Data Sharing for Better Results: A Guide to Building Integrated Data Systems

Compatible with Federal Privacy Laws

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The Case for Sharing Louisville: Sharing Data to Improve

Educational Outcomes

Louisville, Ky. has partnered with the Jefferson County Public Schools, Metro United Way and other community-based organizations (CBOs) on a data-sharing system that allows CBOs and schools to share both aggregate and individual data on the youth they serve. They share data on a number of factors, including:

• School and afterschool program attendance.

• Suspension rates.

• Data from supplemental online learning programs.

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The Case for Sharing Louisville: Sharing Data to Improve

Educational Outcomes

The system allows partners in Louisville to assess the effectiveness of programs on student achievement. It also helps educators and service providers work together to intervene with youth who are struggling in school.

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The Case for Sharing Josephine and Jackson Counties:

Sharing Data to Provide Health Care to Foster Children

In Josephine and Jackson Counties, Oregon, Mid Rogue Health Plan (Mid Rogue) administers health benefits to Medicaid recipients. In partnership with the Medicaid agency, DHS and Jefferson Behavioral Health, Mid Rogue launched an initiative to create a “medical home” for foster care children by:

1. Assigning a PCP within 14 days of health plan enrollment. 2. Completing a primary care health assessment within 30 days

of placement. 3. Completing a mental health assessment within 60 days of

placement.

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The Case for Sharing Josephine and Jackson Counties:

Sharing Data to Provide Health Care to Foster Children

After discovering that enrollment data from the state Medicaid agency didn’t provide the type of child welfare involvement, Mid Rogue and the local child welfare agency worked together to identify each child’s placement status and date of entry.

The results of the project exceeded the overall aim.• One hundred percent of foster care children were assigned a

PCP within 14 days of placement and received a primary care assessment within 30 days of placement.

• Eighty-eight percent received a behavioral assessment within 60 days of placement.

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The Case for Sharing Milwaukee: Sharing Data to Better Integrate

Primary and Mental Health Care

Wraparound Milwaukee (WAM) is a national model for information sharing and integration of primary and mental health care.

WAM collaborated with the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare to improve services to families and youth in the foster care system at risk of being placed in residential treatment. The program targets youth taking 2 or more psychotropic medications.

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The Case for Sharing Milwaukee: Sharing Data to Better Integrate

Primary and Mental Health Care

As a result of the partnership:

• Ninety-four percent of the identified children had a PCP.

• Eighty-four percent of children on 3 or more psychotropic medications visited their PCPs.

Because of effective medications monitoring, the number of children using 3 or more psychotropic medications dropped from 87% to 39%.

• Visit www.wraparoundmke.com to learn more.

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The Case for Sharing New York City: Sharing Data to Focus on

Individual Needs

In 2005, New York City established the HHS-connect program to allow for data sharing between agencies, including:

• Administration for Children’s Services

• Department of Finance

• Department of Homeless Services

• Housing Authority and Human Resources Administration

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The Case for Sharing New York City: Sharing Data to Focus on

Individual Needs

The city adopted a comprehensive approach that focused on individual needs. Data sharing allowed the city to maximize cost efficiency in providing much needed services, and ensured that those services were based on a holistic understanding of each child and their family.

Service providers now have a more comprehensive understanding of the many services involved in the lives of the children and families they serve, and are able to make more timely and knowledgeable decisions in order to ensure the best possible outcomes.

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