Talking About PERMANENCY in Our Community

What Does the DATA Tell Us?

Rock Island County

Rock Island County

Who lives in Rock Island County?

Demographics by Race and/or Ethnic Group, 2009 estimate

N = 148,826

White 113,146 77.1%

Black or African American 10,611 7.2%

Hispanic/Latino 15,899 10.8%

American Indian/Alaska Native 176 .1%

Asian 3,115 2.1%

Some other race 745 .5%

Two or more races 3,132 2.1%

Source:

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How do Rock Island County Children Enter the Child Welfare System?Indicated reports FY 2010Source Number Percent of total Law enforcement 283 50%Medical 75 13%Social services 63 11%School personnel 56 10%Relative/neighbor 48 8%DCFS personnel 24 4%“Other” 19 3%Child care centers 0 0%Coroner/Medical Exam 0 0%

568 100%Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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How do Children Enter the Child Welfare System?As shown above, law enforcement was the largest

source of indicated reports in County.

Further, law enforcement reports overall were more likely to be indicated than reports from other major sources.

- 60% of reports ( 283 reports out of 474) from law enforcement personnel were indicated in FY2010.- 43% of reports from medical sources were indicated.

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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What Types of Harm do Children Experience?

Type N indicated% of totalABUSESubstantial risk of harm 158 18%Physical abuse 60 7%Sexual abuse 32 4%Emotional abuse 9 1%

NEGLECTBlatant disregard 411 48%Lack of supervision 13516%Environmental 46 5%Lack of health 14 2%

865 100%Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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What Types of Harm …?By far the most common harm to children is neglect/ blatant disregard for child’s welfare, representing half (48%) of all indicated reports. The second most common is abuse/substantial risk of harm (18%) and neglect/lack of supervision accounting for 16 % of indicated cases.Sexual abuse per se accounts for 4% of indicated cases (32 cases). However, when this is combined with substantial risk of sexual injury (n=41), then 9% of cases relate to sexual harm to children.

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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In 2010, 144 children and youth entered foster care in County.

Gender: female – 43% male – 57%

Race:African American 38%White 57%Hispanic 03%

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

Who Entered Care in 2010?

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Who is in Care?At the close of FY10, 365 children were in out-of-home

care in Rock Island County.This was a slight increase from the previous year (327).

- 38% of children were African American- 54% were White- 6% were Hispanic*- 2% were unknown/Asian Pacific Islander

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 & 2009. *There are on-going concerns about how Latino or Hispanic

ethnicity is determined for DCFS clients. This percent is based on classification in QA data.

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Who is in Care?GENDER 45% of youth are female, 55% male

AGE 27% 2 or under21% 3 - 5 18% 6 - 914% 10 – 1316% 14 – 17 5% 18+

Source: DCFS QA 2010

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What are the Permanency Goals for Youth in Care?*

Reunification 72%Adoption 12%Independence 11%Guardianship 4%

100%

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

*This table excludes children for whom data were missing or coded as “other”

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Where are Children Placed?*

- with kin (41%) - traditional foster care (38%)

- institution/group care (12%)

- specialized care (10%)

* QA data combines foster and relative care, thus this information is from CFRC for FY09.

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How was Permanency Achieved For Children in 2010?

131 children achieved permanency in FY10

Adoption 13%

Reunification 68%

Subsidized Guardianship 19%

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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How have Permanency Rates Changed over Time?

Source: CFRC 2009

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Rock Island County:12 Month Permanency

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How have 24 Month Permanency Rates Changed Over Time?

Source: CFRC 2009

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Rock Island County:24 Month Permanency

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Over the last 5 years, Rock Island County has seen fluctuation in 12 month permanency – from a high of 45% for those entering care in 2005 to a low of 27% for those entering in 2006.

For most recent data available, 30% of children who entered care in 2008 achieved permanency in 12 months.

24 month permanency has fluctuated from 78% for those entering in 2004 to 46% entering in 2009.

The most recent data (those entering care in 2007) show 49% achieving 24 month permanency.

