Modernization Is Desperately Needed … But It’s Not Enough
While new technology can help us with everything from tracking work to enhancing our safety models, by itself it’s not enough.
We Don’t Need Another Hero: Improve Capacity to Save Supervisors
Child welfare supervisors have an incredibly difficult job. One that is made even more complex by the broad role they play.
Child Welfare’s Pipe Problem: How Relieving the Pressure Can Ignite the Workforce’s Ability to Do Its Job
Child welfare has a pipe problem. Our pipes can't handle this much pressure... But there's another way, a way to relive the pressure and unleash the amazing internal motivation of our people ... and it starts with fixing the plumbing.
Child Welfare is Facing a Capacity Crisis
Helping Leaders Tackle the Child Welfare Capacity Crisis
When Technology Is Not the Solution
Despite years of investments worth billions of dollars, government has not seen the kind of radical results it expected from technology. A key reason why: States and localities first need to fix their capacity problem.
Child Welfare Capacity Crisis
As we work with child welfare agencies across the country to help tackle the capacity crisis, here's a glimpse of what we're learning.
A Capacity Crisis Risks Implementation of Family First
Only by addressing the capacity crisis up front, before changing practice, can the goals of Family First be achieved. At Change...
The Fen-Phen Phenomenon is Killing Our Children
We all agree child welfare in our world is not as healthy as we would like it to be. No one wants to see vulnerable children at risk, but it seems like every attempt to get healthier isn’t working, and we are all clinging to the hope that the next thing we try will be the real deal.
Adaptive Leadership: Streamlining Processes Before Automation
Before you automate, consider these simple steps to speed up how your work gets done.
Never Get Behind Again: Old Thinking Through a New Lens
Break free of backlog by focusing on one-day timeliness.