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1 The California Child Welfare System: Data Snapshot Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Emily Putnam Hornstein, MSW Joseph Magruder, MSW Center for Social Services Research University of California at Berkeley Beyond the Bench December 2005 The Performance Indicators Project at CSSR is supported by the California Department of Social Services and the Stuart Foundation CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/CWSCMSREPORTS (Presentations)

2 Entry Cohorts Exit Cohorts Point in Time Data 3 Views of Data

3 California EXAMPLE: Age of Foster Children (2003 first entries, 2003 exits, July 1 2004 caseload) % Entries Exits Point in Time

4 January 1, 2005 California: Case Service Components by Age <1yr1-2yrs3-5yrs6-10yrs Emergency Response (ER) Family Maintenance (FM) Permanent Placement (PP) 11-15yrs16-17yrs Family Reunification (FR) Total ER FM FR PP

5 January 1, 2005 California: Case Service Components by Ethnicity BlackHispanicWhiteAsianNative American Total PP ER FM FR Emergency Response (ER) Permanent Placement (PP) Family Maintenance (FM) Family Reunification (FR)

6 April 2005 California: Voluntary and Involuntary Service Status VoluntaryInvoluntary Family Reunification (22.4% of Services) Family Maintenance (24.5% of Services) Permanent Placement (48.9% of Services) Missing In Home ServicesOut of Home Services

7 April 2005 In Home Services by County : (Family Maintenance) Percent Involuntary Involuntary

8 2004 California: Age and Path through the Child Welfare System

9 2004 California: Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System

10 2004 California: Referrals per 1,000 by Age 60.7 48.5 55.255.4 49.5 39.5 Substantiated Referrals

11 2004 California: Referrals per 1,000 by Ethnicity Substantiated Referrals 97.9 45.345.7 17.7 52.951.4

12 2004 California: Referrals per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity (97.9) * (52.9) * (51.4) * (45.3) * (45.7) * (17.7) * * Series total

13 2004 California: Substantiated Referrals per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity (23.1) * (15.6) * (11.5) * (10.5) * (11.3) * (4.2) * * Series total

14 2004 First Entries California: Entries to Foster Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity (7.0) * (4.6) * (2.8) * (2.7) * (2.8) * (0.9) ** Series total

15 April 2005 California: Children in Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity (35.4) * (13.8) * (8.4) * (7.0) * (6.9) * (1.8) ** Series total

16 1998 to June 2005 California: First Entries by First Placement Type 19981999200420052001200220032000 Group Kinship FFA Foster TOTAL

17 1998 to July 2005 California: Caseload by Placement Type 19981999200420052001200220032000 Group Kinship FFA Foster TOTAL

18 April 1, 2005 California: Child Welfare Foster Care Caseload by Age and Placement Type % of children (34.5) * (11.4) * (23.3) * (8.7) * * Series total

19 April 1, 2005 California: Child Welfare Foster Care Caseload by Ethnicity and Placement Type Group Foster FFA Kin

20 1998 First Entries California: Placement Stability Over 72 Months KinNon-Kin Months

21 1998-2002 California: Placement Stability at 24 Months by Entry Year KinNon-Kin # of placements

22 1998 Entries California Exits Over Time Reunified and Still in Care by Age: Kin In Care Reunified %

23 1998 Entries California Exits Over Time Reunified and Still in Care by Age: Non-Kin In Care Reunified %

24 1998 Entries California Exits Over Time Reunified and Still in Care by Ethnicity: Kin In Care Reunified Months from First Entry %

25 1998 Entries California Exits Over Time Reunified and Still in Care by Ethnicity: Non-Kin In Care Reunified % Months from First Entry

26 2001 First Entries California: Reentry following Reunification within 12 months by Age <1 yr1-2 yrs3-5 yrs6-10 yrs11-15 yrs16-17 yrs Kin Within 6 months 6-12 months 12-24 months 18.5 25.7 13.8 20.8 16.1 18.3 11.4 16.4 12.6 17.3 5.4 8.4 %

27 2001 First Entries California: Reentry following Reunification within 12 months by Ethnicity BlackWhiteHispanicAsian Native American TOTAL % 12-24 months 6-12 months Within 6 months 16.9 25.1 15.4 18.8 11.7 16.5 7.1 13.3 21.3 26.2 13.9 18.5

28 The Cycle of Experiences in the Child Welfare System The Cycle of Experiences in the Child Welfare System 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

29 DATA ABUSE will not help end CHILD ABUSE Beware: County rankings on individual measures Composite scores that mask issues Small populations Inappropriate views Consider Performance over time Age, gender and race/ethnicity Local Practice and Policy changes needed to impact outcomes

30 Data are Your Friends fin

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