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Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare — Comprehensive Organizational Health Assessment & Workforce Planning

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Author:

Charmaine Brittain

PIs:

Charmaine Brittain

CO-PIs:

Research Assistant Professor, Senior Research Analyst Shauna Rienks 

Community Partners:

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Research Type:

Complete

Research Interest:

capacity-building, child welfare, comprehensive organizational health assessments, training system assessments

This project aims to understand Idaho’s Child Welfare workforce development through a comprehensive organizational health assessment.

Together with the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, we assessed the state of Idaho’s child welfare workforce using qualitative and quantitative methods to reduce turnover and increase job satisfaction, thereby improving outcomes for children and families.