National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology

2005 Conference At-A-Glance


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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2005
Preconference Session
AFCARS 101		Angelina Palmiero

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2005
Opening Session
Welcome and Federal Updates, Including CFSRs		Susan Orr, Angelina Palmiero, Jerry Milner, Shay Bilchik, and Tom Hay
Keynote: Keeping a Collective Eye on the Prize		Undersecretary Eugene Foster, James Grace, Ruth Huebner, and Justin Adams
Session A
A-1	Update from the National Study of Child and Adolescent Well Being (NSCAW)	Mary Bruce Webb and Jennifer Brooks
A-2	A. Creation and Analysis of Longitudinal State AFCARS Files	Mark Testa
	B. Managing State and Local Child Welfare Systems Using Longitudinal Data	Pat Shapiro and Fred Wulczyn
A-3	A. Title IV-E Eligibility Automation in Massachusetts: An Innovative Approach	Mary Ellen Bennard and Janice Baker
	B. Eligibility Automation for SACWIS Compliance	Cheryl Montoya and Shelley Johnson
A-4	How Has ASFA Changed the Adoption of Children in Foster Care	Penny Maza
A-5	“Milestone” Tracking in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases	Norma Rahm and Victoria Harding
A-6	Using NCANDS to Examine Factors in Abuse Recurrence in Young Children	Vincent Palusci
Session B
B-2	A. Child Welfare System Improvement and Accountability Act	Barbara Needell
	B. Supervising for Excellence and the Oregon OR-BIT Online Data Difference	Maria Duryea and Cheryl Waldron
B-3	A. Child Welfare and Court Data Exchange with XML	Ron Ozga
	B. Child Welfare XML Update	Mary Ellen Bennard and Angelo Serra
B-4	Successful Alternatives to Experimental Design: Using Multiple Methods and Data Sources to Resolve Practice in Child Welfare	Jacob Tebes
B-5	Supporting Court Processes	Nancy Crandall
B-6	The Fourth National Incidence Study	Mary Bruce Webb and Andrea Sedlak

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2005
Session C
C-1	Data Reconnaissance for Native Americans: A Cultural Means for the Seventh Generation	Mary Phillips
C-2	Research on Timeliness of Initiating Child Protection Investigations, Concurrent Planning, and Methodological Issues with the Federal Median Length of Stay in Foster Care	Joseph Keegan
C-3	AFCARS and NCANDS: Current and Future Data Quality Standards for Measurement (Part I) (Part II)	John Gaudiosi, Sharon Newburg-Rinn, and Alice-Lynn Ryssman
C-4	A. How D.C. Used Data to Improve Performance	Anthea Seymour, Brady Birdsong, and Harold Beebout
	B. New Hampshire Research Project to Improve State Data on Abused and Neglected Children	Glenda Kantor and Melissa Correia
C-5	Data Quality Assurance (Part I) (Part II)	Bobbie Chinsky, Bill Stanton, Amy Stuart, and Katheryn Yetter
C-6	Using a Public Outreach Program to Help Meet CFSR Requirements	Jim Coursey
Session D
D-1	A. Collecting CAN Data in Tribal Communities: A Report of Findings from a Three Year Pilot Study	Kathleen Earl Fox
	B. NICWAnet—Developing a Common Database for Tribal Child Welfare Case Management	Mike Dashner
D-2	A. Study of Noncustodial Fathers of Children in Foster Care	Karin Malm and Jennifer Macomber
	B. Child Welfare and IV-D Interface	Karen Anthony and Katie Donley
D-3	Improving AFCARS Foster Care Data Availability and Analysis	Alice-Lynn Ryssman
D-4	Managing for Results: Meeting the Challenge of Using Data to Improve Performance	Terry Moore, Alan Press, and Allon Kalisher
D-5	Planning, Designing, and Developing Court Data Systems	Pamela Kopfer and Charlie Yates
D-6	A. Communicating Child Welfare Data to Your State Legislature	Lee Posey
	B. The Impact of Demographic Trends on Projected Child Maltreatment Cases by State for 2010	John Hedderson
Session E
E-1	A. Minneapolis American Indian Center Presents ICWA CMS	Paul Minehart and George McCauley
	B. Native American Children in Foster Care and Residing in Urban Areas: Characteristics and Comparisons	Deb Johnson-Shelton and John Light
E-2	A. Results from an Evaluation of a Team Approach to Foster Care	David Ayer
	B. Louisiana Truancy Assessment and Service Centers: A Model for Research Based, Outcome Oriented and Data Driven Prevention Programs	Tai Istre and Teri Fritsma
E-3	Foster Care Update: Changing Dynamics of the Children in Care	Alice-Lynn Ryssman
E-4	Court Uses of AFCARS Data to Assess Children in Foster Care and Agency University Partnerships to Support Court Agency Collaborations	Mark Testa and Nancy Salyers
E-5	SANCA Panel Performance Measures (Part 1)	Betsy Hyder, Sharon Abrams, John Shutack, Mark Hardin, and Kristen Kracke
E-6	Recent Findings on the Social Services Block Grant Program	Marsha Werner, Gila Shusterman and Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
Session F
F-1	What the Child and Family Services Reviews and Program Improvement Plans Say about Indian Child Welfare	Carolyn Maple and Tom Hay
F-2	A. Helping States Understand Disproportionality	Susan Smith and Oronde Miller
	B. The Multi Ethnic Placement Act in California	Terry Shaw
F-3	Run Your Own Data Profile Using the Children’s Bureau’s Profile Generator Program and the Safety Profile Program	Sharon Newburg-Rinn, Sunil Leelaram, and Nick Gompper
F-4	Relationship of Well Being Outcomes to Safety and Permanency Implications for Evidence Based Practice	Myles Edwards and Patrick Kutzler
F-5	SANCA Panel on Performance Measures (Part 2)	Betsy Hyder, Sharon Abrams, John Shutack, Mark Hardin, and Kristen Kracke
F-6	Safety Measures Using NCANDS	John Gaudiosi, John Fluke, and Lana Zikratova

FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2005
Workshop G
G-1	AFCARS 201	Angelina Palmiero
G-2	A. Using Geographic Analysis to Target Community-Based Services in a Large Urban Child Welfare System	Sara Workman and Valerie Moore
	B. Using MapInfo to Map and Study Child Abuse Prevention and Investigations, Foster Care and Other Programs	Rosalind Walter
G-3	3 SACWIS Compliance Reports	Tonia Bogue
G-4	A. Using Data to Improve Foster and Adoptive Family Recruitment and Retention	John McKenzie and Tom Hay
	Introduction to Tracking and Evaluation	John McKenzie and Tom Hay
	B. Carver County Integrates Data Into Daily Social Work Practice	Gary Bork and Dan Koziolek
G-5	Using AFCARS Data in Courts	Andy Barclay
G-6	The Proposed Revision of the NCANDS Database Infrastructure	Larry Shannon and Sunil Leelaram
Workshop H
H-1	Performance Contracts	Ken Taylor and Cheryl Ransom-Garner
H-2	Risks for Reentry into Foster Care System for Children Who Are Reunited	Terry Shaw
H-3	Using Common Client Identifiers Among Programs to Facilitate Data Sharing Efforts and Improve Data Quality	Barbra Caris, Mary Ellen Roberts, and Darin Reidlinger
H-4	Using Statistical “Bootstrapping” to Estimate Length of Stay	Warren Stewart
H-5	A. Using Excel Pivot Tables to Monitor Juvenile Justice Case Progress	Jordan Young
	B. Calendaring and Scheduling in Court Data Systems	Michelle Barclay
H-6	Secondary Analysis on CAN Topics of Current Policy Interest	Gila Shusterman, John Fluke, and Laura Radel
Workshop I
I-1	CFSR /PIP Progress, Lessons Learned from the First Round of CFSR: State Perspective	Sylvia Kim, Bill Hindman, and Cindy Walcott
I-2	A. Understanding the Child Welfare Workforce Via an Online Data System: Results of ’03 CWLA Survey	Christine Frederick
	B. Workload Studies Across the United States	Myles Edwards
I-3	Service-Oriented Architecture	Harvy Levin, Stacy Knight, and Hemant Sharma
I-4	A. The Right Stuff : Statewide Transformations for SACWIS	Cheryl Montoya, Shelley Johnson, Vicki Gallegos, and Linette Carlson
	B. SACWIS Updates from the Division of State Systems	David Baker
I-5	Data Exchange	Katheryn Yetter
I-6	Current Directions of Maltreatment	John Gaudiosi and Ying-Ying Yuan

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