1. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Child Welfare in California: Ethnic/Racial Disproportionality and Disparity 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 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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley 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 population Disparity: a comparison of one group (e.g, regarding disproportionality, services, outcomes) to another group

6. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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*)

13. 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

14. 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)

15. 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%

16. 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%

17. 2000 July-December First Entries California: Percent Exited to Permanency 72 Months From Entry by Relative vs. Non-Relative Placement =93% =84% =75%

18. 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)