Process Management – C!A: Change and Innovation Agency

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.

By Sean Toole, Kelly Harder|May 2023|Categories: Business Process Redesign, Innovation, Measurement, Performance Improvement|Tags: Accountability, Accountability System, Accountable, Accuracy, Administrative Burden, Adoption, Analytics, Andi West, Assessment, Authoritative Data, Automation, Backlog, Batches, Benefits, Bill Bott, Blake Shaw, Bottlenecks, BPR, Broken System, Business Process Redesign, Call Center, Capacity, Capacity Crisis, Case flow, Case management, Case Manager, Caseflow, Caseloads, Caseworker, CCWIS, Change, Change Agent, Change Management, Child Abuse, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Child Protection, Child Welfare, Child welfare agencies, Children and Families, Children in Care, Churn, CIO, City, CMS, Constraint, Continuous Coverage, Continuous Enrollment, Continuous Improvement, County, COVID-19, Customer, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service, CYA, Dashboard, Data, Do Good, Do more good, Documentation, Efficiencies, Efficient, Eligibility life cycle, Eligibility Systems, Eligibility Workers, Employees, Engagement, Enrollment, Extreme Government Makeover, Failure Demand, Family First, Family First Prevention Services Act, FFPSA, First Contact Resolution, Flow, Flow of Work, Foster Care, Foster care licensing, Foster Family, Governing, Government, Healthcare Exchange, Human Services, Human services agencies, Human-Centered Design, Idaho, Improvement, Increase Capacity, Innovate, Innovation, Insights, Investigations, IT, Job satisfaction, Keep Kids Safe, Kelly Harder, Ken Miller, Laura Tibbets, Leader, Leadership, Lean, Leo Ribas, Manage, Management, Manager, Managers, Measures, Measuring for Results, Medicaid, Metrics, Michael Jones, Modernize, No Touch Eligibility, Normal, Normal Operations, Outcomes, Pandemic, Parent Engagement, Passion, Peak Performance, Performance, Performance Management, Permanency, PHE, PHE Unwinding, Pipes, Post-pandemic, Prevention services, Process, Process Improvement, Process Management, Process redesign, Public, Public Assistance, Public Health Emergency, Public Health Emergency unwinding, Public Servant, Public Service, Quality, Radical, Radical Change, Real-time data, Recovery, Redesign process, Redetermination, Remote, Remote Workforce, Removal, Results, Reunification, Rework, Saas, Safety ass, Safety decision, Safety net programs, Safety nets, Same-day Determination, Scorecard, Sean Toole, Service Delivery, Smart process, SNAP, Social safety net, Social Worker shortage, Social workers, Staffing shortage, State, Streamline, Supervise, Supervisor, Supervisors, System, TANF, Technology, Thought Leadership, Thriving Families, Transform, Transformation, Turnover, Unsafe, Unwinding, Virtual Court Hearings, Virtual hearings, Virtual Meetings, Virtual Office, Virtual Workforce, Visibility, We Don't Make Widgets, Widget, Work-life bala, Workers, Workflow, Workforce, Working Remotely, Workload|

A New Promise for CCWIS: Provide Capacity to Do More Good
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A New Promise for CCWIS: Provide Capacity to Do More Good

A New Promise for CCWIS: Provide Capacity to Do More Good

The new promise of CCWIS is to build systems that support and coach and help caseworkers move the work.

By Sean Toole|August 2020|Categories: Business Process Redesign|Tags: Automation, Backlog, Bottlenecks, BPR, Business Process Redesign, Capacity, Capacity Crisis, Case flow, Caseflow, Caseloads, Caseworker, CCWIS, Child Welfare, Children and Families, Constraint, Dashboard, Data, Flow, Flow of Work, Government, Increase Capacity, Insights, IT, Manager, Managers, Outcomes, Process, Process Management, Sean Toole, Smart process, State, Supervisor, System, Technology, Thought Leadership, Visibility, Workflow|

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.