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This Toolkit identifies issues that agencies may encounter during procurement of an automated Child Welfare Case Management System and provides recommendations to help agencies avoid unintended consequences to competition, cost, and project outcomes.

This technical assistance document provides guidance around the human centered design (HCD) methodology, user experience (UX) methods and outcomes, integrating HCD and UX into Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS), incorporating Lived Experience into UX, user research methods, and how to request technical assistance around these concepts.

A discussion with four states who have chosen different approaches for their child welfare information technology projects, each with a unique story to tell about their experience. State panelists discuss their key drivers, considerations for staffing and capacity needs, impacts to their states’ child welfare business process, and lessons learned.

This brief describes the three NYTD reporting populations and their applicable data elements and collection requirements in NYTD data files and provides a cohort-based data collection schedule for federal fiscal years 2011—2030.

The Children's Bureau Data Analytics and Reporting Team held an office hours session on June 24, 2024, from 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET. For this office hour, the Children's Bureau shared updates on revised technical bulletins and revisions to the penalty process.  This was also an opportunity for states, tribes, and territories to ask questions.

NYTD in Practice publications provide resources to help the NYTD workforce.

NYTD in Practice publications provide resources to help the NYTD workforce.

NYTD in Practice publications provide resources to help the NYTD workforce.

Access the Overview of the Foster Care Legal Representation Final Rule PowerPoint presentation.

This technical update provides state users with instructional guidance related to system function upgrades made to the NYTD portal.