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| Title | Content | Categories | Type | Year |
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| 9 Proven Strategies to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Your Workplace | This article lists 9 ways to improve DEIB within your workplace. | Advancing Racial Equity, Change Implementation, Continuous Quality Improvement, Cultural Responsiveness, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Climate, Recruitment, Recruitment and Selection, System Reform, Workforce Development Planning | Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| Family First Toolkit Part 3: Evaluating & Improving Quality | The tools in this kit align with the second phase of Family First Implementation: evaluating and improving quality. These tools … | Change Implementation, Continuous Quality Improvement, Data-Driven Decision Making, Evidence-Based Practice, Family-Centered Practice, Policy Impact, Practice Supports, Prevention/Early Intervention, System Reform | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2022 |
| QIC-WD Three Keys to Implementation | According to QIC-WD sites the keys to good implementation are to slow down, gain buy-in, and build a strong implementation … | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Continuous Quality Improvement, Workforce Development Planning | Video | |
| Connecting HR and Child Welfare Data | Child welfare and human resources (HR) data need to be connected to answer important workforce questions. This video highlights some … | Change Implementation, Continuous Quality Improvement, Data-Driven Decision Making, Retention, Turnover, Work Conditions and Benefits | Video | |
| Organizational Change in Action | The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services worked with the QIC-WD to address organizational culture and climate. This video highlights … | Continuous Quality Improvement, Organizational Culture and Climate, Vision, Mission, and Values, Work Conditions and Benefits | Video | |
| Leadership Academy Evaluation Guide | This guide provides an overview of evaluation activities and resources that a state, county, tribal, or private child welfare agency … | Change Implementation, Continuous Quality Improvement, Data-Driven Decision Making, Leadership, Workforce Development Planning | NCWWI-Product, Tool/Guide/Manual | 2022 |
| Advancing Equity and Inclusion Through the Child and Family Services Reviews | This document provides guidelines and suggestions for how to integrate a focus on equity and inclusion into the stages and … | Advancing Racial Equity, Change Implementation, Continuous Quality Improvement, Data-Driven Decision Making, Disproportionality & Disparities, Inclusivity/Racial Equity | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2022 |
| Evaluation Plan Development Tip Sheet | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services designed this tip sheet to assist child welfare professionals in developing strong … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Using Child Welfare Administrative Data in the Permanency Innovations Initiative Evaluation | This brief discusses the use of administrative data in the Permanency Innovations Initiative (PII) evaluation. The brief begins by defining … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Overview/Summary | 2016 |
| What’s the Difference? Constructing Meaningful Comparison Groups | This video explains why it is important to use comparison groups to identify problems and understand whether practices and programs … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| Who Cares about Data Sharing: Making the Case to the Courts | This video discusses the importance of courts and child welfare agencies utilizing practical performance measurement and data sharing to avoid … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| Working Together: The Paloma-Welleseley Guide to Participatory Program Evaluation | This guide provides a framework and process that support a participatory evaluation from beginning to end. The information and data … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2010 |
| On Equal Footing: The Importance of Baseline Equivalence in Measuring Program Effectiveness | This brief explains the role of baseline equivalence when measuring a home visiting program’s effectiveness, how to measure similarity of … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Overview/Summary | 2014 |
| Permanency Planning Today – CQI | This issue of Permanency Planning Today provides basic foundational information on evidence-based practice and points the readership toward resources and … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Overview/Summary | 2014 |
| Policy Matters: Setting and Measuring Benchmarks for State Policies | This paper puts forth an approach to setting benchmarks for a state policy agenda to encourage stronger family relationships. The … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Report/Paper | 2009 |
| Quality Assurance Review of the Division of Children, Youth and Families: New Hampshire Department of Children, Youth and Families | This report examines how well laws, policies, and practices protect children who come to the attention of the New Hampshire’s … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Report/Paper | 2016 |
| Quality Assurance Review of the Division of Children, Youth and Families: New Hampshire Department of Children, Youth and Families | This report examines how well laws, policies, and practices protect children who come to the attention of the New Hampshire’s … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Report/Paper | 2016 |
| Quality Service Review: Protocol for Review of Current Status of Children & Families & the Performance of Key System Functions (Tennessee) | This document is designed for use in a case-based Quality Service Review (QSR) process and is used for conducting a … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2011 |
| Success Beyond 18: Re-Examining the Foster Care Review Process: Extended Foster Care as a Catalyst for Improved Practices and Better Outcomes | This paper focuses on the role of courts in establishing case oversight and review processes that include youth in developmentally … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Report/Paper | 2013 |
