State Government Child Welfare Practice
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Deloitte’s Child Welfare practice focuses on many aspects of supporting and protecting children. Our services and solutions can help clients tackle the challenges of foster care, child protection, and adoption assistance.
CCWIS
- Modular, CRM Cloud-based GovConnect for Child Welfare solution
- Systems Integration and Data Exchange
- Incremental modernization services
- GoCase™ mobile solution for Child Welfare
- Data & Analytics Solutions
- Project management and quality assurance
Automated child welfare solutions
Deloitte is a national leader in the transfer, development, and implementation of automated child welfare solutions. We understand the need for systems to continually grow to meet users’ changing and expanding needs, including meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) regulation. We also understand that human services systems often need to be updated to meet changing federal and state legislative requirements. We offer deep experience and a collaborative approach to employing new technologies and planning courses of action to transform how your agency serves children.
Business and program transformation
- Program strategy and operations improvement
- Process Reengineering
- Organizational assessment
- Human capital development, including workforce retention
- Community provider integration planning
- Training and change management services
From casework to community
Measuring and fostering human connections in child welfare has been an outstanding challenge. The white paper "From Casework to Community" highlights the complexity of quantifying relationships and the need for improved engagement strategies. Discover the transformative power of relationships in child welfare through an exploration of innovative strategies employed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
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Fostering interconnected youth
Explore the innovative strategies employed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to enhance the well-being and success of youth in foster care. This whitepaper delves into the critical importance of balancing independence and interdependence for emerging adults transitioning out of foster care. It highlights the challenges faced by youth in maintaining connections and the groundbreaking tool, Ally IL, designed to foster strong, positive relationships among case participants.
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Guiding youth to the summit
Discover the transformative impact of technology and human connection in child welfare through the innovative efforts of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). This whitepaper explores how advanced tools and strategies are enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of case management, ultimately leading to better outcomes for children and families. Learn about the critical role of relationships in child welfare and how the integration of technology, such as the Ally IL platform, is revolutionizing communication and collaboration among case participants.
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Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS)
Leveraging advanced technologies in child welfare
“What’s next in the caseworker’s digital toolkit?” is a Deloitte-authored article, published in the October 2017 issue of APHSA’s Policy & Practice magazine. It highlights the challenges the use of outdated systems and manual processes pose when it comes to child welfare casework and takes a deep dive into how advances in technology can be adapted and applied to improve social casework process and outcomes. The article also discusses how the CCWIS gives states and jurisdictions the freedom needed to explore and use these newer technologies.
Read the full article, “What’s next in the caseworker’s digital toolkit.”
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Agile in government
Many state child welfare programs are planning to implement modular CCWIS solutions using Agile software development approaches. How can government benefit from Agile software development techniques? Often, agencies find that they must adopt a whole new way of working to engage in the kind of trust-based, collaborative vendor-client relationship that Agile requires.
Learn more about Agile in government.