Partners Develop Analytic Framework to Address Economic-Related Risk Factors in Child Welfare

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Chapin Hall, and Casey Families partnered to host an expert roundtable on June 23 and 24, 2021. The roundtable, “Toward an Analytic Framework to Address Economic-Related Risk Factors in Child Welfare,” had two objectives: 1) create an analytic framework and identify tools to help jurisdictions deploy resources to address economic risk factors for child maltreatment and 2) identify steps to develop the data capacity and infrastructure needed to implement the analytic framework. This brief summarizes the roundtable, providing an overview of the conversation and highlighting the resulting action steps.