Program areas at NCCD
Child welfare: the organization provides technical assistance, consulting, training, research, and analytics in support of data-driven, valid, reliable, equitable, and useful decision-making by practitioners and policymakers to promote the health, safety, and well-being of families and communities.
Adult protective services: the organization provides technical assistance, consulting, training, research, and analytics in support of data-driven, valid, reliable, equitable, and useful decision-making by practitioners and policymakers to promote the health, safety, and well-being of adults at the highest risk of future maltreatment or self-neglect and targeting resources toward those adults who need them most.
Juvenile & criminal justice: the organization provides technical assistance, consulting, training, research, and analytics in support of data-driven, valid, reliable, equitable, and useful decision-making by practitioners and policymakers to promote innovative alternatives to ineffective and costly justice practices and inform policies that support fair, effective, equitable, and age-appropriate treatment of youth.
Education: the organization provides technical assistance, consulting, training, research, and analytics in support of research projects to answer questions related to the education of students in child welfare and/or justice systems; monitoring student progress in a school or educational program; site-specific implementation of best practices and measurable academic outcomes in non-traditional school settings; and analysis of ways that race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression shape educational outcomes.