USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Int J Popul Data Sci. 2022 Mar 21;6(3):1702. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1702. eCollection 2021.
The Children's Data Network (CDN) is a data and research collaborative focused on the linkage and analysis of administrative records. In partnership with public agencies, philanthropic funders, affiliated researchers, and community stakeholders, we seek to generate knowledge and advance evidence-rich policies that improve the health, safety, and well-being of the children of California. Given our experience negotiating access to and working with existing administrative data (and importantly, data stewards), the CDN has demonstrated its ability to perform cost-effective and rigorous record linkage, answer time-sensitive policy- and program-related questions, and build the public sector's capacity to do the same. Owing to steadfast and generous infrastructure and project support, close collaboration with public partners, and strategic analyses and engagements, the CDN has promoted a person-level and longitudinal understanding of children and families in California and in so doing, informed policy and program development nationwide. We sincerely hope that our experience-and lessons learned-can advance and inform work in other fields and jurisdictions.
儿童数据网络（CDN）是一个专注于行政记录链接和分析的数据和研究合作组织。通过与公共机构、慈善资助者、附属研究人员和社区利益相关者合作，我们致力于生成知识并推进循证政策，以改善加利福尼亚州儿童的健康、安全和福祉。鉴于我们在协商获取和使用现有行政数据方面的经验（重要的是，数据管理员），CDN 已经证明了其能够进行具有成本效益和严格的记录链接，回答与政策和计划相关的时间敏感问题，并建立公共部门的能力来做到这一点。由于坚定和慷慨的基础设施和项目支持、与公共合作伙伴的密切合作以及战略分析和参与，CDN 促进了对加利福尼亚州儿童和家庭的个人层面和纵向理解，并在此过程中为全国的政策和计划制定提供了信息。我们真诚地希望我们的经验和教训能够为其他领域和司法管辖区的工作提供帮助和启示。
