Child Welfare

Our approach starts at the end: the results that agencies are working to achieve. More proactive support for families. Fewer children in congregate or foster care and more children safely at home. Reduction and then elimination of the racial disproportionality that has plagued the system for decades.

To achieve those results, we help assess current culture, operations and technology. We identify opportunities for change and clarify required actions. And we offer innovative technologies we’ve designed with and for caseworkers, supervisors and other stakeholders throughout the child welfare ecosystem.

While some challenges cross organizations and jurisdictions, each agency is unique. Instead of offering a single playbook, Accenture tailors every engagement to an organization’s distinct goals, obstacles and opportunities.

Whether helping develop, improve and implement strategies, assisting in designing and operationalizing organizational models, or supporting leadership development or change management, we take a nuanced approach that reflects each agency’s situation and priorities.

Fostering Media Connections (FMC) is the nonprofit publisher of The Imprint, a national online publication that covers child welfare, juvenile justice and other youth and family services, and Fostering Families Today, a bimonthly magazine for foster and kinship caregivers around the country.

With readership spanning agency leaders, legislators and advocates, The Imprint serves as the “publication of record” for the field of youth services.

Accenture regularly partners with Fostering Media Connections on video and audio projects that help further elevate discussion of critical issues in the field of child welfare. Our collaboration includes webinars and podcasts featuring Accenture's child welfare team and other thought leaders.