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The US Investment in Family-Based Care Domestically

The US Investment in Family-Based Care Domestically. February 11, 2011 Bryan Samuels, Commissioner Administration on Children, Youth & Families. The United States Child Welfare System.

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The US Investment in Family-Based Care Domestically

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  1. The US Investment in Family-Based Care Domestically February 11, 2011 Bryan Samuels, Commissioner Administration on Children, Youth & Families

  2. The United States Child Welfare System • Established in 1912, the Children’s Bureau is the oldest Federal Agency dedicated to the safety, protection and welfare of children and families • Today, the Children’s Bureau is guided by the principles established by the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997

  3. Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 • The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997, P.L. 105-89, marked the culmination of more than two decades of reforms in child welfare • Enacted as an amendment to titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, ASFA has two overarching goals: • To move children who are languishing in the child welfare system into permanent placements • To change the experience of children who are entering the system today

  4. Guiding Principles of ASFA The safety of children is the paramount concern that must guide all child welfare services Foster care is a temporary setting and not a place for children to grow up Permanency planning efforts should begin as soon as a child enters the child welfare system The child welfare system must focus on results and accountability Innovative approaches are needed to achieve the goals of safety, permanency, and wellbeing

  5. Child Welfare Funding • Total Federal Funding, FY 2010 $8.2 Billion, Children’s Bureau budget • Total State Funding,SFY 2006, $10,724,280,655 • Total Local Funding, SFY, $2,610,922,497 Source: Casey Family Programs, State Child Welfare Databasehttp://www.childwelfarepolicy.org/pages/map.cfm

  6. Child Welfare Workforce • FY 2008 there were 30,752 screening, intake and investigation workers in child protection agencies • As of April 1, 2004, public child welfare agencies had 33, 664 authorized full-time positions • Includes: child protection, in-home, foster care/adoption, and multiple program workers as well as front-line supervisors • Only a partial count, representing at most 26 States Source: American Public Human Services Association

  7. Placement Type of Children in Foster Care, FY09 Total children entering foster care in FY09: 423,773 Data from Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, Report #17, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/afcars/tar/report17.htm

  8. Discharge Reasons for Children Exiting Foster Care, FY09 Total children exiting foster care in FY09: 273,889 Data from Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, Report #17, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/afcars/tar/report17.htm

  9. Children Adopted from Child Welfare, 1998-2009 Number of Children Data Source: Adoption and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis System, Reports 10-17 (1998-2009). Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (USDHHS, ACF)

  10. Age Distribution of Children Adopted from Foster Care, FY09 Data Source: Adoption and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis System, Reports 10-17 (1998-2009). Children’s Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (USDHHS, ACF)

  11. 61.9%screened in(3.6 million) 23.9%substantiated(763,000) 76.2%not substantiated(2.9 million) 59.9%open for services(457,000) 40.1% not open for services(306,000) 34.8% placedout-of-home(159,000) 65.2%in-home(298,000) 38.1%screened out(2.4 million) 25.8%open for services(741,000) 74.2% notopen for services(2.1 million) 13.9% placedout-of-home(103,000) 86.1%in-home(638,000) Cases of children reported to CPS(6 million) FY 2009 Source: Child Maltreatment 2009, US Department of Health and Human Services, National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, 2010

  12. Public-Private Partnerships: Illinois • Contracts with private agencies for approximately 60% of foster care case management • Performance-based contracting aimed at improving permanency credited with reducing size of foster care population dramatically • Key elements of successful public-private partnerships in child welfare • More information available from the Quality Improvement Center on Privatization of Child Welfare

  13. Illinois Foster Care Population, 1998-2009

  14. Concluding Themes • Create legislative efforts to support and develop child welfare infrastructure • Where possible, provide significant financial and human capital resources to support child welfare efforts • Develop an accountability and monitoring system • Encourage and model collaboration

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