Blogs

Building knowledge to strengthen the child welfare workforce

Introduction to Data Dictionaries
This blog post describes how data dictionaries can position child welfare agencies to leverage their human resources data for workforce development.
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Introduction to Workforce Metrics
This blog post describes two primary workforce outcomes—performance and retention—and how agencies can use workforce metrics to measure them.
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Milwaukee Progress Update - Identifying Barriers & Working through Solutions
The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services (DMCPS) is testing a model to amplify the staff’s collective voice to create solutions to agency challenges which then can feed into changing the organizational culture.
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Perspectives on Multi-Intervention, Multi-Design Evaluation for the Child Welfare Workforce
Multi-site, multi-intervention, multi-design evaluations are complicated. This post summarizes key evaluation challenges and the QIC-WD's solutions to addressing complex issues inherent in child welfare workforce research.
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