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Remembering Toni Aleman

July 22, 2026 | Evident Change

We are greatly saddened to share news of the passing of Toni Aleman. The hallmarks of Toni’s professional career were deep loyalty and the desire for true connection with everyone...

Wendy Henderson, JD, Joins Evident Change

July 20, 2026 | Evident Change

Evident Change is pleased to announce that Wendy Henderson, JD, will join the organization as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer on August 1, 2026. In this role, Henderson will lead...
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APHSA National Human Services Summit

May 6, 2026 | Evident Change

Evident Change staff Heather Meitner, Director of Family and Community Engagement Strategies, and Emerson Ives, Senior Program Specialist, will present the workshop "Reimagining Reporting With Community Decision Support Technology: San...
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Webinar: “Local Validation: Close Enough Is Not Good Enough”

May 5, 2026 | Evident Change

The American Probation and Parole Association 2024 National Standards for Community Supervision call for the use of locally validated risk and needs assessments. But what does local really mean—and how...
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The Right Tool for the Right Moment: Using SDM and PRM Together

April 23, 2026 | Evident Change

Structured Decision Making® (SDM) assessments and predictive risk models (PRM) offer different and complementary benefits for child welfare systems. A new paper from Evident Change addresses how these models work...
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New Adult Protection Partnership in Wisconsin

April 8, 2026 | Evident Change

We are excited to embark on a new project with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Division of Public Health to improve adult protective services (APS) delivery in Wisconsin....
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Attending the CQI Statewide Conference? Let’s Talk SafeMeasures!

April 7, 2026 | Evident Change

If you are attending the CQI Statewide Conference for Child Welfare and Probation, April 14–16 in Sacramento, we warmly invite you to attend “Prioritizing CQI in the New CWS-CARES World: A SafeMeasures Sneak Peek.” In...
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Creuzot: Dallas County Juvenile Justice Has Improved by Using Data

April 6, 2026 | Evident Change

Outgoing Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot penned an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News in which he shared positive reforms in youth justice, crediting Evident Change's 2023 evaluation effort...
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New Research on Machine Learning in Youth Justice

April 3, 2026 | Evident Change

When a young person ends up in a group home or juvenile facility, it’s a common assumption that it's because of what they did. But new research tells a different...
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New Report: Dallas County Juvenile Justice Showing Results

March 10, 2026 | Evident Change

Evident Change has released its follow-up to a 2023 evaluation of the juvenile justice case disposition process in Dallas County, Texas. Disposition is the point in a juvenile court case...