Specifications include, but are not limited to: Case Characteristics Where a child resides (e.g., in their home, relative home, foster home, or congregate care)[footnoteRef:11] [11: Child Welfare Information Gateway: https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue-briefs/rural/] Family size and characteristics Indian Child Welfare/Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (ICWA/MIFPA) guidelines Phase of the case process (e.g., intake, assessment, permanency, etc.) Court involvement Permanency goals Task types (e.g., face-to-face contact, service planning, team meetings, documentation) Culturally specific service needs ; Development of a thoughtful engagement strategy and plan to incorporate perspectives from all agencies; Implementation of engagement strategies to communicate with local agencies and other key stakeholders; Implementation of consultation, coordination, and cooperation strategies with tribal agencies, as outlined in Minnesota Executive Order 19-24; Implementation of formal engagement processes which may include in-person meetings with MACSSA and the ICWA Council; Collaboration with agencies to outline the most common and impactful workload demand variables so they may be included in the study design; Selection of the level and units to be measured that incorporates local agency perception of caseload/workload (time, worker to child, worker to workgroup, unit caseload, etc.); Collaboration with State staff to identify existing information and systems that can support the study design and process design implementation; Consideration of practical implementation concerns, including cost, likelihood of use, data privacy, and other concerns that arise from agency staff in the engagement stage; Inclusion of workload demand variables and local agency characteristics in the initial design; Identification of common workload demand variables, including an analysis of the: Relative impact or weight of identified variables.