Data

Data Sharing: Courts and Child Welfare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) offers this technical assistance guidance to courts and child welfare agencies to assist and support the creation of automated, bi-directional (two-way) data exchanges between their respective … Read More

State Family Support Network – State Network Snapshots 2017

State Network Snapshots 2017.National Family Support Network. State by State Data2017https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/ec0538_4c6abc21c2e443aa9756d215719bb904.pdf

How States Use Medicaid Managed Care to Deliver Long-Term Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Care Needs: A 50-State Review of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts

How States Use Medicaid Managed Care to Deliver Long-Term Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Care Needs: A 50-State Review of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts.Honsberger, Kate. Holladay, Scott. Kim, Erin. VanLandeghem, Karen.National Academy for State Health Policy.2018https://nashp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MLTSS-and-CYSHCN-Issue-Brief-Final.pdf 50-State … Read More

State-level data for understanding child welfare in the United States

A new comprehensive resource with easy-to-use interactive features compiles critical data on children, youth, and families who had contact with the child welfare system in 2017. This resource highlights state- and national-level data on child maltreatment, foster care, kinship caregiving, and adoption. … Read More

CFSR Round 3 Statewide Data Indicator Series

CFSR Round 3 Statewide Data Indicator Series:  Please see the link below to view 7 fact sheets; one for each indicator.  The series is visually appealing and provides helpful information about each indicator, including the measure description, national standard, what’s changed from Round … Read More

Solving the Data Puzzle – Collecting and Sharing Information Between Child Welfare and Education

For a complete manual and tools about information sharing between child welfare and education, please download Solving the Data Puzzle: A How To Guide Collecting and Sharing Information to Improve Educational Outcomes for Children in Out of-Home Care.

Toolkit on Mapping Legal, Health and Social Services Responses to Child Maltreatment

Toolkit on Mapping Legal, Health and Social Services Responses to Child Maltreatment.Jud, Andreas. Jones, Lisa M. Mikton, Christopher. Finkelhor, David. Kruger, Paul. Et al.World Health Organization. Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Crimes Against Children Research Center.2015 Link to … Read More

Guidelines for Developing Data Sharing Agreements to Use State Administrative Data for Early Care and Education Research

 OPRE Research Brief; 2018-67 Shaw, Sara. Lin, Van-Kim. Maxwell, Kelly. Child Trends. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Child Trends 2018  This resource is intended to provide guidance … Read More

Guidelines for Developing Data Sharing Agreements to Use State Administrative Data for Early Care and Education Research

This resource is intended to provide guidance to early childhood researchers to prepare data sharing agreements related to the use of administrative data from state agencies. A data sharing agreement is a formal document of agreement between two entities that … Read More

Child Maltreatment 2018

This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the United States during federal fiscal year 2018. CLICK HERE