The goal of the National Title IV-E Child Welfare Evaluation Taskforce has been to implement the National IV-E Child Welfare Evaluation by developing a national data management system and managing data relating to graduates of Child Welfare Educational Partnerships. The data management system, found on the www.iv-edata.com website, centralizes demographic and other data on Child Welfare Educational Partnership programs and their graduates, in an effort to develop a national picture of the workforce (e.g., who they are, where they are, how they are prepared for child welfare work, and how long they are staying).

The data management system sets the foundation for future research efforts that will include more complex analysis of student/alumni data, with the ultimate goal of a multi-state Title IV-E outcome study.