Source: CFRC 2009. [Such data are not yet available from QA]

What are the Permanency Trends in our County?

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Disproportionality and Disparity in our CountyDisproportionality is when the percentage of a group of children

in a population is different from the percentage of the same group in the child welfare system.

For example, if 25% of the children in a county were African American, then 25% of those in foster care should be African American, all things being equal. That would be proportional. If these percents differ there is disproportionality.

Disparity is unequal treatment or outcomes when comparing children of color to non-minority children.

For example, if Hispanic children are less likely to achieve permanency than white children then there are disparate outcomes by race/ethnicity.

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Is There Disproportionality in Our County?YES African American children continue to be overrepresented among

children in care in our County.

10% of the child population is African American, compared to 39% of those in care.

69% of the child population is White, compared to 55% of those in care.

21% of the child population is Hispanic, compared to 6% of those in care

This overrepresentation has been the case for many years.

Source: 2009 population data come from CFRC, 2010 placement data from QA

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Disproportionality

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Child Population = Light colorsFoster Care Population = Dark colors

Rock Island County: Child Population vs. Foster Care Population by Race/

Ethnicity, 2009Source: Population data CFRC 2009, Care data

DCFS QA 2010

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Disproportionality Over Time

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Rock Island County: Percentages of Children in Care by Race/Ethnicity

Source: CFRC 2009

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Are There Differences in Permanency Goals by Race?*

NOAfrican American

White .

Reunification 84 72% 119 73%

Adoption 15 13% 22 14%

Guardianship 6 5% 5 3%

Independence 12 10% 16 10%

117 100% 162 100%

*This table excludes children for whom permanency goals were missing or coded as “other”.

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement? YES

In FY10, 121 African American children and White children achieved permanency.

African American children and White children who were in care in FY10 left care at different rates, with White children much more likely to leave care than African American children (White 46% & African American 21%)

White youth were somewhat more likely than African American youth to exit via reunification (68% vs 63%)

African American youth were more likely than White youth to exit via adoption (20% vs 11%)

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement Over Time?

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Rock Island County:12 Month Permanency by Race/Ethnicity

Source: CFRC 2009

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Caucasian

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Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement Over Time?

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Rock Island County:24 Month Permanency by Race/Ethnicity

Source: CFRC 2009

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Caucasian

Year Child Entered Care

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What is the “Bottom Line” on Disproportionality?

Are African American children more likely to be reported as neglected / abused than White children in County?

YES

Although African American children are just 10% of the population, they comprise 26% of the reported cases.

White children comprise 69% of the child population but 65% of those reported.

Hispanic children represent 21% of the population but just 6% of those reported.

Source: CFRC 09 (for population data) QA FY10 (for report data)

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What is the “Bottom Line” on Disproportionality?

Once reported, are African American children more likely to be indicated than White children?

YES

In FY10 of all reports for African American children, 43% were indicated.

Of all reports for White children, 32% were indicated.

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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Once indicated do African American and White children enter care at similar rates?

NO

In FY10, African American children were slightly more likely to enter care.22% of African American children of those indicated entered care17% of White children of those indicated entered care

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

What is the “Bottom Line” on Disparity?

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DisparityAre African American children less likely to have

reunification as a goal than White children?

NO

In FY10, 72% of African American children have a goal of reunification compared to 73% of White children.

Are African American children less likely to exit care than White children?

YES

In FY10 21% of African American children in care achieved permanency compared to 46% of White children.

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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DisparityDid African American children achieve permanency

differently from White children in FY10?

YES

In FY10, African American children were slightly less likely than White children to achieve permanency through reunification (63% & 68%).

African American children were more likely to exit care through adoption (20% to 11%)

Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

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Disproportionality and Disparity: The SummaryAfrican American children are more likely to be

reported than White children.When reported, African American children are more

likely to be indicated than White children.When indicated, African American children are

slightly more likely to enter care than white children.

Once in care, African American children tend to achieve 12 and 24 month permanency at similar rates.

However, in FY 10 African American children were much less likely to achieve permanency than were White children.

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On-going Questions for our Area