Data Mapping and Ethics
What NCANDS Is and How It Counts Maltreatment
What NCANDS is, who feeds it, why two states can report very different numbers, and how its yearly Child Maltreatment series becomes the national count.
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How prevention travels
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Data Mapping and Ethics
What NCANDS is, who feeds it, why two states can report very different numbers, and how its yearly Child Maltreatment series becomes the national count.
A look inside a 2019 open meeting on child welfare data, who showed up, what tools were demoed and why openness still matters for families and researchers.
Breaking down a city's map of prevention dollars, gaps in reach, and what leaders changed after seeing where help actually lands across neighborhoods.
How predictive tools sort families by risk, where bias creeps in, and what ethical review, consent and oversight should require in practice today.