McGonegal, C., Houston, E., Esposito, T., Fallon, B. & Trocmé, N. (2024). Summary report: Canadian child welfare administrative data knowledge exchange meeting. Public Health Agency of Canada: Ottawa, ON.
This report summarizes “Kids Count,” the 2024 Child Welfare Data Exchange Meeting, which followed pan-Canadian meetings held in 2020 and 2023 with researchers and collaborating child welfare agencies and institutions.
Day 1’s presentations focused on identifying:
- Methodological opportunities to access and optimize existing child welfare data and
- Gaps in data that, if filled, could support programs and policies designed to reduce child welfare disparities.
Day 2 presentations described governance models that facilitate access to and use of diverse sources of data. Cross-cutting themes emerged from the presentations and group discussions on administrative data, current gaps in data, data governance, and future network opportunities.