1. Making the Most of Your Composite Computational Spreadsheet: Tools from California

2. Presenters
University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Principal Investigator Daniel Webster, PhD Project Director William Dawson, MSW Project Manager
California Department of Social Services Linda Hockman, Chief Outcomes & Accountability Bureau Debbie Williams, MSW, Chief Child Welfare Data Analysis Bureau

3. Introduction Outcomes & Accountability System in California
Infrastructure
Tools from the Computational Spreadsheet
Case Study

4. California-Child and Family Services Review Outcomes & Accountability System

5. History
AB636
Shift from compliance to continuous quality improvement – outcome driven and partnering
Aligns with the federal CFSR
Four step process
Peer Quality Case Review (PQCR)
County Self Assessment (CSA)
System Improvement Plan (SIP)
Quarterly Data Reports

6. C-CFSR Process Quarterly Data Reports Peer Quality Case Review PQCR
County Self-Assessment
System Improvement Plan

7. Quarterly Contacts Continuous quality improvement
Co-joint analysis of county performance – tie data to practice
Review of quarterly data and SIP progress
Technical assistance

8. California’s Data System
CWS/CMS:
Became operational in 1997
Contains over 200 data tables
More than 400 data entry screens
Has about 19,500 users who turnover frequently
Archived 1,303,998 cases and 5,389,330 referrals
Currently Active: 116,585 cases and 33,721 referrals

9. Making Analysis Transparent
Accessible to All
Uniform across state
Continuous feedback loop
Drill down to details
Easily accessible
Quality Improvement
Local staff must be able to question/challenge analysis, and get an explanation
Should be viewed as a learning process, not punitive
Continually test data.
Communicate with users

10. Differentiated Roles Collaboration:
California Department of Social Services
Center for Social Services Research, UC Berkeley
Children’s Research Center
Statewide Data Committee
CDSS & UC Berkeley share responsibility for child welfare reporting, analysis, and official publications
State and UC Berkeley data reports
Public
Aggregated data, providing drill down to county level
Dynamic stratification

11. Computational Spreadsheet
Tools from the
Computational Spreadsheet

12. Case Study