New in Q4 2024 -- (04/01/2025)
Public and Secure Website
- We added the Jan-Dec 2024 time period for:
- Public Website
- Allegation Rates
- Investigation Rates
- Substantiation Rates
- Entry Rates
- Disparity Indices by Ethnicity
- Poverty Disparity Indices
- Secure Website
- This report was previously called TAY-Hub Entries (Age 18 to 20 Years). In the report, youth entering foster care are limited to those entering between the ages of 18 and 20 years. Nearly all are reentries to care by non-minor dependents (NMDs). The report was renamed to TAY-Hub Reentries (Age 18 to 20 Years) to capture this reality and avoid any confusion about AB12 as a policy.
- First Placement Type will report ‘Transitional Housing’ as its own category. Previously, ‘Transitional Housing’ was part of the ‘Other’ category. First Placement Type is available as a dimension on the public website and as a dimension and filter on the secure website.
Errata
- Re: Secure site measure 4E: ICWA Placement Preferences—ICWA Eligible and American Indian Ethnicity.
From approximately 5:00 pm on March 25, when we went live with the Q4 24 extract, until approximately 5:30 pm on March 27, inflated values were posted for Los Angeles County when the All Counties Summary View, AB636 (Child Welfare) view, or the AB636 (Probation) view were used. Our apologies for any inconvenience or confusion. Corrected values have been available since March 27.
Please see 4E: ICWA Placement Preferences (secure).
New in Q3 2024 -- (01/01/2025)
Secure Website
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Major update to the secure site: We are pleased to announce we have updated our secure site to a new version (previewed last quarter). Secure Site 2 uses an expanded version of the public site interface with access to the data, report options, and filters that were available through the old secure site.
Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS) credentials are required to access the secure site. If you need to register for or reset your credentials, please visit the CWDS sign up page (external site).
We encourage you to explore the new secure site. Please do not hesitate to contact us at cssr-webmaster@berkeley.edu with any questions, suggestions, or corrections.
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CWS Outcomes workbooks
We added a ‘desired direction’ indicator to the charts.
Public and Secure Website
- We added Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) enhancements to 4-P2, 4-P3, and the Exits report:
- Public - ICWA Status was added as a filter.
- Public 4-P2: Permanency in 12 Months for Children in Foster Care 12-23 Months
- Public 4-P3: Permanency in 12 Months for Children in Foster Care 24 Months or More
- Public Exits From Foster Care
- Secure - ICWA and Tribal Membership Status were added as row and/or column options and as filters.
- We now use updated DOF Population Projections (2020-2070) for the Population and Rates reports.
Public Website
- The Transition-Age Youth Research & Evaluation Hub (TAY-Hub) TAY Annual Earnings by Age report now presents inflation-adjusted earnings displayed in 2023 dollars.
New in Q2 2024 -- (10/01/2024)
Secure Website
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Major update to the secure site: We have published our secure site as usual (Secure Site 1.0). We are very pleased to announce we have also made available, in parallel, a new version of the secure site (Secure Site 2.0 Beta version), with major improvements over Secure Site 1.0. Secure Site 2.0 uses an expanded version of the public site interface with access to the data, report options, and filters currently available on Secure Site 1.0.
Secure 1.0 remains at our main secure site address for Quarter 2, 2024. To access the new site, please use this link to Secure Site 2.0 or, from the CCWIP home page, use the ‘More’ dropdown menu at top right and select ‘Secure 2.0 Beta.’ Within a session, the first time you move from Secure Site 1.0 to Secure Site 2.0, or vice versa, you will need to re-enter your Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS) credentials.
With next quarter’s Quarter 3, 2024 refresh (on or before January 1, 2025), we will retire Secure Site 1.0.
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Out-of-County Placements (Placement Grids)
This quarter, we produced the Out-of-County Placements (Placement Grids) report based on the UCB_PIT (Point-in-Time) file, which continues to exclude Non-Dependent Legal Guardians, but matches other point-in-time reports.
Public Website
We added a new Transition-Age Youth Research & Evaluation Hub (TAY-Hub) report, TAY Annual Earnings by Age, which uses Employment Development Department (EDD) earnings data (Q4 23 extract). The report displays average and median annual earnings for TAY at earnings ages 18 through 22 years and provides a variety of stratification options.
New in Q1 2024 -- (07/01/2024)
Non-Dependent Legal Guardians (NDLG) exclusion
The Entries, Exits, and Out-of-County Placements have been updated this quarter to exclude certain Non-Dependent Legal Guardians (NDLG), consistent with the changes to other reports in recent quarters.
