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1 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Foster Care in California: What the Data Tells Us Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Emily Putnam-Hornstein, 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

2 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley big picture trends large/consistent caseload declines over time –1999 (peak)= 109,396 –2004 = 83,085 –2009 = 61,004 (with further declines, 2010 = 57,877) why? –flow of children exiting from foster care has consistently outpaced flow of children entering into care

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4 big picture trends (part 2) time children spend in foster care has been declining evidence? –a greater percentage of children exit to permanency within 48 months of first entering care –point-in-time counts of children in foster care at a given age highlight that young children who enter care, are not (typically) staying for very long

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10 Children Entering Foster Care in California 1998-2008 all children

11 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 infants

12 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 1 yr olds

13 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 2 yr olds

14 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 3 yr olds

15 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 4 yr olds

16 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 5 yr olds

17 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 6 yr olds

18 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 7 yr olds

19 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 8 yr olds

20 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 9 yr olds

21 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 10 yr olds

22 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 11 yr olds

23 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 12 yr olds

24 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 13 yr olds

25 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 14 yr olds

26 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 15 yr olds

27 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 16 yr olds

28 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008 17 yr olds

29 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children Entering Foster Care in California (by age) 1998-2008

30 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care 1998-2009

31 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 infants

32 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 1 yr olds

33 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 2 yr olds

34 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 3 yr olds

35 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 4 yr olds

36 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 5 yr olds

37 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 6 yr olds

38 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 7 yr olds

39 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 8 yr olds

40 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 9 yr olds

41 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 10 yr olds

42 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 11 yr olds

43 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 12 yr olds

44 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 13 yr olds

45 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 14 yr olds

46 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 15 yr olds

47 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 16 yr olds

48 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009 17 yr olds

49 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Children in Foster Care (by age) 1998-2009

50 CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley where is work still needed? Rates of Black children in care have declined even more than rates for other children, but racial disparities remain pronounced Black children are overrepresented among children who are in foster care, and their disproportionality is greatest for children who have been in care for longer timeframes

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53 http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Putnam- Hornstein, E., Williams, D., Simon, V., Hamilton, D., Lou, C., Peng, C., Moore, M., Jacobs, L., & King, B. (2011). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved 5/4/2011, from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL:

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