Pennsylvania
Statistics on children, youth and families in Pennsylvania from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
Foster Care - Children served during reporting period by race or ethnicity in Pennsylvania
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Why This Indicator Matters
By examining the total population of children in foster care each year by race and Hispanic origin, researchers are able to track longitudinal trends and changes associated with children of color in out-of-home care. Systemic racial and ethnic disparity is a prominent issue within the child welfare system, with national data suggesting many states have an overrepresentation of children who are of African-American, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Hispanic descent in foster care.[5] Racial disparities also exist in the prevalence of suspected maltreatment reports, CPS investigations, confirmed maltreatment reports, removal from the home, length of time in foster care, rate of reunification, likelihood to receive services, and termination of parental rights. Further analysis of the child welfare continuum and the general population compared to the foster care population is needed to fully understand any racial and ethnic disparities among foster children in Pennsylvania.
[1] Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2023). Overview: Out-of-Home Care. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau. https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/overview/
[2] Rizvi, M. B., Conners, G. P., King, K. C., Lopez, R. A., & Rabiner, J. (2022). Pennsylvania Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33351411/
[3] Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2023). Achieving & Maintaining Permanency. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau. https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/permanency/
[4] Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2023). Achieving & Maintaining Permanency. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau. https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/permanency/
[5] Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2021). Child Welfare Practice to Address Racial Disproportionality and Disparity. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau.
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/equitable-practice/addressing-disproportionality/?top=246
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S = Suppressed. Statistics (rates, ratios, percents) are not calculated and displayed for counts less than 10 (or less than 3 for Bayesian/Nearest Neighbor rates). This is due to the unreliability of statistics based on small numbers of events.
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