This six-part video series provides an overview of the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) and the NYTD Review, a federal review conducted by the Children’s Bureau to assess how states collect and report data on youth transitioning out of foster care. Using whiteboard animation, the videos cover the history and implementation of NYTD, NYTD data collection and reporting, an introduction to the NYTD review, the system demonstration and survey methodology, the case record review, and the stakeholder interviews.
Introduction to NYTD, Part 1: History and Implementation
Introduction to NYTD, Part 2: Data Collection and Reporting
Introduction to the NYTD Review
System Demonstration and Survey Methodology Review
Case Record Review
Stakeholder Interviews
Part one of the video series on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) provides an overview, including background on why the database was developed and a timeline of the Children’s Bureau’s work with states to develop the NYTD.
Part two of the video series on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) discusses the process by which states collect and report NYTD data in accordance with federal regulation.
Part three of the video series on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) provides an introduction to the NYTD Review, a process that evaluates how states collect and report data on youth in transition out of foster care.
Part four of the video series on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) provides an overview of two elements of the onsite phase of the NYTD Review: the system demonstration and the survey methodology review.
Part five of the video series on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) provides an overview of the case record review, an important element of the NYTD review onsite phase.
Part six, the final video of the series on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD), provides an overview of the stakeholder interviews, an important element of the NYTD Review onsite phase.