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Announcing Our FY25 EPIC Awards Winner for Passion!
PCG’s quarterly employee recognition program, aptly-named the EPIC Awards, is designed to help bring the firm’s four core tenets—Entrepreneurial Spirit, Passion, Impact, and Community—to life in a tangible way. Today, we are thrilled to announce that Alison Richards has been selected as PCG’s newest EPIC Awards winner in recognition of her Passion for engaging and serving others, both within and outside of PCG.
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Best Practice for Demographic Data Collection & Reporting: Evaluator’s Guide
Public Consulting Group (PCG) is proud to share its latest guidance on best practice for collecting and reporting data related to race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity. By summarizing findings from leading industry sources, this report aims to move evaluators toward more culturally and linguistically appropriate standards (CLAS) for data collection and reporting by establishing guidelines for the work we do for our clients and the people we receive information from.
- 26. January 2023
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Transforming Child Welfare Services and Supports through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was signed into law on March 11, 2021. Properly utilized and implemented, these funds have the potential to substantially support and transform child welfare services to children and families, assist with the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), and stabilize your critical child welfare workforce.
- 26. April 2022
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Home and Community-Based Settings Regulation – Heightened Scrutiny
The information within this article, originally published on the PCG website in March 2019, was updated on April 14, 2022, to reflect program changes and new developments as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE).
- 14. April 2022
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New Tools to Help Define Your CWCA Relationships with CCWIS
In September 2021, the Children’s Bureau (CB) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Technical Bulletins (TBs) #7 (CCWIS Technical Assistance, Self-Assessment Tools, and Monitoring Reviews) and #8 (CCWIS Data Exchange Standards), providing important tools to help title IV-E agencies think about the evolving landscape of the CCWIS journey.
- 11. April 2022