The Utah Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) partnered with the University of Utah Social Research Institute (SRI) to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to guide strategic planning, resource allocation, and service improvements aimed at preventing child maltreatment and supporting vulnerable families. Conducted from October 2022 through March 2024, this mixed-methods evaluation included a quantitative analysis of DCFS administrative data on over 429,000 children from 2015–2023 and qualitative feedback from 289 Utahns gathered through provider surveys, stakeholder interviews, and community engagement sessions. The findings were synthesized into a strategic planning framework, identifying priority needs, service gaps, and actionable strategies to enhance prevention and intervention.
Posts
CSW Research Reports
Tag Cloud
- Community Needs Assessment (1)
- 2025 (1)
- Court Improvement (1)
- Evaluation (1)
- bench card (1)
- child welfare (1)
- 2020 (2)
- DWS (20)
- Vogel-Ferguson (20)
- WIOA (1)
- evaluation (33)
- HOST (1)
- SLC police (2)
- homeless (5)
- domestic violence (2)
- IPV perpetrators (1)
- recidivism (5)
- DORA (3)
- LSAA (1)
- CPC (3)
- CCC (1)
- MHC (1)
- utah (11)
- mental health (8)
- GenLEX (1)
- Cheng (1)
- Tanana (1)
- 2014 (3)
- 2016 (1)
- risk assessments (1)
- RIM (1)
- APP (1)
- adult offenders (34)
- The Road Home (1)
- HSSP (1)
- employment (7)
- FEP (3)
- 2012 (3)
- Utah Justice Reinvestment Initiative (1)
- evidence-based practices (1)
- recommendations (1)
- corrections (14)
- criminal justice professionals (7)
- program improvement (1)
- 3rd district (1)
- ECR (1)
- timely processing (1)
- TANF (6)
- housing (5)
- homelessness (2)
- Housing First (1)
- collaboration (1)
- juvenile care (1)
- LOS (1)
- ISM (1)
- operant conditioning (1)
- parole (2)
- parolee (1)
- probation (6)
- probationer (1)
- PVM (1)
- re-entry (7)
- UDC (1)
- firearms (1)
- app (1)
- assessment (1)
- Level of Services Inventory (1)
- LSI (1)
- LSI-R (1)
- parolees (2)
- prisoners (1)
- probationers (4)
- risk (1)
- risk assessment tool (1)
- drug (1)
- drug court 2 (2)
- FDC (1)
- Felony Drug Court (1)
- salt lake county (4)
- slco (1)
- alternatives to incarceration (17)
- problem solving courts (6)
- substance abuse (8)
- Correctional Program Checklist (1)
- program evaluation (2)
- quality improvement (1)
- CJS (2)
- Criminal Justice Services (1)
- satisfaction (1)
- satisfaction survey (1)
- stakeholder (1)
- stakeholder survey (1)
- audit (1)
- JPEC (1)
- judicial (1)
- judicial performance (1)
- judicial retention (1)
- survey (3)
- juvenile (6)
- SYO (1)
- CYAS (1)
- school (2)
- school attendance (1)
- truancy (1)
- diversion (4)
- juvenile offenders (30)
- prevention (5)
- CQI (1)
- cross (1)
- gang (3)
- ogden (1)
- PGP (1)
- provo (1)
- provo gang project (1)
- QI (1)
- UBJJ (1)
- SLPRI (1)
- risk measurement (1)
- 2013 (1)
- 2011 (2)
- economic (1)
- sex offenders (4)
- arrest (1)
- disproportionate minority contact (4)
- DMC (3)
- juvenile court referral (1)
- law enforcement (2)
- minority (4)
- police (2)
- youth (3)
- race (7)
- Oxbow Jail (1)
- CATS (1)
- ADC (1)
- Humanitarian Center (1)
- job skills training (1)
- AOC (1)
- Caregy Guides (1)
- detention (2)
- diversion 2 (1)
- divert (1)
- juvenile court (4)
- CCJJ (1)
- female offenders 2 (1)
- jail (1)
- male offenders (1)
- shakespeare (1)
- shifting gears with shakespeare (1)
- summit county (1)
- 2010 (3)
- 2008 (1)
- 2007 (1)
- 2006 (3)
- correctional staff (1)
- CPPA (1)
- employee satisfaction (1)
- job satisfaction (1)
- sheriffs office (1)
- Unified Police Department (1)
- UPD (1)
- education (2)
- welfare (6)
- TCA (1)
- adult recidivism (1)
- delinquency (2)
- Juvenile Drug Court (1)
- juvenile recidivism (1)
- substance abuse treatment (1)
- sanction (1)
- SS (1)
- state sup (1)
- state supervision (3)
- juvenile justice (8)
- EBP (1)
- HARP (2)
- PTR (1)
- FTA (1)
- PTS (1)
- OR (1)
- OCR (1)
- outcomes (1)
- pretrial (2)
- stakeholder satisfaction (1)
- DUI offenders (2)
- pre-adjudicatory intervention (1)
- JJS (1)
- cost effectiveness (1)
- meta analysis (1)
- prison (1)
- prison privatization (1)
- privatization (1)
- paternity (1)
- participation (1)
- customers (1)
- PRWORA (4)
- 2005 (3)
- cash assistance (1)
- cost (1)
- cost benefit (1)
- cost of crime (1)
- economic 2 (1)
- racism (1)
- crime prevention 2 (2)
- gang model (1)
- west valley (1)
- gun crime (1)
- guns (1)
- legislation (1)
- outreach (1)
- project safe neighborhoods firearms (1)
- prosecution (1)
- PSN (1)
- public awareness (1)
- training (1)
- 2004 (2)
- female offenders (1)
- domestic violence 2 (1)
- salt lake (1)
- SWOT (1)
- 2003 (1)
- 2002 (1)
- detention alternatives (2)
- national (1)
- bootstrapping (1)
- dmc (1)
- low income (1)
- over representation (1)
- socioeconomic (1)
- early intervention (1)
- graduated sanctions (1)
- sentencing guidelines (1)
- sentencing reform (1)
- 2000 (1)
- overrepresentation (1)
- racial bias (1)
- academic (1)
- alternative to detention (1)
- grades (1)
- new mexico (1)
- chronic (1)
- sentence inflation (1)
- serious offender (1)
- serious youth offender law (1)
- syol (1)
- violent offender (1)
- electronic monitoring (1)
- em (1)
- alcohol use (1)
- drug use (1)
- juvenile probationers (1)