for Organizational Improvement
A service of the Children's Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Services
Child Welfare Matters is our periodic publication that provides information on critical organizational improvement strategies. Issues include an overview of the strategy, examples from child welfare agencies, resources and a quality improvement column.
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Child Welfare Matters
Implementing Change at the Local Level: Strategies for Success (Fall/Winter 2008)
Create the Local Structure • Support the Local Structure • Focus on Desired Practice • 10 Steps Agencies Can Take To Implement Change at the Local Level • Training System News • QI Corner • Resources from the Network
Systemic Reform: Using the System of Care Approach (Spring/Summer 2008)
Primer Hands On - Child Welfare • Why Systems of Care • Systems of Care Resources for Child Welfare • Child Welfare Perspectives on Systems of Care • Steps to Building Systems of Care
Strengthening Child Welfare Supervision
(Fall 2007)
Interview with Four Supervisors • Lessons Learned on Supervision from the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) • How Agencies Can Strengthen Supervision • Help from the National Resource Centers • Lessons Learned about Structured Clinical Supervision • Training System News
Child and Family
Services Review: The Second Round (Spring 2007)
Interview with Jerry Milner • Help from the National Resource
Centers • Resources • Using data in Kentucky •
QI Corner
Innovations
in Training (Fall 2006)
Child Welfare Training System Symposium: A Beginning •
Creating an Effective Training System • Pennsylvania’s Child
Welfare Training System • Enhancing Supervision • County Human
Service Director Training • In the Field: NRCOI Curriculum Review
Panels • Youth as Trainers
Coping with
Disasters: Tips for Child Welfare Agencies (Spring 2006)
From the Field: A Colorado County Director’s Perspective
• Coordinating Emergency Management • Tips and Resources
• Supporting Child Welfare Workers • QI Corner
Additional resources on secondary trauma:
Stakeholder
Involvement in Child Welfare (Fall 2005)
Community Partnerships in Iowa •
Collaboration in Arizona • State-Tribal
Partnerships • Resources from NRCOI
• QI Corner: The Critical Role of Stakeholders in Continuous
Quality Improvement
Coordinated
Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA)
(Spring 2005)
Successful Assistance for Agencies • The Children’s Bureau
T/TA Network •
Using Consultants • QI corner
Managing Care (1997
to 2004)
Implementing Program Improvement Plans
(Winter 2004)
Vermont • Oklahoma • Resources • QI Corner
Effective Strategies
for Leaders: Interviews with Departing Directors (Spring/Summer,
2003)
Recommended Reading • Resources • Agency Inventory and Assessment
Tool • QA Corner
Interagency Collaboration
in Rural Areas (Winter, 2003)
Collaborative Efforts to Increase Services: Hale County, Alabama •
Checklist for Strategic Planning for Child Welfare Agencies • Cross
System Collaboration: Child Welfare and Mental Health in Utah •
Resources for Collaboration • QA Corner
Strategic Planning
for Child Welfare Agencies (Spring. 2002)
The Nebraska Family Portrait: Making a Difference for Children and Families
• How Program Improvement Plans Can Build on the Title IV-B Child
and Family Services Planning Process • Checklist for Strategic Planning
for Child Welfare Agencies• Technical Assistance on Strategic Planning
from the Resource Center and Other Resources
New Domestic Violence
Guidelines for Public Child Welfare Agencies (Fall 2001)
Technical Assistance Available to Address Domestic Violence Issues •
Resources • Practice Exchange: Supervisors Using Outcome Data
Supervisors as
Managers: Understanding and Using Outcome Data (Spring 2001)
Practice Forum: Experience from the pilot sites • Resources
New Child and Family
Reviews ( Winter 2001)
Comments from Jerry Milner • Resources • More Tips on Preparing
for the Reviews • The Annual Report: More National Outcome Data
Using Data for Decision
Making (Summer 2000)
Using Outcomes Data in Decision Making • Practice Forum: Improving
Performance with Outcomes Data • Update: Section 426 Training Grants
• Information Technology Assistance • Resources and More
Rate Setting:
Innovations in Paying for Out-of-Home Care ( Fall 1999)
Case Rates: Incentives for Achieving Outcomes • Performance-based
Contracting for Out-of-Home Care • IV-E Waiver Demonstration Projects
• Resources and More
Utilization Management
in Child Welfare Managed Care (Summer 1999)
Providing Quality Services, Controlling Costs • Practice Forum:
More Strategies for Effective Utilization Management • Resources
and More
Quality Assurance
in Child Welfare ( Winter 1999)
Quality Assurance Strategies • Practice Forum • Update
on Federal Reviews • Resources and More
Outcome-based Management
and Measurement in Child Welfare (Spring 1998)
Concepts, Terms and Applications • Practice Forum • Federal
Outcome-based Reviews • Resources and More
Collaborative Approaches
to Financing Comprehensive Services (Winter 1998)
Redeploying Funds • Practice Forum • Resources and
More • Child Welfare Waiver Update
Managed Care: New
Partnerships for Child Welfare (Fall 1997)
New Partnerships • Practice Forum • Child Welfare Waivers
