This introduction provides several examples of how Data Portal measures can be used to obtain vital information about children and families in the child welfare system.
Partners for Our Children. (2013, Spring). Exploring...
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Improving Child Welfare Policy and PracticesAs part of the University of Washington's School of Social Work, Partners for Our Children works with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services in a public-private partnership to discover, develop, and deploy innovative solutions to improve outcomes for children and families in our state.
Data Portal
A New Source for Information on the Washington State Child Welfare System
The Washington State Child Well-Being Data Portal is a new webtool available through the Partners for Our Children website that provides information about the children and families who interact with the Washington State child welfare system. The Data Portal provides data on three of the principal components of the child welfare system: Investigations and Assessments, In-Home Services, and Out-of-Home Care.
See Exploring Child Welfare with The Washington State Child Well-Being Data Portal for an introduction and several examples on how Data Portal measures can be used to obtain vital information about children and families in the child welfare system.
Publications
The Child Well-Being Data Portal displays trend data as both counts and rates. Counts are absolute numbers that do not account for changes in population. Rates permit population-sensitive: 1) comparisons between groups and 2) comparisons over...
News
March 15, 2013
The Society for Research in Child Development's Biennial Meeting will be here in Seattle from April 18-20. POC's own J. Mark Eddy, Maureen Marcenko, and Susan Barkan will be among the presenters.
Dr. Marcenko's presentation on The Context of Child Welfare...
February 13, 2013
Partners for Our Children is pleased to announce the release of Version 1.0 of the Washington State Child Well-Being Data Portal.
With the release of the Data Portal, a collaboration with the Department of Social and...
May 16, 2012
POC is proud to announce Laurie Lippold as Director of Public Policy. Laurie is a longtime advocate for children in the state, working for nearly two decades with organizations that address foster care, child welfare and children’s health.
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