Modernization Is Desperately Needed … But It’s Not Enough
Most of our child welfare agencies are working hard to modernize their Child Welfare Information Systems (CWIS) in an effort to give our workforce the most advanced tools available. There have been tremendous leaps in mobility, data mining, artificial intelligence, and...
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. It is exacerbated by a system that requires them to constantly invent, adjust, and react to changing staff, cases, and endless policy and...
Child Welfare’s Pipe Problem: How Relieving the Pressure Can Ignite the Workforce’s Ability to Do Its Job
For several years now, I have been fortunate to work with a phenomenal group of public servants dedicating this portion of their professional lives to the noble work of child welfare. What they’ve taught me is that, nationally, we are living in crisis. In an area...
