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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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 NY Times notes that, though the main goal of implementing Electronic Health Records (EHRs) is to reduce costs and improve efficiency, EHRs actually have the potential to make a greater impact in the field of medical research because of the rich data they contain. For further information: NY Times Article
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Social workers will no longer be required to get a court order before accessing school records of children in foster care.The purpose of this legislation is to improve school outcomes for children in foster care. Social workers will be able to better facilitate the transfer of records from a child’s previous school to his/her current
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This study examined the unique and combined associations of homelessness and school mobility with educational well-being indicators, as well as the mediating effect of absenteeism, for an entire cohort of third-grade students in Philadelphia. Using integrated archival administrative data from the public school district and the municipal Office of Supportive Housing, multilevel linear models were
Abstract: Findings from administrative data for youth age 12 to 17 enrolled in Medicaid This report demonstrates the use of state administrative data to measure adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and to quantify associations between these experiences and behavioral health problems identified during adolescence. The adverse experiences reported include the occurrence of the following in the
Abstract: Graduation and Drop-out Rates for Students Who Were 9th Graders in 2005-2006 High school progress indicators and outcomes are described for a statewide cohort of youth served by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). This report is the first product of a federally funded cross-agency effort (ARRA, 2009) that provided
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