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Item Building Collaborations Across Child Welfare and Education Systems(University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2016-01) Langworthy, Sara; Robertson, Lauren; Bhakta, SanjanaUniversity of Minnesota Children, Youth & Family Consortium (CYFC) in partnership with the Minnesota chapter of the Child Welfare and Education Learning Community (CWELC) conducted a brief online survey in spring 2014 to gather initial information on how professionals who work in child welfare and education facilitate collaboration across systems. Building on the results of the survey, we held eight focus groups across Minnesota where direct-service professionals from child welfare and education sectors discussed barriers to, as well as creative strategies for, enabling work across systems. All focus group conversations included people representing both child welfare and education sectors.This report discusses the findings of those focus groups. For an infographic summary, see "Bridging Child Welfare and Education Systems," also available on the University Digital Conservancy.Item Get the Data, Share the Data, Use the Data Recommendations from the three-state Child Welfare and Education Learning Community (CWELC) project(University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2014) Langworthy, Sara; Robertson, LaurenThe Child Welfare and Education Learning Community (CWELC) project strives to address some of these shared challenges and bridge these two systems. Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers from child welfare and education systems in Illinois, Minnesota, and North Carolina have worked together for two years to address shared and unique challenges facing child welfare and education systems in the three states. This report summarizes challenges and opportunities identified by the group and recommends actions to better promote data gathering, sharing and use to enhance educational and health outcomes for children and families.