barbara needell, msw, phd center for social services research
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Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts Children’s Roundtable Summit November 21, 2009 Making Data Informed Decisions (Ramblings from the Left Coast). Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Center for Social Services Research University of California at Berkeley - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts
Children’s Roundtable SummitNovember 21, 2009
Making Data Informed Decisions(Ramblings from the Left Coast)
Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Center for Social Services Research
University of California at Berkeley
The Performance Indicators Project is a collaboration of the California Department of Social Services and the University of California at Berkeley,
and is supported by the California Department of Social Services and the Stuart Foundation
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
counterbalancedindicators of system
performance
permanencythrough reunification,
adoption, orguardianship
lengthof stay
stability stability of careof care
rate of referrals/substantiated referrals
home-based services vs.
out of home care
positive attachments to family, friends, and neighbors
use of leastrestrictive
form of care
Source: Usher, C.L., Wildfire, J.B., Gogan, H.C. & Brown, E.L. (2002). Measuring Outcomes in Child Welfare. Chapel Hill: Jordan Institute for Families,
reentry to care
tracking child welfare outcomes
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
pointin time
exit cohorts
entry cohorts
data
three data views
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
the view matters…How long do children stay in foster care?
January 1, 2008 December 31, 2008July 1, 2008
Source: Aron Shlonsky, University of Toronto (formerly at CSSR)
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
The California Experience
• University/Agency collaboration• Publicly available reports since 1994, online since 2000• Nationally mandated measures (CFSR)• State mandated measures (California Outcomes and Accountability
System—AB636 law since 2001)• Enhancements and additional measures• Dynamic, user defined drill down and breakout functionality• All tables refreshed quarterly• Data over time, for California and each of the 58 counties• Presentations, tools, etc.
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
public data:putting it all out there
pros: greater performance accountability community awareness and involvement, encourages public-private
partnerships ability to track improvement over time, identify areas where programmatic
adjustments are needed County/County, County/State and Agency/Court collaboration
cons:o potential for misuse, misinterpretation, and misrepresentation o available to those with agendas or looking to create a sensational headlineo misunderstood data can lead to the wrong policy decisionso “Torture numbers, and they’ll confess to anything”
Gregg Easterbrook
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
how’s it working for us?• Publicly available data for child welfare has
become business as usual• State, county, courts and UCB are able to respond
quickly and thoroughly to data abuse/number torturing
• Child Welfare Council formed in 2006 (AB2216) chaired by HHS Secretary Kim Belshe and Justice Carlos Moreno
• Most outcome measures are improving over time
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
Child Welfare County Data Profiles: Court Data Reports
- AOC has contributed to state (CDSS) funding for this work
- Customized excel reports for judges designed by AOC and CSSR staff
- Data restricted to court dependent children when possible
- County/State and County side by side table and graph comparisons - % change between timeframes
- Presents data from child welfare and court sources (filings)
- Provides links to source reports on CWS/CMS reports website to allow users to further explore data
CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley
CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/UCB_CHILDWELFARENeedell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Glasser, T., Williams, D., Zimmerman, K., Simon, V., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Frerer, K., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Winn, A., Lou, C., & Peng, C. (2009). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved July 1, 2009, from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL: <http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare>
Barbara [email protected]
510 290 6334
Presentation Developed by Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Christine Wei-Mien Lou