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REVIEW OF DATA ON FOSTER CHILDREN COLLECTED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

TIMETABLE FOR DATA ON FOSTER CHILDREN COLLECTED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU . FOSTER CHILDREN IDENTIFIED FOR FIRST TIME IN 2000 CENSUS.FOSTER CHILDREN IDENTIFIED IN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) EACH YEAR FROM 2000 TO 2006NOVEMBER 2006 CENSUS BUREAU ANNOUNCES DECISION TO STOP IDENTIFYING FOSTER CHI

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REVIEW OF DATA ON FOSTER CHILDREN COLLECTED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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    1. REVIEW OF DATA ON FOSTER CHILDREN COLLECTED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU WILLIAM O’HARE KIDS COUNT CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 2007

    2. TIMETABLE FOR DATA ON FOSTER CHILDREN COLLECTED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU FOSTER CHILDREN IDENTIFIED FOR FIRST TIME IN 2000 CENSUS. FOSTER CHILDREN IDENTIFIED IN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) EACH YEAR FROM 2000 TO 2006 NOVEMBER 2006 – CENSUS BUREAU ANNOUNCES DECISION TO STOP IDENTIFYING FOSTER CHILDREN IN CENSUS (ACS). APRIL 2007 CENSUS BUREAU AGREES TO CONTINUE IDENTIFYING FOSTER CHILDREN IN ACS BUT NOT 2010 CENSUS

    3. WHY IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THE FOSTER CHILD QUESTION IN THE ACS THAN IN 2010 CENSUS. 2010 CENSUS WILL COLLECT SHORT FORM DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ONLY AGE GENDER RACE HISPANIC ORIGIN FAMILY STRUCTURE THIS DATA ALREADY AVAILABLE IN AFCARS SYSTEM REAL VALUE OF CENSUS DATA IS PROVIDING SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FOSTER FAMILIES

    4. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CENSUS AND ACS ONLY CAPTURE DATA ON ABOUT HALF OF ALL CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE

    5. FOSTER CHILDREN ARE IDENTIFIED BY RELATIONSHIP TO HOUSEHOLDER QUESTION

    7. NUMBER OF FOSTER CHILDREN IDENTIFIED 2000 CENSUS 334,974 IN SHORT FORM DATA 291,507 IN LONG FORM DATA (WEIGHTED) 15,429 IN LONG FORM CASES (UNWEIGHTED)

    9. ONLY TWO AFCARS CATEGORIES ARE LIKELY TO BE IDENTIFIED AS FOSTER CHILDREN IN THE CENSUS NONKINSHIP FAMILY FOSTER CARE 258,007 CHILDREN IN 2000 (single largest category of children in foster care) PRE-ADOPTIVE VISIT - 22,124 CHILDREN IN 2000

    10. HOW WELL DOES CENSUS BUREAU DATA ON FOSTER CHILDREN REFLECT SUBSET OF ALL FOSTER CHILDREN ( I.E. FAMILY FOSTER CARE AND PRE-ADOPTIVE HOMES)?

    11. IDEA -- COMPARE DEMOGRAPHICS OF ACS FOSTER CHILD POPULAITON TO THOSE OF TWO GROUPS OF AFCARS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE IDENTIFIED IN CENSUS AGE, GENDER, RACE/HISPAIC, STATE DISTRIBUTION

    12. PROBLEMS OF COMPARING ACS AND AFCARS DATA ACS DATA HAVE LARGE SAMPLING ERRORS SOME OF THE DATA ELEMENTS IN AFCARS (RACE) ARE KNOWN TO BE WRONG DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR TWO GROUPS OF FOSTER CHILDREN LIKELY TO BE INCLUDED IN CENSUS ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND.

    13. POTENTIAL USE OF FOSTER CHILDREN (FOSTER FAMILY) DATA FROM THE ACS CURRENTLY ALMOST NO SYSTEMATIC DATA ON FOSTER FAMILIES – FOSTER CAREGIVERS.

    18. CURRENT ISSUES IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE DATA BELOW NATIONAL LEVEL STATES? RACE GROUPS? OTHER GROUPS COHABITING PARTNERS SINGLE PARENTS

    19. Foster Care Sample Cases in 2005 ACS Households Kids 100% …………… 2,920 4,670 PUMS sample… 1,924 3,094 State numbers range from 441kids in California 1 in Vermont – most are under 50

    20. CURRENT ISSUES IS CENSUS BUREAU DATA REPRESENTATIVE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE USEFUL DATA ON FOSTER FAMILIES? IF SO, ACS DATA FROM 100% OF SAMPLE (THROUGH PRB) VERSUS DATA FROM PUMS FILE WHO SHOULD/WILL PRODUCE SUCH DATA CENSUS BUREAU CASEY FOUNDATION OTHER

    21. NEXT STEPS CONTINUE EFFORTS TO SEE IF DATA GOOD ENOUGH FOR WIDESPREAD DISSEMINATION CONTINUE EXPLORING DATA PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF OTHER AUDIENCES CONVENE GROUP OF EXPERTS IF DATA IS GOOD ENOUGH, WHAT SHOULD CASEY DO TO MAKE DATA AVAILABLE? WHAT ABOUT AFCARS DATA TOO?

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