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Applying Information and Communication Technology to Improve Outcomes for Maltreated Children (2007-2012)
Principal Investigator: Aron Shlonsky, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.
Funded by: Ontario Early Researcher Award
Despite skyrocketing rates of child maltreatment investigations, little is known about what happens to children who enter foster care or the services that might improve their outcomes. Advances in management information systems are urgently needed to respond to the crisis in children’s services in Ontario. This program of research will employ advanced database construction and analytic techniques to build a database that details the characteristics of maltreating families in Ontario and the trajectories of youth through the foster care system. Evidence generated from the database will inform key child welfare policies, directly affecting the province’s response to child maltreatment.