Child Welfare Caseworker Training

["Christine Devere" <CDEVERE@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Within the past 12 months, there were a number of emails to this list-serv that provided information on child welfare caseworkers that illustrate the importance of training for child welfare caseworkers.  I'm wondering whether anyone is aware of information on whether states have adequate resources to provide training for caseworkers.  Specifically, I'm interested in identifying any attempts there have been to actually quantify this issue.  There's a lot of information on turnover and vacancy rates in the child welfare workforce, but a question that's been difficult to answer has been 1) what role does lack of training play in retention issues and 2) has there been a lack of training due to a lack of funding at the state level?  

Thanks in advance for your help -

Christine Devere
Analyst in Social Legislation
Congressional Research Service
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540-7440
cdevere@crs.loc.gov