Project Overview

Objective

Enhance the data infrastructure and analytic capacity of public child welfare and Medicaid agencies to improve the delivery and oversight of services, enhance monitoring of program spending, and conduct cross-program evaluation of service outcomes.

Project Motivation

The impetus for the Child Welfare and Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs (CHILDREN) initiative is to help public child welfare and Medicaid agencies enhance their data infrastructure to support the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA; P.L. 115-123), which changed how states and tribes may use funding available through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

Prepared For

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Mathematica is working with public child welfare and Medicaid agencies to develop sustainable, integrated data systems with linked data, to support care coordination and oversight of prevention services and congregate care services.
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ASPE launched the CHILDREN initiative to help public child welfare and Medicaid agencies enhance their data infrastructure to support the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA; P.L. 115-123), which changed how states and tribes may use funding available through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. FFPSA permits states and tribes to provide evidence-based parenting skills and behavioral health services (including services related to mental health and substance use disorders) to families with children who are at risk of entering foster care. States and tribes must also evaluate the effectiveness of these services, but public agencies may lack adequate data infrastructure—specifically, linked child welfare and Medicaid data—to ensure effective implementation and evaluation of these services in line with FFPSA. 
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Elizabeth  Weigensberg

Elizabeth Weigensberg

Principal Researcher

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Jason Weinstock

Jason Weinstock

Senior Managing Consultant

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Jonathan Ladinsky

Jonathan Ladinsky

Senior Program Lead

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Jonathan Gellar

Jonathan Gellar

Senior Statistician

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Peter Mariani

Peter Mariani

Solution Architect

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