Linking Education and Social Services Data to Improve Child Welfare
- Organizations: Data Quality Campaign
- Date: 09/2007
- Description: Multiple agencies, including child welfare, juvenile justice,
higher education and employment services, seek to
improve child outcomes, but they often pursue these
goals in isolation, with little information and few data
systems bridging these supportive service systems. For a
variety of reasons, including actual or perceived barriers
under state and federal privacy laws, agencies often are
reluctant to share information needed to improve educational
outcomes. Although social services often target the neediest students,
creating linkages between education and social
services will give decisionmakers appropriate access to
the comprehensive information needed to improve the
educational outcomes and welfare of every student.
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