Here.
A reminder this is lagging data, so this report covers numbers from 2014, and to read all of the disclaimers in the report regarding how the data is collected and analyzed.
disproportionality rates
Report by Center for the Study of Social Policy–Child Welfare Policy Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Children of Color
Here.
Nationally, families of color – particularly AfricanAmerican and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) – are over-represented in child welfare systems. These families also tend to have worse outcomes – such as children more likely to be removed from their homes, less likely to receive family preservation services, and in the case of African American children, experiencing longer stays in foster care. Public policy can play an important role in reducing these disparities andimproving outcomes for children and families of color. This report highlights policy strategies that have shown promise in improving outcomes for children and families of color in child welfaresystems.
NCJFCJ Releases Updated Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care Technical Assistance Bulletin
Since 2011, the NCJFCJ has published Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care Technical Assistance Bulletins, which identify national and state level disproportionality rates. The reports have gained national attention and have been used in a number of ways by a broad spectrum of stakeholders and interested parties.
Due to the ongoing need for dialogue surrounding the most currently available statistics on disproportionality, the NCJFCJ has published an updated Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care (Fiscal Year 2013) Technical Assistance Bulletin. This Bulletin, released June 2015, utilizes the most current (2013) Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data and 2013 census population estimates data to calculate current disproportionality indexes for the nation, every state, and Washington, D.C.. The Bulletin makes comparisons between 2000 and 2013 disproportionality rates to illustrate changes that have occurred in the last decade regarding overrepresentation of children of color in the foster care system. African American and Native American disproportionality rates are illustrated in color coded maps demonstrate trends over time.
New this year, the Bulletin identifies some of the limitations of the data to help users be more informed consumers of the information and better understand what the data mean and do not mean.
Disproportionate Numbers of Native Kids in Care in Canada
Article here.
NCJFCJ Disproportionality Report of Children in Foster Care for FY 2012
Page 9 of the report has Native American Disproportionality Rates by State. 21 states have overrepresentation of Native kids in care, including Michigan (1.3, and 1.9 in entries to care), Wisconsin (4.1), Minnesota (13.9)and Iowa (4.5). Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota have worse numbers than 10 years ago (page 3).
Report Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care for Fiscal Year 2012 (pdf). Website here.
As a side note, anytime anyone would like to talk about what they think is happening in Illinois/Chicago (no disproportionality shown, almost no ICWA cases pop up on appeal, but with a large urban Native population), we are all ears.
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