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Message ID: 10876
Date: 2020-12-18

Author:Andres Arroyo

Subject:NDACAN Updata Newsletter, Winter 2020-2021 (Vol. 52)

THE NDACAN UPDATA Winter 2020-2021 (Vol. 52) The NDACAN Updata is your source for important Archive announcements. RECENT DATA RELEASES The following new datasets were made available this quarter: * Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Foster Care 6-Month File (FY2015B-2020A) by the Children’s Bureau (Dataset #238) * National Child Welfare Information Study (NCWIS) by the Child Information Gateway and the Children's Bureau (Dataset #236) The following updates to previously released datasets were made available this quarter: * Dataset #161 Multi-Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs (Chafee Independent Living Evaluation Project), 2001-2010, Version 2 * Dataset #191 Targeted Grants to Increase the Well-Being of, and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for, Children Affected by Methamphetamine or Other Substance Abuse: September 30, 2007 to September 30, 2012 (RPG-1), Version 3 If you missed the opportunity to download an update, you can request to receive it by emailing NDACAN@cornell.edu with ‘request data update’ in the subject line and the dataset(s) name, number, and your contact information in the message. 2021 SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE The NDACAN Summer Research Institute (SRI) is a multi-day, online distance learning event that promotes the use of Archive datasets and encourages publication of research findings. The 29th SRI will be held on May 20th, 21st, 24th, and 25th, 2021. Users of NDACAN data may apply for the SRI and, after a selective review process, a group of up to 20 scholars will be invited to participate. NDACAN encourages applications from advanced graduate students, post-docs, early-career faculty, and other researchers. NDACAN staff and SRI participants will convene online during the specified days for a series of virtual meetings. All applicants must be prepared to dedicate the period of the SRI to their project and to engage fully in the online activities. Visit https://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/summer-institute/sri-general-information.cfm for more information about the SRI and to download the application. The 2021 application submission deadline is March 15th. MONTHLY OFFICE HOURS NDACAN is thrilled to announce a new recurrent event for 2021! We’ll be hosting monthly office hours from 11am to 12pm EST on the 4th Friday of each month from January to June. The event will be an opportunity to chat with our team and other data users in an informal setting and get data support as needed. The events will be split between 30 minutes of open time and 30 minutes of dedicated time to a special visitor or theme. We hope you’ll join us for our first office hour event on January 22nd from 11am to 12pm EST where our theme is "Meet the Director." Dr. Christopher Wildeman, Professor of Sociology at Duke University and Co-Director of NDACAN, will be stopping by to discuss NDACAN and current trends in child welfare research, and is available answer your questions! To attend this office hour or any future office hour events follow this link and select the appropriate date (https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/4916080462023/WN_9UdYW4j9QD6YIhiZkEhcjA). CALL FOR DATA USERS TO SEND CITATIONS NDACAN maintains a reference list of scholarly work produced using Archive data. You can access the Child Abuse and Neglect Digital Library (canDL) from our Publications page. Please visit the canDL to see if your publications using Archive data are included and contact us if you have references to add (NDACANsupport@cornell.edu ). When submitting citations, please be sure to include the doi link. Featured Publications: Follow us on Twitter @NDACAN_CU to see recent publications posted by us and members of the child maltreatment research community who are using NDACAN data. Researchers, who publish articles based upon NDACAN data, are encouraged to tag us @NDACAN_CU , include a clickable link to the article by including "https://doi.org/" in front of the doi number, and hashtag the dataset abbreviation and/or number (#NCANDS, #NYTD, #DS223, etc.). * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) Yan, Y. and De Luca, S. (2020). Heterogeneity of treatment effects of PMTO in foster care: a latent profile transition analysis. Journal of Child and Family Studies. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01798-y * National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Vallett, J. D. (2020). The diffusion of Erin’s Law: examining the role of the policy entrepreneur. Policy Studies Journal. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12396 * National Youth in Transition Database(NYTD) Kelly, P. (2020). Risk and protective factors contributing to homelessness among foster care youth: An analysis of the National Youth in Transition Database.Children and Youth Services Review, 108, 104589. