Child Welfare & Economic Well-Being

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Adolescents in the child welfare system who are placed in family-like settings

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76%76%79%74%71%79%74%

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2016Change2014LatinoWhiteAfrican
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Alameda4070%
76%74%71%68%68%100%*
AlpineNANANANANANANANANA
Amador1484%
87%71%*94%100%NA0%*
Butte2578%
84%80%76%80%100%*75%*
Calaveras4369%
92%75%*71%NANA0%*
Colusa5550%*
88%*100%*0%*NANANA
Contra Costa2975%
70%84%75%70%76%89%*
Del Norte4668%
87%50%*67%*NANA75%*
El Dorado2080%
78%77%80%86%NA75%*
Fresno1085%
80%84%86%83%93%100%*
Glenn3871%
78%82%57%*50%*NA75%*
Humboldt2080%
89%71%80%86%*NA82%
Imperial5361%
56%63%57%*56%*NA0%*
Inyo1100%*
50%*NANANANA100%*
Kern1484%
83%88%81%80%80%*NA
Kings1683%
91%88%84%65%100%*33%*
Lake3373%
74%90%*68%50%*NA80%*
Lassen1882%*
69%50%*89%*NANANA
Los Angeles2578%78%81%74%73%88%77%
Madera1085%
84%89%84%83%*0%*67%*
Marin589%
96%93%67%*100%*NANA
Mariposa2080%*
100%*100%*67%*NANA100%*
Mendocino3373%
64%69%*68%100%*NA86%
Merced787%
89%90%79%84%83%*100%*
Modoc5640%*
100%*0%*50%*NANA100%*
MonoNANANA67%*NANANANANA
Monterey5361%
64%58%61%78%*0%*100%*
Napa395%
90%100%88%100%*NA100%*
Nevada4369%*
80%100%*64%*NANANA
Orange3373%73%70%79%75%74%100%*
Placer2776%
77%71%79%86%*50%*0%*
Plumas787%
62%100%*85%NANA100%*
Riverside2479%79%81%78%76%88%56%*
Sacramento4767%
72%74%64%66%69%57%
San Benito1683%
91%73%100%*100%*NANA
San Bernardino2776%
79%79%73%70%89%75%
San Diego4865%
66%69%63%56%83%69%
San Francisco3074%
73%74%72%73%78%50%*
San Joaquin5163%
66%61%63%65%61%0%*
San Luis Obispo3772%
78%78%69%56%*100%*100%*
San Mateo4369%
59%65%83%55%82%50%*
Santa Barbara4070%
73%77%64%43%*80%*0%*
Santa Clara5064%
61%69%65%45%57%50%*
Santa Cruz3871%
70%66%78%71%*NA0%*
Shasta986%
81%90%87%60%*100%*88%*
Sierra1100%*NANANA100%*NANANA
Siskiyou3074%
79%100%*74%0%*100%*75%*
Solano4070%
83%75%67%70%100%*50%*
Sonoma5262%
57%67%54%86%*0%*80%*
Stanislaus1085%
83%90%76%94%100%*100%*
Sutter4865%
76%62%*61%100%*NA100%*
Tehama492%
91%89%93%100%*NANA
Trinity1882%
79%100%*75%*NA100%*NA
Tulare1085%
87%88%80%78%0%*83%*
Tuolumne589%
88%100%80%NA100%*NA
Ventura3074%
64%77%62%82%*100%*NA
Yolo2080%
84%89%68%79%100%*100%*
Yuba3373%
69%90%*69%63%*NA100%*

Notes

3. Adolescents in the child welfare system who are placed in family-like settingsIncludes the percentage of adolescents in the child welfare system, ages 12–17, who are placed in a family-like setting at any given point in time, as a percentage of all placements. Family-like settings include placement with kin, in a foster home, Foster Family Agency (FFA) or FFA certified home, in a court-specified home, with a guardian, in a trial home visit or in a pre-adoption placement. Group care, transitional housing and shelters are not considered family-like settings. Adolescents residing in the following placement types were excluded from the analysis because it could not be determined if the adolescent was living in a family-like setting: Supervised Independent Living Placements (SLIP), other, runaway, missing, and non-foster care placements. Children Now analysis of Child Welfare Dynamic Report System, April 2014 and April 2016, “Point in Time/Children in Foster Care,” California Department of Social Services and Center for Social Services Research at University of California, Berkeley, Child Welfare Data Analysis Bureau (July 2016).

Note: Data points that are based on fewer than 10 cases are marked with an asterisk and should be interpreted with caution.

NA (Not Available)Data that are not available are noted as NA. The most frequent reasons for NAs include the unavailability of longitudinal data, fewer than 10 cases (low number events), and statistically unstable estimates.

Asterisks*An asterisk indicates that data should be interpreted with caution. Asterisks were used to note low number of events (fewer than 10) or unstable data with large confidence intervals. Data or estimates with low numbers and large confidence intervals indicate that a data point may not be a true representation of the larger population.

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