Placement Type modification
Placement Type modification–we used the Caregiver Relationship (CWS/CMS variable SCP_RLTC) variable to recode some placement types, previously classified as Court Specified Home, into Relative/NREFM, decreasing the count of children and youth in the Court Specified Home category and increasing the count in Relative/NREFM. Specifically, Court Specified Home (1419) where SCP_RLTC = 1638 (Relative Guardian), 1639 (Relative Nonguardian), 6990 (NREFM Guardian), or 6991 (NREFM Nonguardian) is classed as Relative/NREFM. Therefore, the Court Specified category now consists of Court Specified (1419) where SCP_RLTC = 1636 (Nonrelative Guardian), 1637 (Nonrelative Nonguardian), 6715 (Self), or Missing.
Transition-Age Youth (TAY) / Employment Development Department (EDD) reports refreshed
We refreshed the Transition-Age Youth (TAY) reports that use Employment Development Department (EDD) data using the Q4 23 extracts for both the CWS/CMS and EDD data. We added the calendar year 2022 time period to the reports. Note: The TAY Enrollment Status by Age report, which uses National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data, will be refreshed, but later than the other TAY reports. We aim to have it refreshed and the new time period added by the end of July.
- TAY Cumulative Employment Status by Age
- TAY Quarters Employed by Age
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CFSR Data - Secure Website -
As of Quarter 1, 2024, CFSR Round 3 data workbooks are no longer available, however, counties will continue to have access to Measure 3-P4: CFSR Round 3 Re-entry to foster care. CFSR Round 4 data workbooks are available for download from the CWS Outcomes System Summary Files page.
New in Q4 2023 -- (04/01/2024)
Secure Website: CWS Outcomes Workbooks
- The CWS Outcomes Workbooks–Child Welfare and Probation–have been published in an updated format. For details please see Secure CWS Outcomes System Summary Files–login required.
- The CWS Outcomes Workbooks–Child Welfare and Probation–have been published in an updated format. For details please see Secure CWS Outcomes System Summary Files–login required.
Public and Secure Websites
- The main Point in Time/In Care reports–public and secure sites–were updated (Q3 23 data extract) on 01/19/2024 to exclude children and youth in Non Dependent Legal Guardianship (NDLG) Placements, reported as being in a Guardian type home (PLC_HM_T.PLC_FCLC=5411) with a Guardian Non-Relative (1404) or Probate NRLG (6539) Legal Authority for Placement (LG_AUTHT.PLC_ATHC). This update aligned the Point-in-Time/In Care Report with children and youth who are in foster care.
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The reports listed below have been updated with the Q4 2023 data extract to exclude the same group of children and youth.
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Public 4A Siblings | Secure 4A Siblings–login required
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Public 4C Congregate Care Placements: One Year or More | Secure 4C Congregate Care Placements: One Year or More–login required
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Public 4E (1&2) ICWA placement preferences | Secure 4E (1&2) ICWA placement preferences–login required
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Public 8B Youth Parents in Foster Care | Secure 8B Youth Parents in Foster Care–login required
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Public In Care Rates | Secure In Care Rates–login required
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Public Disparity Indices (Type of Contact = In Care) | Secure Disparity Indices (Type of Contact = In Care)–login required
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Public Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates) (Type of Contact = In Care) | Secure Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates) (Type of Contact = In Care)–login required
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Public Transition Age Youth (TAY) Point in Time/In Care | Secure Transition Age Youth (TAY) Point in Time/In Care–login required
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We added Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) enhancements to the Entry Cohorts over Time and 4-P1 Permanency in 12 months for children entering foster care reports.
Public - ICWA status added as a filter
- Public Entry Cohorts over Time
- Public 4-P1 Permanency in 12 months for children entering foster care
Secure–login required - ICWA and Tribal Membership Status added as column options and as filters.
- Secure Entry Cohorts over Time
- Secure 4-P1 Permanency in 12 months for children entering foster care
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We added calendar year 2023 to:
- Public Allegation Rates | Secure Allegation Rates–login required
- Public Investigation Rates | Secure Investigation Rates–login required
- Public Substantiation Rates | Secure Substantiation Rates–login required
- Public Entry Rates | Secure Entry Rates–login required
- Public Disparity Indices | Secure Disparity Indices–login required
- Public Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates) | Secure Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates)–login required
Note: As of the Quarter 4, 2023 data extract, the Child Population Report uses the CA Department of Finance Complete P-3 2020-2060 Population Projections Race/Ethnicity and Sex by Age for California and Counties based on the 2020 Census. This file is used for annual counts for the years 2020 forward. Annual counts for the years 2010-2019 are based on the Complete P-3 2010-2060 Population Projections Race/Ethnicity and Sex by Age for California and Counties based on the 2010 Census. Data for years 2010-2019 will be updated once the Department of Finance releases the intercensal population estimates. Until then, users will observe differences in the population trends between the two files.
