Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare: Considerations in Contracting Vendors for Predictive Analytics

Abstract

Predictive analytics is a set of advanced analytical methods that may enable child welfare agencies to leverage a range of case-level data about families' situations, turning hindsight into insight and improving child welfare outcomes. Some child welfare agencies are currently implementing predictive analytics, though these efforts are in their infancy. In most existing cases, child welfare agencies decided to partner with an outside organization to run the technical analyses, as opposed to building in-house statistical or predictive modeling expertise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1107973

Entities

People

  • Christopher Teixeira
  • Matthew Boyas
  • Michelle M. Jacobs-smith

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Data Analysis
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Measurement
  • Personnel Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Procurement
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Security
  • Software Design
  • Standards

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