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104589 * National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW) Johnson, J., Perrigo, J. L., Deavenport-Saman, A., Wee, C. P., Imagawa, K. K., Schonfeld, D. J., & Vanderbilt, D. (2020). Effect of home environment on academic achievement in child protective service-involved children: Results from the second national survey of child and adolescent well-being study. Child Abuse & Neglect. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104806 FORTHCOMING DATASETS * LONGSCAN Young Adult Data by the LONGSCAN Consortium (Dataset #219) * Permanency Innovation Initiative (PII): The Kansas Intensive Permanency Project by Westat (Dataset #224) * National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), Child File FY2019 by the Children's Bureau (Dataset #237) STAY CONNECTED TO #NDACAN For the latest updates on NDACAN activities, make sure to follow us on Twitter @NDACAN_CU . In addition to recent data release announcements, you can see reminders about our various user support services. The well-being of children is especially crucial in our current times. This is why we curate our NDACAN Twitter content to reflect the status quo and potential uses of NDACAN data holdings for both child welfare researchers and practitioners. Whether it is a recent publication or presentation, make sure to tweet @NDACAN_CU to share the various ways that NDACAN is advancing the field of child welfare research. CALL FOR DATASETS Research has demonstrated an increased citation rate for publications whose investigators share data. Depositing your data with NDACAN can facilitate long-term preservation and provide researchers access to your data for secondary analysis. The Archive is seeking quantitative datasets to add to our collection. Please contact us (NDACANsupport@cornell.edu ) if you have data or know of data that would benefit researchers or check out the Contribute Data page of our website. Are you a member of our Child Maltreatment Research List Serve (CMRL)? The Archive moderates an e-mail list for discussions of research issues relevant to child abuse and neglect. To subscribe or to alter your subscription, visit our CMRL page. This notice is sent to all users of Archive data and to active members of our mailing list. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, please contact aa17@cornell.edu . NDACAN is a project of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research located in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect is a service of the Children’s Bureau | Administration for Children and Families | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

THE NDACAN UPDATA Winter 2020-2021 (Vol. 52) The NDACAN Updata is your source for important Archive announcements. RECENT DATA RELEASES The following new datasets were made available this quarter: * Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Foster Care 6-Month File (FY2015B-2020A) by the Children’s Bureau (Dataset #238) * National Child Welfare Information Study (NCWIS) by the Child Information Gateway and the Children's Bureau (Dataset #236) The following updates to previously released datasets were made available this quarter: * Dataset #161 Multi-Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs (Chafee Independent Living Evaluation Project), 2001-2010, Version 2 * Dataset #191 Targeted Grants to Increase the Well-Being of, and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for, Children Affected by Methamphetamine or Other Substance Abuse: September 30, 2007 to September 30, 2012 (RPG-1), Version 3 If you missed the opportunity to download an update, you can request to receive it by emailing NDACANcornell.edu with ‘request data update’ in the subject line and the dataset(s) name, number, and your contact information in the message. 2021 SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE The NDACAN Summer Research Institute (SRI) is a multi-day, online distance learning event that promotes the use of Archive datasets and encourages publication of research findings. The 29th SRI will be held on May 20th, 21st, 24th, and 25th, 2021. Users of NDACAN data may apply for the SRI and, after a selective review process, a group of up to 20 scholars will be invited to participate. NDACAN encourages applications from advanced graduate students, post-docs, early-career faculty, and other researchers. NDACAN staff and SRI participants will convene online during the specified days for a series of virtual meetings. All applicants must be prepared to dedicate the period of the SRI to their project and to engage fully in the online activities. Visit https://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/summer-institute/sri-general-information.cfm for more information about the SRI and to download the application. The 2021 application submission deadline is March 15th. MONTHLY OFFICE HOURS NDACAN is thrilled to announce a new recurrent event for 2021! We’ll be hosting monthly office hours from 11am to 12pm EST on the 4th Friday of each month from January to June. The event will be an opportunity to chat with our team and