Missouri Comprehensive Child Welfare System (CCWIS)
The Missouri Comprehensive Child Welfare Information Systems (CCWIS) project team is working to improve outcomes for Missouri children and families by providing the Children’s Division with a modern, user-friendly case management system. Our goal is to promote efficiency and effectiveness in the work of the Children’s Division by simplifying data from all angles, ensuring the processes within the CCWIS accurately reflect the practice of child welfare in Missouri, and encouraging collaboration inside and outside the agency. To that end, we plan to purchase a base system that we will then further develop and modify to meet the specific needs of Missouri Children’s Division.
Benefits of Obtaining the New System
- Better serve our children and families of Missouri
- Better access to resources
- Improve communication/access for our youth/parents with workers.
- More modern user-friendly system
- Current system is over 20 years old and does not meet the Federal CCWIS requirements as set forth per the Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
- Support retention of frontline staff
- Preplanning activities required prior to development of the new system includes:
- Data Governance, Exchanges, and Migration plans
- Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) to streamline practice with policy.
- The State is seeking matching funds for development and future maintenance and operation costs at 50% from federal partners.
What We're Working On
Composing Documents
Drafting and reviewing appropriate documentation that is needed to obtain an information system.Organizational Change Management
Building plans to ensure there is a communication path from the project to staff and stakeholders.Business Process Re-engineering
Restructuring of processes to shape practice and policy, with the goal of increased efficiency.- Data Quality Improvements
Cleaning up existing data, establishing a formal data governance structure, and preparing for data migration
Contact Us
Do you have questions, concerns, or ideas? Reach out to the CCWIS Team at CD.CCWISTEAM@dss.mo.gov.