What is CAREWare?
On behalf of and in partnership with the Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS), the Healthy Start TA & Support Center at NICHQ is pleased to announce that the CAREWare for Healthy Start database officially launched in August 2020!
- There is no cost or contract necessary for using the CAREWare database for Healthy Start grantees.
- The CAREWare database will continuously be developed to meet data collection and reporting needs for Healthy Start.
- Healthy Start grantees can customize the CAREWare database with custom fields, forms, and reports.
- The Healthy Start TA & Support Center provides ongoing support to assist grantees in learning more about and using the CAREWare database.
Please submit a TA Request for all questions and/or support needs regarding the CAREWare database (including requests for trainings and/or demonstrations). The Healthy Start TA & Support Center will respond within one to three business days.
- An overview of CAREWare
- Frequently Asked Questions about CAREWare
- The CAREWare User License Agreement
- CAREWare for Healthy Start User Guide: Data Collection Forms
- How To Enable Macros (for NCC Excel Reporting Tools)
- Guide To Generating HS NCC Reports From CAREWare
- Reporting Tools to Generate Data for NCC Reports:
CAREWare Trainings
Introduction to CAREWare
The TASC held a webinar, Introduction to CAREWare. This webinar provided a demonstration of CAREWare and all it has to offer.
During this webinar we covered the following:
- Adding and linking client records
- Data collection of mandatory HRSA-MCHB forms
- HSMED-II CSV File
- Exporting Data
If you are interested in learning more about CAREWare, we encourage you to view this recorded webinar.
Generating Required Healthy Start Reports from CAREWare
CAREWare users were invited to a training on NCC reporting. We developed tools to help you generate the data needed for the following reports:
- Benchmark Performance Measures
- Direct Services
- Enabling Services