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AFCARS Technical Assistance
The goals of the NRC-CWDT are to:
- Develop strategies to promote the collection, quality, comparability
and use of child welfare data for policies and practices that benefit
children and families.
- Assist in the effective use of automation for measuring child welfare
outcomes, including those required for Statewide Assessments, Child
and Family Services Reviews, and Annual Reports of State Performance.
- Build the capacity of State, local and Tribal child welfare programs,
and court workers, supervisors, and administrators to use child welfare
data in policy, practice, and management decision-making.
As a part of its ongoing commitment to meeting these
goals, the NRC-CWDT offers technical assistance around the Adoption and
Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS). In addition to giving
the State a better understanding of its child welfare practice, the AFCARS
data are used for a number of purposes by the Federal government. Those
uses include the Annual Child Welfare Report to Congress, the data profile
related to the Child and Family Services Reviews, and funding allocations
for the Chafee Independent Living Program and the Adoption Incentive Program.
AFCARS technical assistance may include:
- AFCARS Overview and Review of Federal Definitions and Policy Guidance
- Data Quality Issues Arising from Policy Implementation, Worker Training,
SACWIS Design, and Conversion
- Program Logic and/or Mapping Documentation Review
Interested States may choose from one or more of these
options. Requests for on-site technical assistance must be approved in
advance by the appropriate ACF Regional Office, however, consultation
with the NRC-CWDT is welcome and encouraged. If you have questions about
the options outlined above, additional information is available on the
NRC-CWDT web site (http://www.nrccwdt.org).
To make a request or find out more about AFCARS Technical
Assistance from the NRC-CWDT, you may contact us using the information
below.
National Resource Center for Information
Technology in Child Welfare
50 F Street, NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: 877-672-4829 (toll free)
E-mail: nrccwdt@cwla.org
Web site: http://www.nrccwdt.org
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