It was the first step in a multi-year effort to build a neighborhood - based quality improvement system. (zerotothree.org)
A Framework for Quality Assurance in Child Welfare (PDF - 211 KB) National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2002) Provides a detailed five - step framework for developing and implementing a continuous quality improvement system in a child welfare agency. (childwelfare.gov)
When the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program was established, the Rhode Island Department of Health was able to capitalize on the initial collaborative, cross-agency work to dramatically expand evidence - based home visiting programs in the state (adding Healthy Families America and Parents as Teachers) and build strong cross-agency referral, service coordination, and continuous quality improvement systems for home visiting. (zerotothree.org)