Developing Predictive Risk Models to Support Child Maltreatment Hotline Screening Decisions (AFST)
AUT/Allegheny DHS
Ref: SRC-002-USA-002
Accessed: 10/30/2025
Summary
Companion publication documenting AFST development. Confirms August 2016 implementation date, the RFP process from 2014, the research consortium composition, the independent ethical review, the public-private funding partnership (Richard King Mellon Foundation, Casey Family Programs, Human Services Integration Fund), and the commissioning of Stanford University for impact evaluation and Hornby Zeller Associates for process evaluation.
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Vaithianathan, R., Putnam-Hornstein, E., et al. (2017) Developing Predictive Risk Models to Support Child Maltreatment Hotline Screening Decisions (AFST). Auckland: Centre for Social Data Analytics, AUT/Allegheny DHS. Available at: https://csda.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/78146/DEVELOPING-PREDICTIVE-RISK-MODELS.pdf (Accessed: 30 October 2025).