In this article, members of the Data for Impact team reflect on how data and a case management information system can help caseworkers and others to better support children without parental care. Data for Impact (D4I), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is an associate award of MEASURE Evaluation. D4I supports countries to generate and use high-quality data to improve their programs, policies, and—ultimately—health outcomes. "Many countries rely on paper-based or aggregated data for reporting purposes and don’t have ways to address some of the urgent issues children face," says the article. "A well-designed, digitised, web-based platform can help social services, case managers, guardianship authorities, service providers and ministries manage data on children-at-risk, with tools that facilitate case management and longitudinal tracking, and integrating information from different agencies that manage child protection data."
