The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), together with the Research and Data Analysis Division (RDA), has released a report titled Achieving Successful Community Re-Entry upon Release from Prison. The study examines a population of 12,202 ex-offenders released from a Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) facility in State Fiscal Year (SYF) […]
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The UNC June 2013 newsletter identifies AISP as a key leader in regards to the capabilities of integrated data systems. Both the Institute for Social Capital, Inc. (ISC), an organization associated with UNC, and AISP recognize that partnerships between stakeholder groups of integrated data systems are crucial in obtaining actionable intelligence outcomes that permit policy
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The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) with participation from the Research and Data Analysis Division (RDA) has released a report titled Impact of Homelessness on Youth Recently Released from Juvenile Rehabilitation Facilities. The population for this report consists of 962 youth offenders released from a JR institution in 2010 and 2011.
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A new study, Foster Youth Transitions, released by the Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC), in conjunction with the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Social Science Research (CSSR), with funding from the Stuart Foundation, examines the educational outcomes of foster youth in comparison to peers from similar disadvantaged backgrounds. Foster youth often experience instability and
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Abstract: Between April 2012 and August 2012, DSHS surveyed 1,371 foster parents who had a child in care on February 13, 2012 or May 15, 2012. These foster parents were asked about their satisfaction with support and training provided by Children’s Administration and private agencies contracted by the Administration to provide services to foster parents.
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The following is an excerpt from the article. You can access the full version here: Homeless Students CQ Researcher In a first-of-its-kind study, published in 2012, the University of Pennsylvania’s Fantuzzo and colleagues began with all of the third-graders in the Philadelphia school district in 2005- 2006, a very large population compared to earlier studies. 21
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You can access these papers here: http://www.bls.gov/osmr/fcsm_related.htm.
Allegheny County’s integrated data system, located within their Department of Human Services, was recently featured in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The Gazette praised the system for its close attention to privacy, which was recently also lauded in a federal report. To read the entire article click here.
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The NY Times recently covered NYC’s Office of Policy and Strategic Planning to describe how they’re able to use public administrative data to address important issues that plague the city. Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/nyregion/mayor-bloombergs-geek-squad.html?emc=eta1
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The FCSM recently released their Data Quality Assessment Tool for administrative data. It can be found by following the below link: http://www.bls.gov/osmr/datatool.pdf Additionally, they also released a paper on the successes of administrative data use for research. It can be found by following the below link: http://www.bls.gov/osmr/fcsm.pdf
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report entitled “Sustained and Coordinated Efforts Could Facilitate Data Sharing While Protecting Privacy.” This report affirms that when different agencies share data, not only are administrative policies improved, services for individual clients are improved as well. Building on this, GAO looked at the different issues
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In 1999, Allegheny County became the first county in Pennsylvania to implement Family Group Decision Making (FGDM), an intervention designed to improve safety and permanency for maltreated children. FGDM involves bringing a family’s natural support system to the table with the formal child welfare system when making critical decisions, including placement decisions. In 2011, with
This report examines how recent policy changes have impacted caseload trends and measures of well-being among individuals enrolled in the Medical Care Services (MCS) program who were eligible for the Disability Lifeline (DL) program in October 2011, prior to its elimination. We compare the experiences of a cohort of individuals enrolled in MCS/DL in October
The Housing and Essential Needs (HEN) program was implemented in November 2011 and was one of three programs to replace the Disability Lifeline (DL) cash assistance program. To evaluate the impact of HEN over a six-month follow-up period, we compared outcomes for those who received HEN services to two statistically well-matched comparison groups who had
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January 2013–David Bornstein’s NY Times Opinionator piece argues that there are more than two ways to approach the federal budget deficit. While Republicans focus on cutting programs and Democrats focus on raising taxes, Bornstein points out that a third option exists–utilizing evidence-based research in order to determine which government programs are working and which should
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