In order to provide specialists and families with regular feedback on client change, to enhance the clinical decision-making skills of family specialists, and to provide target groups with information related to program effectiveness, a 12-week plan to improve outcome measures and evaluation protocol in a preservation and reunification program was proposed and executed. The plan included: (1) the selection of comprehensive, relevant instruments; (2) in-service staff training in the use of these instruments; (3) the revision of program documents; and (4) the development of a volunteer role to accommodate the proper collection and dissemination of outcome data. Based on analysis of data from a specialist questionnaire and client files, it was concluded that changes to program evaluation practices were small but promising. The findings suggest that family specialists are more familiar and satisfied with program instruments and the outcome data package. The consistent collection of clinical and research data continues to present a challenge, with competing work demands and the failure of staff to view evaluation as a priority undertaking as primary obstacles. Future evaluation endeavors must therefore include the reallocation of program resources, and program support for--and recognition of--the evaluator role. Ten appendices present instruments and documents used in the program. Contains 45 references. (TS)