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National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective ServicesWho We AreThe Children's Bureau funded the American Humane Association to create the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR) in FY 2008. The purpose of this 5-year project is to generate knowledge on effective practice models of differential response in child protective systems and support the infrastructure needed at the State and local levels to improve child welfare outcomes for children and their families referred for suspected maltreatment. In addition, the QIC will foster collaborative research, demonstration, and dissertation projects that address differential response across systems that promote family strengths and keep children safe: neighborhood and community-based organizations, prevention programs, child protection, child welfare, health, education, housing, and financial and family support. BackgroundDifferential response, also referred to as "dual track," "multiple track," or "alternative response," is a service model that allows CPS to respond differently to various accepted reports of child abuse and neglect, depending on factors such as the level of risk and severity. Since the mid-1990s, States and other jurisdictions across the country have been implementing various models of differential response to better meet the needs of children and families who come to the attention of the child protection agency. Roles and ResponsibilitiesThe QIC-DR has the following roles and responsibilities:
ResearchThe QIC-DR will explore a broad range of issues and questions about effective practice models of differential response—methods of successful implementation of differential response models, kinds of collaborations and systems that are essential to their success, reasons why some differential response initiatives have been discontinued, and ways in which these efforts can result in better outcomes for children and families and further reduce the risk of child maltreatment. The research will take place over two phases. Phase I: Planning
Phase II: Implementation
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