California
Statistics on children, youth and families in California from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Children Now
Children in the child welfare system who exit to permanency within three years in California
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Definition and Source
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Definition
Data Source
Includes a six-month cohort measure of the percentage of
children, ages 0–17, who have been in care for at least eight days, are
entering foster care for the first time and are no longer in the foster care
system within 36 months of their first entry. Children Now analysis of Child
Welfare Dynamic Report System, for quarters October 2010 to March 2011 and
October 2012 to March 2013, “First Entries at 3 Years: Still in Care” (C1.3),
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.
Notes
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.
NA (Not Available)
Data that are not available are noted as NA. The most
frequent reasons for using the NA annotation include the unavailability of
longitudinal data, data suppression from the original data source due to a low
number event, or statistically unstable estimates.
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