The data used in this extended assessment comes from two data collection periods. The first data collection period represents the initial assessment completed in each of the three districts. In this initial assessment, data was collected using surveys, workshops, and data extracted from NYS’s child welfare information system, CONNECTIONS. In the second data collection period, data was collected by group videoconference interviews and data extracted from CONNECTIONS (see Table 1 below).

Table 1. Data collection timeframe and type of data collected

	First data collection period		Second data collection period
	Pre-test period	Test period	Pre-test period	Test period
NYC
Timeframe	82 days 4/29/07-7/21/07	82 days 7/29/07-10/19/07	293 days 10/08/06-7/28/07	293 days 7/29/07-8/1/08
Data collection	Baseline survey; Post survey Workshops; teleconferences CONNECTIONS data		Video conference CONNECTIONS data
Onondaga
Timeframe	51 days 9/28/07-11/18/07	51 days 11/19/07-1/09/08	256 days 3/07/07-11/18/07	256 days 11/19/07-8/1/08
Data collection	Baseline survey; Post survey Teleconferences; District questionnaire CONNECTIONS data		Video conference CONNECTIONS data
Wayne
Timeframe	40 days 10/20/07-11/29/07	40 days 11/30/07-1/9/08	245 days 3/29/07-11/29/07	245 days 11/30/07-8/1/08
Data collection	Baseline survey; Post survey Teleconferences; District questionnaire CONNECTIONS data		Video conference CONNECTIONS data

Both data collection periods extracted CONNECTIONS data for two time periods – a pre-test period (i.e., caseworkers had not received mobile technologies) and a test period (i.e., the time following caseworkers receiving the laptops). Data extracted from the CONNECTIONS database contained information on case records and caseworkers’ progress notes. The information within each of these records included: State ID, Person ID, time-related information about the investigation stage (intake Start Date, Investigation Stage Start Date, Investigation Stage End Date); progress notes information (Progress Notes ID, Progress Notes Event Date, Progress Notes Time, Progress Notes Entry Date, Progress Notes Types, Progress Notes Purposes); safety assessments (Safety Submit Date, Safety Approval Date) logged by caseworkers in each County DSS.