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Overview of California’s Child Welfare Indicator Data. Barbara Needell , MSW, PhD Center for Social Services Research School of Social Welfare University of California, Berkeley - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Overview of California’s Child Welfare Indicator Data
Barbara Needell, MSW, PhDCenter for Social Services Research
School of Social WelfareUniversity of California, Berkeley
The California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP) is a collaboration of the California Department of Social Services and the School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, and is supported by the California Department of Social Services and the Stuart
Foundation
counterbalancedindicators of system
performance
permanencythrough reunification,
adoption, orguardianship
lengthof stay
stability of care
rate of allegations/substantiated allegations
home-based services vs.
out of home care
positive attachments to family, friends, and neighbors
use of leastrestrictive
form of care
Source: Usher, C.L., Wildfire, J.B., Gogan, H.C. & Brown, E.L. (2002). Measuring Outcomes in Child Welfare. Chapel Hill: Jordan Institute for Families
reentry to care
Tracking Child Welfare Outcomes
Thinking about Prevention
Birth Record Linkages: Selected Findings
• 14% of children in birth cohort were reported to CPS by age 5– lower bound estimate…could not match 16% of CPS records– 25% of these children were reported within the first 3 days of life – 35% of all reported children were reported as infants
• 11 of 12 variables were significantly associated with CPS contact– crude risk ratios >2 were observed for 7 variables
• Contact with CPS is hardly a rare event for certain groups– 30% of black children reported– 25% of children born to teen mothers
sex• female• male
birth weight• 2500g+• <2500g
prenatal care
• 1st trimester• 2nd trimester• 3rd trimester• no care
birth abnormality
• present• none
maternal birth place
• US born• non-US born
race
• native american• black• Hispanic• white• asian/pacific islander
maternal age
• <=19• 20-24• 25-29• 30+
maternal education
• <high school• high school• some college• college+
pregnancy termination hx
• prior termination• none reported
named father• missing• named father
# of children in the family
• one• two• three+
birth payment method
• public/med-cal• other
Birth Record Variables
Assessing Risk at Birth?
15% 50%
Full Birth Cohort Children Reported to CPS
Recognizing the Risk Associated with the Presence Of Multiple Risk Factors…
High Risk on Every Modifiable Risk Factor: 89% probability of CPS report
Low Risk on Every Modifiable Risk Factor: 3% probability of CPS report
Questions? Comments?
Barbara Needell510 290 6334
http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare