1. Changing the Outcome: Achieving and Sustaining a Safe Reduction in Foster Care: A Policy Institute November 4-6, 2009 Tampa, FL Addressing Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Welfare
Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD
Center for Social Services Research
University of California at Berkeley
The Performance Indicators Project is a collaboration of the
California Department of Social Services and the University of California at Berkeley,
and is supported by the
California Department of Social Services and the Stuart Foundation

8. definitions
disproportionality: when a group makes up a proportion of those experiencing some event that is higher or lower than that group’s proportion of the reference population
disparity: a comparison of one group (e.g, regarding disproportionality, services, outcomes) to another group

11. CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/UCB_CHILDWELFARE
Barbara Needell
CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/UCB_CHILDWELFARE
Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Glasser, T., Williams, D., Zimmerman, K., Simon, V., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Frerer, K., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Winn, A., Lou, C., & Peng, C. (2009). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved July 1, 2009, from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL: <
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