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Adolescents in the child welfare system who are placed in family-like settings
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| 2016 | Change | 2014 | Latino | White | African American | Asian | Other | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
California | 76% | – | 76% | 79% | 74% | 71% | 79% | 74% |
County
| Sort by name | 2016 Rank | 2016 | Change | 2014 | Latino | White | African American | Asian | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 40 | 70% | 76% | 74% | 71% | 68% | 68% | 100%* | |||
| Alpine | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Amador | 14 | 84% | 87% | 71%* | 94% | 100% | NA | 0%* | |||
| Butte | 25 | 78% | 84% | 80% | 76% | 80% | 100%* | 75%* | |||
| Calaveras | 43 | 69% | 92% | 75%* | 71% | NA | NA | 0%* | |||
| Colusa | 55 | 50%* | 88%* | 100%* | 0%* | NA | NA | NA | |||
| Contra Costa | 29 | 75% | 70% | 84% | 75% | 70% | 76% | 89%* | |||
| Del Norte | 46 | 68% | 87% | 50%* | 67%* | NA | NA | 75%* | |||
| El Dorado | 20 | 80% | 78% | 77% | 80% | 86% | NA | 75%* | |||
| Fresno | 10 | 85% | 80% | 84% | 86% | 83% | 93% | 100%* | |||
| Glenn | 38 | 71% | 78% | 82% | 57%* | 50%* | NA | 75%* | |||
| Humboldt | 20 | 80% | 89% | 71% | 80% | 86%* | NA | 82% | |||
| Imperial | 53 | 61% | 56% | 63% | 57%* | 56%* | NA | 0%* | |||
| Inyo | 1 | 100%* | 50%* | NA | NA | NA | NA | 100%* | |||
| Kern | 14 | 84% | 83% | 88% | 81% | 80% | 80%* | NA | |||
| Kings | 16 | 83% | 91% | 88% | 84% | 65% | 100%* | 33%* | |||
| Lake | 33 | 73% | 74% | 90%* | 68% | 50%* | NA | 80%* | |||
| Lassen | 18 | 82%* | 69% | 50%* | 89%* | NA | NA | NA | |||
| Los Angeles | 25 | 78% | – | 78% | 81% | 74% | 73% | 88% | 77% | ||
| Madera | 10 | 85% | 84% | 89% | 84% | 83%* | 0%* | 67%* | |||
| Marin | 5 | 89% | 96% | 93% | 67%* | 100%* | NA | NA | |||
| Mariposa | 20 | 80%* | 100%* | 100%* | 67%* | NA | NA | 100%* | |||
| Mendocino | 33 | 73% | 64% | 69%* | 68% | 100%* | NA | 86% | |||
| Merced | 7 | 87% | 89% | 90% | 79% | 84% | 83%* | 100%* | |||
| Modoc | 56 | 40%* | 100%* | 0%* | 50%* | NA | NA | 100%* | |||
| Mono | NA | NA | NA | 67%* | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Monterey | 53 | 61% | 64% | 58% | 61% | 78%* | 0%* | 100%* | |||
| Napa | 3 | 95% | 90% | 100% | 88% | 100%* | NA | 100%* | |||
| Nevada | 43 | 69%* | 80% | 100%* | 64%* | NA | NA | NA | |||
| Orange | 33 | 73% | – | 73% | 70% | 79% | 75% | 74% | 100%* | ||
| Placer | 27 | 76% | 77% | 71% | 79% | 86%* | 50%* | 0%* | |||
| Plumas | 7 | 87% | 62% | 100%* | 85% | NA | NA | 100%* | |||
| Riverside | 24 | 79% | – | 79% | 81% | 78% | 76% | 88% | 56%* | ||
| Sacramento | 47 | 67% | 72% | 74% | 64% | 66% | 69% | 57% | |||
| San Benito | 16 | 83% | 91% | 73% | 100%* | 100%* | NA | NA | |||
| San Bernardino | 27 | 76% | 79% | 79% | 73% | 70% | 89% | 75% | |||
| San Diego | 48 | 65% | 66% | 69% | 63% | 56% | 83% | 69% | |||
| San Francisco | 30 | 74% | 73% | 74% | 72% | 73% | 78% | 50%* | |||
| San Joaquin | 51 | 63% | 66% | 61% | 63% | 65% | 61% | 0%* | |||
| San Luis Obispo | 37 | 72% | 78% | 78% | 69% | 56%* | 100%* | 100%* | |||
| San Mateo | 43 | 69% | 59% | 65% | 83% | 55% | 82% | 50%* | |||
| Santa Barbara | 40 | 70% | 73% | 77% | 64% | 43%* | 80%* | 0%* | |||
| Santa Clara | 50 | 64% | 61% | 69% | 65% | 45% | 57% | 50%* | |||
| Santa Cruz | 38 | 71% | 70% | 66% | 78% | 71%* | NA | 0%* | |||
| Shasta | 9 | 86% | 81% | 90% | 87% | 60%* | 100%* | 88%* | |||
| Sierra | 1 | 100%* | NA | NA | NA | 100%* | NA | NA | NA | ||
| Siskiyou | 30 | 74% | 79% | 100%* | 74% | 0%* | 100%* | 75%* | |||
| Solano | 40 | 70% | 83% | 75% | 67% | 70% | 100%* | 50%* | |||
| Sonoma | 52 | 62% | 57% | 67% | 54% | 86%* | 0%* | 80%* | |||
| Stanislaus | 10 | 85% | 83% | 90% | 76% | 94% | 100%* | 100%* | |||
| Sutter | 48 | 65% | 76% | 62%* | 61% | 100%* | NA | 100%* | |||
| Tehama | 4 | 92% | 91% | 89% | 93% | 100%* | NA | NA | |||
| Trinity | 18 | 82% | 79% | 100%* | 75%* | NA | 100%* | NA | |||
| Tulare | 10 | 85% | 87% | 88% | 80% | 78% | 0%* | 83%* | |||
| Tuolumne | 5 | 89% | 88% | 100% | 80% | NA | 100%* | NA | |||
| Ventura | 30 | 74% | 64% | 77% | 62% | 82%* | 100%* | NA | |||
| Yolo | 20 | 80% | 84% | 89% | 68% | 79% | 100%* | 100%* | |||
| Yuba | 33 | 73% | 69% | 90%* | 69% | 63%* | NA | 100%* |
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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