Project Harmony’s Kristina Haynie Attends Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare

Kristina Haynie, Project Harmony’s Research and Information Specialist, was accepted into the Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration sponsored by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, The Center for State Child Welfare Data and Casey Family Programs.  This multi-day course was in November and only 15 applicants were selected out of the 50 who applied.  Haynie was one of the first applicants selected representing a Child Advocacy Center.

The Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration training began in 2007.  Course participants learn state-of-the art methods for analyzing longitudinal administrative data and how these techniques apply to programmatic decision making, fiscal planning, evaluation of interventions, and ongoing monitoring.  These skills, along with the connections to Chapin Hall, strengthen Project Harmony’s ability to shape policy and practice investments – working towards the mission of ending child abuse and neglect.

Project Harmony (www.projectharmony.com) is a non-profit, community-based organization that has served more than 25,000 children during the past 20 years by providing a child friendly environment in which specially-trained professionals work together to assess, investigate, and resolve child abuse cases.  In one centralized location, Project Harmony co-houses with Omaha Police Department Child Victim/Sexual Assault Unit, Nebraska Health & Human Services/Child Protection Service Initial Assessment and Child Abuse Hotline, Lutheran Family Services and Child Saving Institute.  Project Harmony exists to protect and support children, collaborate with professionals and engage the community to end child abuse and neglect.