LADD Logic Model
CT Partnership for Child Welfare Excellence
Theory of Change: A highly professionalized Child Protection front line intake workforce that has
demonstrated core competencies and credentialed with a licensable graduate degree produces
better outcomes for children safety, permanency and well being.
Inputs
Actions
CT DCF, UConn SSW
faculty & NASW/CT
leadership who
champion the initiative
CT DCF: Negotiate with the
labor union to revise
qualification standards for
intake social work positions.
External advocates-Office of Child
Advocacy, Family
Advocacy Orgs.,
racial-ethnic minority
civic groups
Establish a pay differential for
graduate professionals and
non-graduate level
professional performing this
work.
CT DCF anti-racist
and cultural
competency
commitments and
Strengthening Families
model
implementation.
UConn SSW Just
Community initiative
and curriculum
revision work.
Work with CT DAS, UConn
SSW & NASW/CT to identify
credentialing standards and
core competencies.
UConn SSW: Discuss with
faculty the importance and
value of curriculum revisions.
Work with curriculum unit
leaders to support child
welfare curriculum revisions.
Draft core competencies
Draft credentialing standards
Curriculum review
committee established with
faculty and CT DCF
representatives.
Initial Outcomes
Identity content to be
integrated into the UConn
MSW curriculum identified.
CT DCF credentialing
standards and core
competencies for frontline
intake workers, including
supervisors and managers
created.
Union approval of core
competencies and
credentialing standards
Policy promulgated, approved,
and codified.
NCWWI | National Child Welfare Workforce Institute | February 2015
Results
Outputs
Intermediate
Outcomes
Gain Educational
Policy
Committee and
Faculty of the
Whole approval
for curricular
changes
UConn MSW
curriculum
revised to include
necessary child
welfare content.
CT DCF
credentialing
standards and
core
competencies
created for all
frontline child
welfare workers,
supervisors, and
managers.
Increased
percentages of
new hires with
MSWs who have
completed the
new MSW child
welfare courses
Increased
percentage of
transfers of
MSWs into
frontline
investigations
work from other
divisions of CT
DCF
Increased
percentages of
new hires with
MSWs from
underrepresente
d racial-ethnic
groups
Reduction of
racial-ethnic
disparities in
substantiated
1
case of child
abuse and neglect