Resourceful Partners & Organizations

AISP Q&A with Martin Love, CEO of North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN)

Administrative Data, IDS, IDS Uses, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

Questions for Martin Love, CEO of North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN), a not-for-profit health information exchange partnered w/the Humboldt County DHHS-SS and Humboldt Housing and Homeless Coalition working to reduce emergency department utilization by a utilizer population. Background on North Coast Health Improvement and Information Network (NCHIIN): NCHIIN is a California non-profit […]

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Camden Coalition: Sharing data across sectors for better complex care

Administrative Data, AISP Network, Developing Sites, IDS, IDS Uses, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Policy Innovation / Tian McPherson

Camden Coalition: As we launch our national center, we are working to convene experts in complex care— caring for patients with complex health and social needs— across the country, and to elevate cross-sector collaborations that already exist. One national collaboration that we are a part of is All In: Data for Community Health (All In),

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J-PAL North America launches health care delivery innovation competition

Administrative Data, Developing Sites, IDS, IDS Uses, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America has launched a new Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition that will support U.S. federal, state, and local health agencies and other health care organizations in developing compelling and reliable evidence of the impact of innovative programs. The J-PAL Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition will support visionary health

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Protecting and enhancing the role of evidence: Interview with Kathy Stack of LJAF

Evidence-based Policy, Evidence-based services, Federal Regulations, Government Agencies, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Policy Innovation / Tian McPherson

What works: A new emphasis on evidence in the US Kathy Stack retired from federal service last year after 34 years (prior to OMB, she served for six years at the Department for Education). Not for her, though, the sunlit uplands of retirement. Instead, she headed for the Laura and John Arnold Foundation – a

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Forum FYI Webinar Series: Preventing Problems Before They Start: Introducing the Role of Prevention Science in Proven Programs

Administrative Data, Best Practices, Research, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources / Tian McPherson

Register now for the first webinar Title: Preventing Problems Before They Start: Introducing the Role of Prevention Science in Proven Programs Time and date: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET, Thursday, April 28 Description: How can science help you solve tomorrow’s problems for youth today? Learn how the benefits of prevention science and research science

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Dennis Culhane and John Fantuzzo Awarded $1.9M for AISP and IDS Research

Administrative Data, AISP Network, News, Research, Resourceful Partners & Organizations / Tian McPherson

Two grants, totaling nearly $2 million, have been awarded to University of Pennsylvania professors Dennis Culhane and John Fantuzzo, enabling the continued development and expanded use of Integrated Data Systems, or IDS, for evidence-based policymaking through the Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, or AISP, initiative. IDS link existing administrative data across multiple agencies and community

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DQC National Summit: April 26 – Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students

Administrative Data, Best Practices, Conferences, Evidence-based Policy, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

The Data Quality Campaign will host a national summit, “Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students,” on Tuesday, April 26, in Washington, DC. Meeting our nation’s education goals is impossible without empowering those closest to students with the data they need to make decisions. At this summit, DQC will unveil a bold new vision

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J-PAL Creates Resources on How to Obtain and Use Nonpublic Administrative Data

Administrative Data, Best Practices, Evidence-based Policy, Evidence-based services, Research, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources / Tian McPherson

“Administrative data are information collected, used, and stored primarily for administrative (i.e., operational), rather than research, purposes. These data can be an excellent source of information for use in research and impact evaluation.” “J-PAL North America has developed a guide that provides practical guidance on how to obtain and use nonpublic administrative data for a

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AISP Q&A with Christopher Kelleher of Pay for Prevention at OHSU’s Center for Evidence-based Policy

Administrative Data, Developing Sites, IDS, Resourceful Partners & Organizations / Tian McPherson

Christopher Kelleher, from OHSU’s Center for Evidence-based Policy, discusses Pay for Prevention Program Q1. How did the Pay for Prevention program start? CK Response: In 2009, Congressman Earl Blumenauer and former Governor John Kitzhaber initiated an effort, subsequently titled Pay for Prevention, to answer two questions: (A) How can Oregon harness high-quality evidence and data

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The promise of integrated data systems for social policy reform: A Q&A with Dennis Culhane and John Fantuzzo

Administrative Data, AISP Network, Best Practices, IDS, News, Resourceful Partners & Organizations / Tian McPherson

Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP) is an initiative funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, with the purpose of improving the quality of education, and health and human service agencies’ policies and practices through the use of integrated data systems. AISP aims to build a nationwide professional network of data expertise

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WDQC’s Infographic Explaining WIOA Data

Administrative Data, Federal Regulations, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources / Tian McPherson

The Workforce Data Quality Campaign (WDQC) released an infographic about the flow of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) data, entitled “How WIOA Performance Data Works.” Each of WIOA’s four titles authorizes different job training programs intended to upskill the U.S. workforce and align labor market supply and demand. A key feature of WIOA is

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LJAF Request for Proposals: Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trials to Drive Effective Social Spending

Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) today announced additional funding for low- or modest-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as part of its effort to expand the evidence base for “what works” in U.S. social spending. LJAF has committed to funding all proposals for RCTs of $100,000 to $300,000 that receive high ratings from its

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UW-Madison to open Federal Statistical Research Data Center

Administrative Data, Developing Sites, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Resources, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

Interdisciplinary research with the potential to inform policymaking will receive a huge boost Sept. 21 with the dedication of a new University of Wisconsin-Madison Federal Statistical Research Data Center, or FSRDC, on the UW campus. The data enclave, the only such facility in the state, is a branch location of an existing FSRDC at the

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Camden ARISE studies dual-system high-utilization

Administrative Data, Developing Sites, IDS Uses, Resourceful Partners & Organizations / Tian McPherson

In a recent visit to Camden, President Barack Obama praised the Camden County Police Department for its success in community policing and highlighted the opportunity to use data to explore patterns, improve services, and tackle tough-to-solve problems. Through Camden ARISE (Administrative Records Integrated for Service Excellence), the Coalition is partnering with the city’s police to

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