CQIdeas Blog

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, the University of Chicago’s Departments of Medicine & Public Health Sciences, and the Center for State Child Welfare Data at Chapin Hall are field-testing computerized adaptive mental health tests (CAT-MH™) to diagnose and report on the mental health of young people in the child welfare system. ... Read more >

The latest study from Data Center researchers - conducted in collaboration with the Annie E. Casey Foundation - explores how child characteristics, placement history, and county characteristics influence the likelihood of adolescents exiting to permanency or non-permanency.... Read more >

Learn how the Major Outcomes Report can support states and counties to identify opportunities for improvement and fuel the CQI process.... Read more >

The Data Center’s longstanding performance-based contracting (PBC) work with Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services (DCS) was recently profiled in the American Public Human Services Association’s Guide to Data Management, Privacy & Confidentiality, and Predictive Analytics. ... Read more >

This past year, a select group of county child welfare managers from around the state of California convened at U.C. Davis to participate in a five-part CQI practicum focused on reentry to foster care. The purpose of this cohort-based, long term seminar was to support county leaders in using evidence to build and execute CQI plans aimed at reducing reentry.... Read more >

Chapin Hall and the Center for State Child Welfare Data are pleased to offer Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration from November 15-17, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.... Read more >

Applications for our Advanced Analytics for Illinois course can now be submitted through our online application form. Applications for the Chicago class are due on or before March 1 by 5 PM CT. Applications for the Champaign class are due on or before April 21 by 5 PM CT.... Read more >

Read our newest report spotlight on how Necco, a private child, youth, and family-serving agency, engaged with Data Center researchers to convert its administrative data resources into research evidence. Learn how this partnership helped Necco build knowledge about its performance and develop organizational capacity for continuous quality improvement (CQI).... Read more >

Did you know that you can use the FCDA webtool to make observations about the rate of reentry to foster care and how it varies throughout your state? Our latest Webtool Recipe explains how to use the FCDA webtool and Excel Pivot Tables to answer key questions about the likelihood of reentering foster care. ... Read more >

The Center for State Child Welfare Data latest research suggests that representing foster care outcomes using a multivariate linear model may fall short of capturing the complex dynamics that shape what happens to children, when, and why. ... Read more >