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How Will Your Child Welfare System Stack Up Against the Laws of Gravity
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How Will Your Child Welfare System Stack Up Against the Laws of Gravity

How Will Your Child Welfare System Stack Up Against the Laws of Gravity

Our child welfare systems can feel like we are in a game of Jenga. We are attempting to grow and expand our systems by moving pieces one by one - while stretching our limited capacity. But with each move, the entire system risks collapse, particularly with worker shortages.

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Reducing the Self-Created Workload: Making Room for a Wave of New Customers
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Reducing the Self-Created Workload: Making Room for a Wave of New Customers

Reducing the Self-Created Workload: Making Room for a Wave of New Customers

Human Service Agencies across the country are grappling with a new wave of customers seeking support—many for the first time—due to the COVID-19 health crisis and subsequent economic downturn.

Digging to the Real Root Cause
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Digging to the Real Root Cause

Digging to the Real Root Cause

We can make a difference, if we only stay focused on the root of the problems.

By Bill Bott|April 2020|Categories: Performance Improvement|Tags: Benefits, Bill Bott, Capacity, Case Worker, Child Welfare, Efficiencies, Government, Improvement, Increase Capacity, Medicaid, Passion, SNAP, Social Worker, State|

Process Management – They Speak for Themselves
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Process Management – They Speak for Themselves

Process Management – They Speak for Themselves

There have been many questions from program administrators on process management work at a time when state agency capacities remain stagnant while demand for public assistance continues to increase.