Category: Principles of Longitudinal Analysis

Chapin Hall and the Center for State Child Welfare Data are pleased to offer Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration from June 17-19, 2019 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Due to popular demand, we have designed this particular iteration of the course specifically for members of the Illinois child welfare community. The class is designed expressly to help public and private agency managers build skills in using administrative data to make informed policy and practice decisions and improve outcomes for the children and families in their care. Who should take Advanced Analytics? This course is designed for public and private agency child welfare managers who work directly with information resources and who are in a position to influence the use of information in their organization. The course is targeted specifically to those in leadership positions who are empowered to facilitate best practices in measurement and evidence-based decision making within their child welfare agencies. Advanced Analytics is… Read more >

Chapin Hall and the Center for State Child Welfare Data are pleased to offer Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration from November 13-15, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.... Read more >

In a recent webinar, Data Center researchers discussed their work with private child welfare agencies to build capacity for evidence-based decision-making. Presenters gave examples of previously implemented tools and techniques, covering performance measurement, implementing theoretically sound interventions, and education and training.... Read more >

Watch our recent webinar on how to use the FCDA web tool to measure and manage the use of congregate care. Download the slides and get connected to related resources.... Read more >

This past March, private foster care providers attended the Data Center's Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration Course. Hear what they had to say about the experience...... Read more >

Since 2009, the Data Center the Northern California Training Academy have been working together to provide training opportunities to child welfare practitioners. We virtually sat down with the Academy’s director, Susan Brooks, to learn more about how this work has boosted skills and improved practice in the region. ... Read more >

On November 17-20, The Center for State Child Welfare Data held its 14th national Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration course in Chicago. Read a recap of the week's events and hear what students had to say.... Read more >

Read what former students have to say about the course, learn more about the curriculum, and stay up to date on our next class scheduled for November 2015.... Read more >

The Data Center recently collaborated with our longtime partners at U.C. Berkeley and CDSS’s Northern California Training Academy to produce a series of educational videos on best practices for measurement throughout the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle of CQI.... Read more >

In 2013, the Data Center collaborated on a project examining patterns of healthcare needs and Medicaid expenditures for children in foster care in New York State. Read more about the findings and their implications for the state's transition from a fee-for-service health care system to managed care. ... Read more >