other data users in an informal setting and get data support as needed. The events will be split between 30 minutes of open time and 30 minutes of dedicated time to a special visitor or theme. We hope you’ll join us for our first office hour event on January 22nd from 11am to 12pm EST where our theme is "Meet the Director." Dr. Christopher Wildeman, Professor of Sociology at Duke University and Co-Director of NDACAN, will be stopping by to discuss NDACAN and current trends in child welfare research, and is available answer your questions! To attend this office hour or any future office hour events follow this link and select the appropriate date (https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/4916080462023/WN_9UdYW4j9QD6YIhiZkEhcjA). CALL FOR DATA USERS TO SEND CITATIONS NDACAN maintains a reference list of scholarly work produced using Archive data. You can access the Child Abuse and Neglect Digital Library (canDL) from our Publications page. Please visit the canDL to see if your publications using Archive data are included and contact us if you have references to add (NDACANsupportcornell.edu ). When submitting citations, please be sure to include the doi link. Featured Publications: Follow us on Twitter NDACAN_CU to see recent publications posted by us and members of the child maltreatment research community who are using NDACAN data. Researchers, who publish articles based upon NDACAN data, are encouraged to tag us NDACAN_CU , include a clickable link to the article by including "https://doi.org/" in front of the doi number, and hashtag the dataset abbreviation and/or number (#NCANDS, #NYTD, #DS223, etc.). * Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System (AFCARS) Yan, Y. and De Luca, S. (2020). Heterogeneity of treatment effects of PMTO in foster care: a latent profile transition analysis. Journal of Child and Family Studies. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01798-y * National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Vallett, J. D. (2020). The diffusion of Erin’s Law: examining the role of the policy entrepreneur. Policy Studies Journal. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12396 * National Youth in Transition Database(NYTD) Kelly, P. (2020). Risk and protective factors contributing to homelessness among foster care youth: An analysis of the National Youth in Transition Database.Children and Youth Services Review, 108, 104589. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104589 * National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW) Johnson, J., Perrigo, J. L., Deavenport-Saman, A., Wee, C. P., Imagawa, K. K., Schonfeld, D. J., & Vanderbilt, D. (2020). Effect of home environment on academic achievement in child protective service-involved children: Results from the second national survey of child and adolescent well-being study. Child Abuse & Neglect. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104806 FORTHCOMING DATASETS * LONGSCAN Young Adult Data by the LONGSCAN Consortium (Dataset #219) * Permanency Innovation Initiative (PII): The Kansas Intensive Permanency Project by Westat (Dataset #224) * National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), Child File FY2019 by the Children's Bureau (Dataset #237) STAY CONNECTED TO #NDACAN For the latest updates on NDACAN activities, make sure to follow us on Twitter NDACAN_CU . In addition to recent data release announcements, you can see reminders about our various user support services. The well-being of children is especially crucial in our current times. This is why we curate our NDACAN Twitter content to reflect the status quo and potential uses of NDACAN data holdings for both child welfare researchers and practitioners. Whether it is a recent publication or presentation, make sure to tweet NDACAN_CU to share the various ways that NDACAN is advancing the field of child welfare research. CALL FOR DATASETS Research has demonstrated an increased citation rate for publications whose investigators share data. Depositing your data with NDACAN can facilitate long-term preservation and provide researchers access to your data for secondary analysis. The Archive is seeking quantitative datasets to add to our collection. Please contact us (NDACANsupportcornell.edu ) if you have data or know of data that would benefit researchers or check out the Contribute Data page of our website. Are you a member of our Child Maltreatment Research List Serve (CMRL)? The Archive moderates an e-mail list for discussions of research issues relevant to child abuse and neglect. To subscribe or to alter your subscription, visit our CMRL page. This notice is sent to all users of Archive data and to active members of our mailing list. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list, please contact aa17cornell.edu . NDACAN is a project of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research located in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect is a service of the Children’s Bureau | Administration for Children and Families | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services