D1 – An Analytic Framework to Address Economic-Related Risk Factors in Child Welfare   

This presentation describes an analytic framework that state and local child welfare agencies and system partners can use to measure economic risk factors in child welfare. Efforts that aim to address economic risk, (e.g., income and housing supports) require adequate analytic approaches to define economic risk among children and families, collaborate with stakeholders to prevent maltreatment, and assess the effectiveness of prevention practices that mitigate economic risk. This analytic framework was developed using a multi-disciplinary roundtable of experts from academia with federal, state, and local agencies. This presentation will describe the framework, data and analytic methods agencies can use to implement the framework, and lessons from applications of these methods.

Presenters: Robin Ghertner and Emily Madden, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC; Dana Weiner, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL