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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>Cuyahoga</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>County</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> (</span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
  face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cleveland</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>), ongoing child welfare cases are assigned to units based on nine
geographic districts so that the staff can work with neighborhood organizations
and try to place children in their own neighborhoods.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>We help them draw these districts using point
in time caseload data.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I am
wondering if anyone has developed a more sophisticated way to do this, for
example including length of stay.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for sharing any experience you have
with geographic assignment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName><font size=3 color=navy
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 yes'>David Crampton</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=3 color=navy
  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:
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  color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> of Applied Social
Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=3 color=navy
  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:
  yes'>Case</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font color=navy><span
 style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
  color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Western Reserve</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
 color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
  color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
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  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:
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 style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:State><font
  color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>OH</span></font></st1:State><font
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 style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span></span></font><st1:PostalCode><font
  color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>44106-7164</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>216-368-6680<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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