The Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD) was established at CCFL in October 2016 as a cooperative agreement funded by the Children's Bureau, a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. Led by Project Director Michelle Graef, Ph.D., the overall goal of the QIC-WD is to build an understanding of how improvements can be made within the child welfare workforce, leading to enhanced child and family outcomes for state and tribal systems.
The QIC-WD is leveraging the expertise of its nationally recognized team—comprised of CCFL, the University of Colorado-Denver, University of Louisville, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, University of California-Los Angeles, and three child welfare consultants—to design, implement, and rigorously evaluate evidence-informed workforce strategies and interventions in eight state, county, and tribal child welfare agencies across the nation.
The Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development was highlighted in the September 19, 2023 issue of The Bridge: Connecting Science and Practice. Read more.
