inequities in the U.S., as well as the accomplishments of Black Americans despite layered structural oppression. A school of social work at a Research I university deemed “The 1619 Project” an apt pedagogical tool for preparing social work students, across undergra…
Dimensions of Organizational and Personal Evidence Use by Senior Managers in Private Child Welfare Agencies
Crystal Collins‐camargo, Crystal Collins-Camargo et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2025Cited by: 1References: 6
Scholars know little about how human service agency leaders use evidence to improve organizational performance. We draw on interviews with 27 private child welfare administrators in six states to examine how senior leaders use evidence, the types of evidence they use, and specific organizational processes established to support evidence use. Results suggest evidence use in private agencies takes diverse forms, including the analysis of internal d…