Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

Louisiana Summary

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The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Child Welfare Division (CWD) is a state-operated child welfare system. Louisiana has 64 parishes statewide organized into nine regions. The local parish offices provide child protective service (CPS), family services (FS), foster care (FC), and adoption services. CWD has approximately 1,500 employees including about 640 frontline caseworkers.

Spotlight on Prevention Teams

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Spotlight on Prevention Teams

Louisiana created prevention teams to work with families who need support but may not need further involvement with CPS. Workers describe their new role in this video.

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Louisiana Key Findings

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Background

Louisiana Needs Assessment Summary

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Exploration of Need

Louisiana Intervention Background

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What is job redesign and why was it selected?

Louisiana Theory of Change

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During the needs assessment process, the QIC-WD developed a theory of change in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Through a series of steps and causal links, a theory of change provides a roadmap to address the root causes of an identified workforce problem and describes how and why changes are expected to lead to the desired outcomes.

Louisiana Implementation Overview

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The Implementation Team

Louisiana Evaluation Overview

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The QIC-WD evaluation was conducted with the support of the Louisiana Department of Children and Families to determine if a Job Redesign was effective in improving workforce and child welfare outcomes.

Louisiana Intervention Overview

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The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Child Welfare Division (CWD), in collaboration with the QIC-WD, implemented a frontline job redesign as its intervention. (For more information see Intervention Background.) An implementation team, including QIC-WD representatives, CWD leadership, child welfare staff from all levels of practice, and human resources and civil service representatives undertook development of the job redesign. Development of the intervention was guided by the following principles:

Frontline Job Redesign Louisiana Site Overview

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The Louisiana Child Welfare Division (CWD) of the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is a state-administered child welfare system. In 2016, the Secretary of DCFS separated child welfare from economic security and child support enforcement, creating CWD. CWD is organized into a state office and three regional “super areas” composed of three regions each.

Louisiana Site Intervention Logic Model

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Each QIC-WD site developed a logic model to serve as a visual representation of their selected intervention. All logic models included four main components: inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes. Collectively, these demonstrate the resources and actions required to implement the program, as well as the associated result or changes anticipated through implementation of the program. The hypothesized relationships are represented by the pathways connecting the listed activities and anticipated outcomes. For more information see Site Overview.

The Importance of Communication When Implementing Workforce Changes

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The Importance of Communication When Implementing Workforce Changes

“Communication is the key to success…” Listen to QIC-WD site representatives from Washington, Louisiana, Virginia, and Milwaukee, WI talk about the strategies they used to introduce and support a workforce initiative in their child welfare agency.

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Working from Home and the Office during a Pandemic: The Experience of Louisiana Child Welfare Workers

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Working from Home and the Office during a Pandemic: The Experience of Louisiana Child Welfare Workers
Posted on September 28, 2020

Louisiana caseworkers, like many others, are adjusting to working at home and interacting with families and colleagues differently during the pandemic; in addition they recently participated in a job redesign. Read about their experiences.

The Critical Role of Child Welfare Workers

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The Critical Role of Child Welfare Workers
Posted on September 21, 2020

This short blog post and video highlight the critical role that child welfare workers play on the frontlines; managing threats to their own safety while working to keep children safe.

Perspectives from a Permanency Team

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Perspectives from a Permanency Team
Posted on September 15, 2020

Louisiana’s redesign includes the creation of permanency teams - here are what three permanency team members have to say about their experience with the redesign.