title: Building an Evidence-Driven Child Welfare Workforce: A University-Agency Partnership.
abstract: The federal government increasingly expects child welfare systems to be more responsive to the needs of their local populations, connect strategies to results, and use continuous quality improvement (CQI) to accomplish these goals. A method for improving decision making, CQI relies on an inflow of high-quality data, up-to-date research evidence, and a robust organizational structure and climate that supports the deliberate use of evidence for decision making. This article describes an effort to build and support these essential system components through one public-private child welfare agency-university partnership.
authors.affiliation: Senior analyst at the San Francisco Human Services Agency.
authors.forename: Bridgette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lery
authors.affiliation: Doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wiegmann
authors.affiliation: Zellerbach Family Foundation professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
authors.forename: Jill Duerr
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Berrick