CQIdeas Blog

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 >

All states aim to expedite adoption for children who cannot return home safely, but adoption policies vary considerably from state to state. In this new research brief, we examine whether certain types of state adoption policy are associated with faster rates of adoption.... 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 >

Learn more about the Data Center's Hot Spot tool and how risk-adjustment can help your state target its Continuous Quality Improvement efforts.... Read more >

This new research brief illustrates how reliance on group care placement differs throughout the country and how indiviudal and county characteristics interact to influence a child's likelihood of being placed in a group setting.... Read more >

Our next Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration course will be offered in Chicago, Illinois from November 17-20, 2015. Learn more about the curriculum and download the application materials.... 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 >

In this new research brief we describe how the Data Center used advanced analytics to level the playing field and examine how permanency outcomes differ inside Wisconsin's private foster care provider network.... 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 >

The Data Center’s last CQI webinar reviewed the role evidence plays at each stage of the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle and how understanding the demand for evidence positions a child welfare agency to assess and build its capacity to implement CQI. Download the webinar materials from the CQIdeas blog.... Read more >