The Agile 2025 conference, hosted by the Agile Alliance, recently featured a “Hack 4 Good” session aimed at solving a real-world problem for a local non-profit. The initiative partnered with the Kempe Center and Growing Together Therapy, resulting in a critical breakthrough that will help secure federal funding for Colorado’s child welfare program.
Rachel Wilson of the Kempe Center shared a powerful testimonial, revealing that her team had experienced a roadblock for a year trying to report on the fidelity of parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) clinics. This data is essential for securing federal funding, but the process was complicated by HIPAA requirements and the difficulty therapists faced in collecting and reporting client information.
In response, the Agile Alliance’s “Hack 4 Good” team developed a new web-based application. This innovative tool allows therapists to quickly collect the data they need while simultaneously and automatically reporting the necessary fidelity information to The Kempe Center without including any protected health data.
The new app has been met with positive feedback from all sides. A PCIT therapist expressed relief at being able to use the simple program instead of carrying several papers to sessions. State officials were also impressed, noting that the application’s design successfully bypasses protected health information concerns and will be easy to roll out and sustain.
The implementation of this new tool will enable the Kempe Center to report long-needed fidelity data to secure federal funding for Colorado’s child welfare program.
More on the Agile 2025 conference at https://agilealliance.org/agile2025/
