This page provides information about membership organizations and training entities that focus on policy, program advocacy, and technical assistance about information technology and child welfare data issues. You also will find resources, such as federal laws, regulations, policies, and guidance, from federal agencies whose work is related to information systems. In addition, this page provides information about organizations that provide IT standards or that offer relevant content about system development, project management, technology innovations, and best practices.
Child Welfare and Human Services Advocacy and Resource Organizations
The following links provide information about membership organizations and training entities that focus on policy, program advocacy, and technical assistance about information technology and child welfare data issues.
- American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) Visit disclaimer page
- Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) Visit disclaimer page
Federal Guidance, Agencies, and Initiatives
The following links provide resources from federal agencies whose work is related to information systems.
Laws and regulations:
Government Publishing Office Visit disclaimer page
- Code of Federal Regulations Visit disclaimer page
- Federal Register Visit disclaimer page
- United States Code Visit disclaimer page
- Compilation of the Social Security Laws Visit disclaimer page
- Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet Visit disclaimer page
Federal agencies:
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Visit disclaimer page
- National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visit disclaimer page
Federal initiatives of interest:
The following links provide resources from federal agencies whose work is related to information systems.
- HHS Enterprise Architecture Visit disclaimer page
- Health Information Privacy Visit disclaimer page
- Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) Visit disclaimer page
- National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
- IV-E to IV-D Case Referral Information Exchange Packet Documentation (IEPD) - This is NIEM-compliant IEPD data exchange from child welfare to child support agencies
- Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) State Services Portal (SSP)
Information Technology (IT)
The following links provide information on organizations that provide IT standards or that offer relevant content about system development, project management, technology innovations, data exchanges, and best practices.
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Visit disclaimer page
- CERT ® Coordination Center
- Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Visit disclaimer page
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Visit disclaimer page
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Visit disclaimer page
- National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visit disclaimer page
- The Open Group Visit disclaimer page
- Project Management Institute (PMI) Visit disclaimer page
- Social Security Administration (SSA) Data Exchange Visit disclaimer page
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Visit disclaimer page