➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
CT: Data on Children’s Programs Inform Budget and Policy Decisions
Pew Charitable Trusts – March 06, 2017
Connecticut has set an example for data-driven decision-making since the state began engaging in Results-Based Accountability (RBA) in 2005. RBA-a budgeting technique that helps policymakers use data on program outcomes to inform their funding decisions-has become a part of the state’s appropriations process.
Also: How States Engage in Evidence-Based Policymaking: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2017/01/how-states-engage-in-evidence-based-policymaking
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/analysis/2017/03/06/in-connecticut-data-on-childrens-programs-inform-budget-and-policy-decisions