Q&A
Data evaluation of CARES model success
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Council Member Stevens inquires about the data ACS uses to evaluate the success of the CARES model. Commissioner Dannhauser explains the various metrics and processes used to assess the effectiveness of CARES in stabilizing families and preventing foster care placements.
- ACS uses similar data metrics for CARES as for investigations, including repeat maltreatment rates
- A CARES forum, similar to child stat, is used to review cases and evaluate the program's effectiveness
- ACS evaluates how CARES is distributed by race to ensure equity in its implementation
Althea V. Stevens
1:00:06
What data does ACS use to evaluate the success of CARES model in stabilizing families and preventing forced care placements?
Jess Dannhauser
1:00:13
Yeah.
1:00:13
We use the same the same data, as we do for investigations.
1:00:17
It's very key that, we look at repeat maltreatment.
1:00:21
So you'll see, over the last several years, we've had a steady decline in repeat maltreatment, which is a child there was an indicated, a maltreatment case, and then it happened again within that year.
1:00:35
We're at a pretty much an all time low, around 13%.
1:00:39
We use the same thing for CARES.
1:00:41
There's not an indication, but is there a call again to, is there a call that comes back after a CARES case that there's another concern of maltreatment, is one way we look at it.
1:00:53
We also have a CARES forum that is sort of the CARES equivalent of child stat, where we look at everything from from case loads.
1:01:01
We talk about engaging families.
1:01:03
We dive deep into a particular case.
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We evaluate how CARES is distributed by race to make sure that there's equity there, and in a variety of other ways.
Althea V. Stevens
1:01:16
I would like to acknowledge council member Menon, who has joined us, and council member Sanchez, who's online.
1:01:21
I have a lot more questions, but I'm gonna yield this to my colleagues, and I guess the public could either have some remarks.
