1. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Child Welfare in California: 1. A Quick Tour of the Data 2. A Racial Equity Lens Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Center for Social Services Research University of California at Berkeley The California Child Welfare Performance Indicators Project is a collaboration between the University of California and the California Department of Social Services and is supported by the California Department of Social Services and the Stuart Foundation Presentation developed by Emily Putnam-Hornstein, MSW

2. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Tracking Child Welfare Outcomes Counterbalanced Indicators of SystemPerformance PermanencyThroughReunification, Adoption, or Guardianship Length of Stay Stability of Care Rate of Referrals/ Substantiated Referrals Home-Based Services vs. Out of Home Care Positive Attachments to Family, Friends, and Neighbors Use of Least Restrictive Form of Care Source: Usher, C.L., Wildfire, J.B., Gogan, H.C. & Brown, E.L. (2002). Measuring Outcomes in Child Welfare. Chapel Hill: Jordan Institute for Families, Reentry to Care

3. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley January 2004-April 2008 California CWS Outcomes System: AB636 Measures, % IMPROVEMENT (+) or (–) indicates direction of desired change Decline in Performance Improvement in Performance

4. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley January 2004-April 2008 California CWS Outcomes System: Federal Measures, % IMPROVEMENT (+) or (–) indicates direction of desired change Decline in Performance Improvement in Performance

5. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley April 2008 California CWS Outcomes System: Performance Relative to Federal Standard/Goal Federal Standard/Goal 100%

6. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2002-2006 California: Referrals, Substantiations & Entry Rates (per 1,000 Children) Referral Rates Substantiation Rates Entry Rates

7. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 1998 to 2007 California: First Entries by First Placement Type (children in care for 8 or more days) 19981999200420052001200220032000 Group/Shelter Kinship FFA Foster TOTAL 20062007

8. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 1998 to 2007 California: Foster Care Caseload by Placement Type 19981999200420052001200220032000 Group/Shelter Kinship FFA Foster TOTAL 20062007

9. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2000 July-December First Entries California: Percent Exited to Permanency 72 Months From Entry 85%

10. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley What’s Race Got To Do With It? 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 population Disparity: a comparison of one group (e.g, regarding disproportionality, services, outcomes) to another group

11. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2006 California: Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values & Other Race Excluded from % Calculations)

12. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 1998 to 2007 California: First Entries by Race/Ethnicity (children in care for 8 or more days) 19981999200420052001200220032000 Black White Native American Hispanic TOTAL 20062007 Asian/PI

13. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 1998 to 2007 California: Foster Care Caseload by Race/Ethnicity 19981999200420052001200220032000 Asian/PI Black White Hispanic TOTAL 20062007 Native American

14. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Black Disproportionality 27.7% 6.3% = 4.40 2006 California: Disparity Index White Disproportionality 25.9% 33.1% = 0.78 Disparity Index 4.40 0.78 = 5.64

15. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2006 California: Referrals per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

16. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2006 California: Substantiated Referrals per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

17. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2006 California: Entries to Foster Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

18. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2006 California: Children in Foster Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

19. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2006 California: Referrals, Substantiated Referrals, Entries, & In Care Rates per 1,000 by Age Black Children Asian/PI ChildrenHispanic Children White Children

20. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2006 California: Children in Foster Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity Black Rates per 1000 White Rates per 1000 Disparity Index 34.0 6.1 = 5.6 Black (34.0*) White (6.1*)

21. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Native American Hispanic Asian/PI 1.00 2006 California: Racial Disparity Indices (group compared to White) UnderrepresentedOverrepresented Black

22. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley New York 1.00 Overrepresented Illinois California United States Texas Florida Underrepresented 2006 National Data: Racial Disparity Indices (group compared to White)

23. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 2000 July-December First Entries California: Percent Exited to Permanency 72 Months From Entry 88% 79%

24. 2000 July-December First Entries California: Percent Exited to Permanency 72 Months From Entry by Relative vs. Non-Relative Placement =93% =84% =75%

25. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/UCB_CHILDWELFARE Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Zimmerman, K., Simon, V., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Frerer, K., Ataie, Y., Atkinson, L., Blumberg, R., Henry, C., & Cuccaro-Alamin, S. (2008). Barbara Needell bneedell@berkeley.edu 510.642.1893 510.290.6334 (pcs)