Evident Change Presents at the 35th Annual NAPSA Conference

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Evident Change Presents at the 35th Annual NAPSA Conference

July 31, 2024 | Evident Change

Dayana Kupisk and Doug Smith

Evident Change staff will give two presentations at the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) Conference, held September 16 through 18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

  • Operationalizing Data and Evaluation to Improve Practice, September 16. The Minnesota Department of Human Services and Doug Smith of Evident Change will discuss using robust program evaluation activities—such as guided policy changes, consistency in practice, modernizing tools, and training— to improve service outcomes for vulnerable adults referred to adult protective services (APS) for suspected maltreatment. This presentation will explore fairness in intake assessment based on how similarly a standard tool functioned across various population groupings to support fairness in screening practices and the screening decision. Evaluation results and analyses will be shared.
  • Implementation of Structured Decision Making® (SDM) Tools in Alaska APS: A Case Study to Understand Processes and Outcomes, September 18. Alaska APS will join Evident Change’s Dayana Kupisk and Smith for this presentation. The case study and facilitated discussion will be based on an Administration for Community Living (ACL) grant-funded project that established the SDM® system to standardize the assessment of vulnerable adults. This workshop will target APS workers, supervisors, administrators, and trainers.

Both presentations will include group discussions about how this experience may help shape future efforts to harness data into practice changes.