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Building knowledge to strengthen the child welfare workforce

Texas Decreased Caseworker Turnover. The QIC-WD is Implementing and Testing Some of Their Strategies and Building Evidence
The QIC-WD is dedicated to building evidence. Foundational work in the early years of the Center included combing the literature from multiple fields (e.g., business, education, industrial-organizational psychology) to inform strategies to strengthen the
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Seeking Public Child Welfare Agencies to Participate in the Child Welfare Workforce Analytics Institute
Staff recruitment, selection, and retention are constant challenges for child welfare agencies. In 2017, the QIC-WD selected eight sites from among many applicants to partner with us for a multi-year, rigorous evaluation to dive deep into their human reso
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Recent Research to Build Knowledge of the Child Welfare Workforce
Child welfare worker turnover is costly and can negatively affect the relationship between families and the child welfare agency.
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Mobile Solution Roll Out Update (November 2019)
Virginia’s mobile solution, COMPASS, allows case carrying child welfare workers and supervisors (known as family service specialists) to capture and manage case notes from the field.
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