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Ethnic Disparities in California's Child Welfare System

Explore ethnic disparities in California's child welfare system, including disproportionality and disparity indices, referral rates, foster care entries, and children in care. Learn how different groups are represented and affected. Get insights into racial disparity indices and trends.

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Ethnic Disparities in California's Child Welfare System

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  1. 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. 2006California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values Excluded from % Calculations)

  3. 2006California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values Excluded from % Calculations)

  4. 2006California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values Excluded from % Calculations)

  5. 2006California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values Excluded from % Calculations)

  6. 2006California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values Excluded from % Calculations)

  7. 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. 2006California:Disparity Index Black Disproportionality 27.7% = 3.847 7.2% White Disproportionality 26.2% = 0.851 30.8% Disparity Index 3.847 = 4.521 0.851

  9. 2006California:Referrals per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

  10. 2006California:Substantiated Referrals per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

  11. 2006California:Entries to Foster Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

  12. 2006California:Children in Foster Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity *Series Total

  13. 2006California: Referrals, Substantiated Referrals, Entries, & In Care Rates per 1,000 by Age Black Children White Children Hispanic Children Native American Children Asian/PI Children

  14. 2006California:Children in Foster Care per 1,000 by Age and Ethnicity Black Rates per 1000 Disparity Index 29.8 = 4.5 6.6 White Rates per 1000 Black (29.8) White (6.6)

  15. Disparity Matrix: Indices (view 1)

  16. Disparity Matrix: Indices (view 2)

  17. 2006California:Racial Disparity Indices (group compared to non-group) Black Native American White Hispanic Asian/PI Underrepresented 1.00 Overrepresented

  18. How does California look?It depends on the measure…

  19. 2006National Data:Racial Disparity Indices (group compared to white) New York Illinois California United States Texas Florida Underrepresented 1.00 Overrepresented

  20. 2000 First EntriesCalifornia: Percent Exited to Permanency 72 Months From Entry 79% 88%

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

  22. January 1998 to 2007California:Foster Care Caseload by Race/Ethnicity Black TOTAL Hispanic White Asian/PI Native American 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

  23. Barbara Needell bneedell@berkeley.edu 510.642.1893 510.290.6334 (pcs) GO BEARS!!!! 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: <http://cssr.berkeley.edu/UCB_CHILDWELFARE/>

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