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Evident Change recently launched nationwide Team Decision Making (TDM™) quarterly coaching webinars after hearing from many child welfare agencies about the value of connecting with peers doing similar work. Practitioners have shared how much they appreciate opportunities to hear what others are doing, learn alongside colleagues from around the country, and receive support directly from…

“In recent years, a quiet but massive change has taken place in the nation’s largest local child welfare system. A growing number of calls to the CPS hotline prompt a referral to a food bank or homeless shelter — instead of a social worker investigation. Public hospitals no longer report new moms for using drugs….

Congratulations to Heather Meitner and Jennifer Cotter, two tenured Evident Change staff, on their recent promotions. Meitner (left) will serve as director of family and community engagement strategies, overseeing Evident Change’s Team Decision Making® (TDM) and Community Response Guide work. Cotter (right), in her new role as director of system decision support, will oversee Structured…

Staff will present on three topics at the upcoming 2025 Virtual Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Conference organized by the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. The conference takes place October 6‒9, 2025. On October 8, Damaris Vasquez and Alexa Aburto will present “Transforming Communities: Moving From…

Evident Change, along with the State of California Child Welfare Digital Services, is pleased to announce that SafeMeasures® and Structured Decision Making® (SDM) assessments for child welfare will be integrated into California’s new administrative data system, CWS-CARES. California child welfare workers have used SafeMeasures and SDM® assessments for decades. With integration into CWS-CARES, California child…