Policy & Practice October 2018

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Vol. 76, No. 5 October 2018

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Igniting the Potential The Making of a Health and Human Services Workforce Advocate

Disarming Data and Analytics An Old-School Tradition

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Putting People to Work Using Supports and Services to Change the “If” to “How”

Family Self-Sufficiency A Holistic View of Self-Regulation and Its Implications for Human Services Programs

departments

3 President’s Memo

24 Legal Notes

28 Association News 2018 ISM Conference Award Recipients

Building Well-Being by Creating a Culture of Inquiry

Social Advocacy and Law: Twitter or Shakespeare?

5 Locally Speaking

25 Improving Child Care Licensing Background Checks: The Legal Perspective

36 Do’ers Profile

Mecklenburg Community Resource Center Opens

Leslie Henderson, Quality Assurance Manager at the Utah Department of Workforce Services

6 FromThe Field

26 Technology Speaks

Building a Culture of Analytics: Health and Human Services Symposium for Action

Technology Tool Supports Better Outcomes for Children and Families

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