| The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW): Implications for Child Welfare Evaluations | This video illustrates ways that the NSCAW- which provides nationally representative, longitudinal data on children and families that have been … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| The Quality Services Review Process | This training course provides an overview of the Quality Service Review (QSR) process, the QSR Protocol, and the responsibilities of … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Curricula/Training Material | 2016 |
| Monitoring Child Welfare Programs – Performance Improvement in a CQI Context | This paper describes a continuous quality improvement (CQI) process in which the central elements are outcomes, baseline data, goal-setting, a … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Report/Paper | 2007 |
| In Pursuit of Better Outcomes – Putting CQI in North Carolina’s Child Welfare Toolbox | This issue of Training Matters provides an overview of the state’s system of CQI, REAP (Reaching for Accountability and Excellence … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Overview/Summary | 2012 |
| Lessons from the Field: Assessing and Improving CQI Systems in Child Welfare | This issue of Child Welfare Matters profiles a CQI assessment approach the NRCOI designed and implemented in partnership with State … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Overview/Summary | 2014 |
| Logic Model Builder | This webpage helps users create logic models for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention/Family Support and Postadoption Services Programs, guiding the … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Measurement Matters: How Should My Program Measure Changes in Child Well-Being? | This video presents guidance about issues to consider when attempting to measure changes in well-being outcomes for children and families … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| Measuring Child Welfare Outcomes: A Compendium of Standardized Instruments | This document serves as a compendium of common child-, caregiver-, family-, and organization-level instruments that have been used by discretionary … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
| Child Welfare Information Gateway: Qualitative Case Review | This webpage contains resources describing the general process of qualitative case review and includes State and local examples that describe … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Reference/Resource List | 2019 |
| Child Welfare Outcomes 2010-2013 Report to Congress | This report to Congress provides information on the performance of states in seven outcome categories and also includes data on … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Report/Paper | 2016 |
| Collaborative & Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities: The Roles and Voices of Key Stakeholders | This video describes the roles of key stakeholders to create a new narrative for evaluation in Tribal communities and reflects … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| Continuous Quality Improvement: FRIENDS Online Learning Center Course | This training builds on the basics about Continuous Quality Improvement and what agencies and staff are doing towards creating a … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Curricula/Training Material, eLearning Module | 2009 |
| Cost Analysis in Program Evaluation | This two part video discusses how cost analysis can be a helpful when performing program evaluation, and reviews steps in … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| Counting is Not enough: Investing in Quality Service Reviews | This report examines the practices of more than 20 jurisdictions, gathers insight from national experts and presents recommendations for improving … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Report/Paper | 2011 |
| Creating a New Narrative: Collaborative and Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities | This video describes historical experiences of intrusive research and judgmental evaluations that have caused harm to many American Indian and … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) E-Training Platform | This online training is designed to provide state review teams, partners, and stakeholders with information relevant to the onsite reviews … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Curricula/Training Material | 2016 |
| Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Round 3 Resources | This webpage offers the resources on Round 3 of the CFSRs for states participating in the process. | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2016 |
| A Guide to Build Capacity for Child Welfare Using the CQI Process | This report discusses guidelines for increasing the capacity of child welfare agencies through the use of their continuous CQI systems. … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2014 |
| Building Evaluation Capacity: Collecting & Using Data in Cross-project Evaluations (Guide II) | These guides addresses data collection, reporting, and use, examining ways to build data-collection capacity among projects; rationales, sources, and measures … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2008 |
| Casework and Evaluation: Learning From My Success Story | This video features a caseworker who explains the unexpected role that evaluation played in delivering the services and supports that … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Video | 2014 |
| 10 Practices: A Child Welfare Leader’s Desk Guide to Building a High-Performing Agency | This two-part guide presents (1) targeted information on 10 practices, including 10 outcomes and 15 measures that are arguably the … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
| Findings and Resources from an Evaluation of Training and Technical Assistance | This webpage summarizes a five year evaluation of two groups of Training and Technical Assistance providers –regional Child Welfare Implementation … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Website | 2015 |
| Learning from Practice: Evaluation and Improvement Science Syllabus | This guide focuses on the development and use of the program logic model, and provides an orientation to the underlying … | Continuous Quality Improvement | Curricula/Training Material | 2015 |