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An overview of basic California foster care data

This presentation provides insights into California's foster care system, highlighting trends in caseload, entry and exit rates, and permanency outcomes for children. Learn about recent declines in foster care numbers and increased speed towards reunification and adoption. Contact joemagruder@berkeley.edu. Presented by the Center for Social Services Research, UC Berkeley.

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An overview of basic California foster care data

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  1. An overview of basic California foster care data Joe Magruder, MSW Center for Social Services Research School of Social Welfare University of California at Berkeley Presentation to Walter S Johnson Foundation Trustees – November 8, 2008 The California Child Welfare Performance Indicators Project is supported by the California Department of Social Services and the Stuart Foundation

  2. Foster Care Caseload, Entries and Exits

  3. Foster Care Rates and Incidence

  4. Caseload Rates by Age

  5. Entry Rates by Age

  6. Exit Rates

  7. Exit Rates – Ages 0 to 2

  8. Summary • The number (and rate) of children in foster care has declined rapidly in the last decade. • The number (and rate) of children entering care has not changed • Children appear to be spending less time in care, to be moving to permanency – especially reunification and adoption – more rapidly.

  9. joemagruder@berkeley.edu CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/UCB_CHILDWELFARE Thank you to our colleagues at the Center for Social Services Research, the California Department of Social Services, and the Stuart Foundation

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