What is a Quality Improvement Committee?

The Division of Child and Family Services has Quality Improvement Committees in all geographic regions of the state. These committees are made up of community partners who have a stake in the outcome of services provided to children and families. The child welfare system relies on far more than "just" Child and Family Services. Law enforcement, schools, medical providers, mental health providers, substance abuse providers, the courts, the legislature, and others provide vital services to children and families in need.

The committees meet monthly. They review information and data, which measure Child and Family Services' performance, and they discuss systemic problems that affect children and families. It is their mission to be informed evaluators who will ask the hard questions and sometimes make recommendations to improve the system. Here is the Recommendation Process to be followed by the Quality Improvement Committees and Child and Family Services.

The committees recently regained their ability to provide lunches to committee members and small incentive awards to state employees (see letter with approval). This is for the remainder of state fiscal year 2011.

If you are interested in receiving more information about how you might serve on a committee in your area, please contact Katy Larsen at katylarsen@utah.gov. Or, please view the informational brochure:

New Member Information Brochure

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Case Referral

This website is not intended as a repository for referrals for child abuse/neglect investigations nor a place to express concerns about any individual cases.

Please use the following links for direction in those regards.

  • To report suspected child abuse or neglect, please call 1-855-323-3237.
  • To discuss a concern about the Division or Department's handling of a specific case, please call the Constituent Services Representative at 801-538-4100. If you are unable to resolve your concerns after speaking with the Constituent Services Representative, you may contact the Office of Child Protection Ombudsman by visiting their website at www.ocpo.utah.gov.

Committee Information

Click on the appropriate link to view information that is specific to that Quality Improvement Committee.

 

For information on what the Quality Improvement committees have accomplished, please see the 2009 Annual Report for the State Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1 through June 30, 2009).

 

The Annual Quality Improvement Summit, Permanency Matters: You Get What You Measure, was held on December 14, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Here are the related documents:

 

Quarterly Meetings

Committee chairs and Division liaisons meet on a quarterly basis to coordinate the activities of the committees. The last meeting was held on September 7, 2011 (click here for the notes from this meeting).

 

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