Can Technology Improve Child Welfare Performance Outcomes?

When it comes to performance measures in the child welfare system, the metrics and outcomes for success haven’t changed much over the past two decades. In 1998, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services worked with state and local child welfare agency administrators, advocacy organizations, researchers, and other stakeholders to develop a list of national performance objectives for the child welfare system (Child Welfare Outcomes 2009-2012: Report To Congress). State child welfare agencies are required to report on these measures, as well as other data through two federal child welfare reporting systems – the National Child Abuse . . .