Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems

Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems

We analyze the role of newly integrated data from the child support and child welfare systems in seeding a major policy change in Wisconsin. Parents are often ordered to pay child support to offset the costs of their children’s stay in foster care. Policy allows for consideration of the “best intere...

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Main Authors: Lanikque Howard, Lisa Klein Vogel, Maria Cancian, Jennifer L. Noyes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2019-03-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:
integrated administrative data
administrative data analysis
cost-benefit analysis
cross-program evaluation
innovative policy solutions
Online Access:https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/5/2/70
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spelling doaj-4f769b016dd64fc2acf25d2ce6f280612020-11-25T00:07:26ZengRussell Sage FoundationRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences2377-82532377-82612019-03-0152708510.7758/RSF.2019.5.2.04Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support SystemsLanikque Howard0Lisa Klein Vogel1Maria Cancian2Jennifer L. Noyes3Children First Strategy GroupUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonWe analyze the role of newly integrated data from the child support and child welfare systems in seeding a major policy change in Wisconsin. Parents are often ordered to pay child support to offset the costs of their children’s stay in foster care. Policy allows for consideration of the “best interests of the child.” Concerns that charging parents could delay or disrupt reunification motivated our analyses of integrated data to identify the impacts of current policy. We summarize the results of the analyses and then focus on the role of administrative data in supporting policy development. We discuss the potential and limitations of integrated data in supporting cross-system innovation and detail a series of complementary research efforts designed to support implementation.https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/5/2/70integrated administrative dataadministrative data analysiscost-benefit analysiscross-program evaluationinnovative policy solutions
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Lisa Klein Vogel
Maria Cancian
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Lisa Klein Vogel
Maria Cancian
Jennifer L. Noyes
Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
integrated administrative data
administrative data analysis
cost-benefit analysis
cross-program evaluation
innovative policy solutions
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Lisa Klein Vogel
Maria Cancian
Jennifer L. Noyes
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title Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems
title_short Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems
title_full Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems
title_fullStr Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems
title_full_unstemmed Building Connections: Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Issues and Solutions Spanning the Child Welfare and Child Support Systems
title_sort building connections: using integrated administrative data to identify issues and solutions spanning the child welfare and child support systems
publisher Russell Sage Foundation
series RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
issn 2377-8253
2377-8261
publishDate 2019-03-01
description We analyze the role of newly integrated data from the child support and child welfare systems in seeding a major policy change in Wisconsin. Parents are often ordered to pay child support to offset the costs of their children’s stay in foster care. Policy allows for consideration of the “best interests of the child.” Concerns that charging parents could delay or disrupt reunification motivated our analyses of integrated data to identify the impacts of current policy. We summarize the results of the analyses and then focus on the role of administrative data in supporting policy development. We discuss the potential and limitations of integrated data in supporting cross-system innovation and detail a series of complementary research efforts designed to support implementation.
topic integrated administrative data
administrative data analysis
cost-benefit analysis
cross-program evaluation
innovative policy solutions
url https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/5/2/70
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