CWS-CARES Public Library

There are three Milestones that focus on reporting:​

​Federal Reports ​

Federal Reports extends and consolidates metric development completed in previous milestones to generate required Federal Extracts (e.g., National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD)) and deliver interactive dashboard views of Federal Statewide Indicators and other required Federal reports, including those required to draw down Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) funds. CWS-CARES dashboards will support pulling multiple populations as appropriate, including entry cohorts, exit cohorts, attribute- defined cohorts and point-in-time snapshots. ​

​State Reports ​

State Reports) extends and consolidates metric development completed in previous milestones to deliver interactive thematic dashboard views of both State and Federal metrics. Thematic dashboards organize process, practice (fidelity) and outcome metrics by theme, such as Prevention, Safety and Permanency. ​

​Ad-hoc Reports ​

In addition to the planned reports that will be available when CARES V1 goes live (federal and state requirements, key outcomes, and practice measures), CARES will provide data consumers with the ability to develop their own reports using Tableau. They will have access to all appropriate CARES data in close to real time, translated into the categories and terminology that are meaningful to child welfare practitioners and researchers. This will include the kinds of historical needed to perform longitudinal studies. ​

Originally published in the CWS-CARES Explorer.