1. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Child Welfare: Ethnic/Racial Disproportionality and Disparity Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Center for Social Services Research University of California at Berkeley T The Performance Indicators Project at CSSR 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 2006 California: Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values Excluded from % Calculations)

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

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

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

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

7. 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

8. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Black Disproportionality 27.7% 7.2% = 3.847 2006 California: Disparity Index White Disproportionality 26.2% 30.8% = 0.851 Disparity Index 3.847 0.851 = 4.521

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

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

11. 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

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 *Series Total

13. 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 Children Hispanic Children White Children Native American Children

14. 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 Black (29.8) White (6.6) Disparity Index 29.8 6.6 = 4.5

15. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Disparity Matrix: Indices (view 1)

16. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley Disparity Matrix: Indices (view 2)

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

18. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley How does California look? It depends on the measure…

19. 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)

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

21. 2000 First Entries California: Percent Exited to Permanency 72 Months From Entry by Relative vs. Non-Relative Placement =94% =84% =75%

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

23. CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/UCB_CHILDWELFARE Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Cuccaro-Alamin, S., Shaw, T., Dawson, W., Piccus, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Conley, A., Smith, J., Dunn, A., Frerer, K., & Putnam-Hornstein, E., (2007). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved [month day, year], from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL: Barbara Needell bneedell@berkeley.edu 510.642.1893 510.290.6334 (pcs) GO BEARS!!!!