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The Poverty Population Estimates were updated with the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 2018-2022 5-year Estimates.
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The Recurrence of Allegations report has been updated. Previously, when the ‘base period referral’ selection ‘first in base period’ was made, children and youth who had a referral within the year preceding their first referral in the period were excluded. Now, with the ‘first in base period’ selection, those children and youth are included in the denominator and, if applicable, the numerator and performance (percentage) calculations. Given this change, users may notice increases in counts versus earlier versions of this report.
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We made a slight modification to how we identify court-dependent children living with legal guardians in our UCB_FC and UCB_FC_AFCARS derived files. To conform to the State's AFCARS reporting we will calculate the child's dependency status at the end rather than the beginning of each foster placement. This reduces problems associated with lags in data entry.
- The main Point in Time/In Care reports–public and secure sites–were updated (Q3 23 data extract) on 01/19/2024 to exclude children and youth in Non Dependent Legal Guardianship (NDLG) Placements, reported as being in a Guardian type home (PLC_HM_T.PLC_FCLC=5411) with a Guardian Non-Relative (1404) or Probate NRLG (6539) Legal Authority for Placement (LG_AUTHT.PLC_ATHC). This update aligned the Point-in-Time/In Care Report with children and youth who are in foster care.
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The reports listed below have been updated with the Q4 2023 data extract to exclude the same group of children and youth.
- Public 4A Siblings | Secure 4A Siblings–login required
- Public 4C Congregate Care Placements: One Year or More | Secure 4C Congregate Care Placements: One Year or More–login required
- Public 4E (1&2) ICWA placement preferences | Secure 4E (1&2) ICWA placement preferences–login required
- Public 8B Youth Parents in Foster Care | Secure 8B Youth Parents in Foster Care–login required
- Public In Care Rates | Secure In Care Rates–login required
- Public Disparity Indices (Type of Contact = In Care) | Secure Disparity Indices (Type of Contact = In Care)–login required
- Public Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates) (Type of Contact = In Care) | Secure Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates) (Type of Contact = In Care)–login required
- Public Transition Age Youth (TAY) Point in Time/In Care | Secure Transition Age Youth (TAY) Point in Time/In Care–login required
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We added Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) enhancements to the Entry Cohorts over Time and 4-P1 Permanency in 12 months for children entering foster care reports.
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Public - ICWA status added as a filter
- Public Entry Cohorts over Time
- Public 4-P1 Permanency in 12 months for children entering foster care
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Secure–login required - ICWA and Tribal Membership Status added as column options and as filters.
- Secure Entry Cohorts over Time
- Secure 4-P1 Permanency in 12 months for children entering foster care
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We added calendar year 2023 to:
- Public Allegation Rates | Secure Allegation Rates–login required
- Public Investigation Rates | Secure Investigation Rates–login required
- Public Substantiation Rates | Secure Substantiation Rates–login required
- Public Entry Rates | Secure Entry Rates–login required
- Public Disparity Indices | Secure Disparity Indices–login required
- Public Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates) | Secure Disparity Indices (Poverty Estimates)–login required
- The Poverty Population Estimates were updated with the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 2018-2022 5-year Estimates.
- The Recurrence of Allegations report has been updated. Previously, when the ‘base period referral’ selection ‘first in base period’ was made, children and youth who had a referral within the year preceding their first referral in the period were excluded. Now, with the ‘first in base period’ selection, those children and youth are included in the denominator and, if applicable, the numerator and performance (percentage) calculations. Given this change, users may notice increases in counts versus earlier versions of this report.
- We made a slight modification to how we identify court-dependent children living with legal guardians in our UCB_FC and UCB_FC_AFCARS derived files. To conform to the State's AFCARS reporting we will calculate the child's dependency status at the end rather than the beginning of each foster placement. This reduces problems associated with lags in data entry.
Public and Secure Websites
- The Point-in-Time/In Care Report has been updated to exclude children and youth in Non Dependent Legal Guardianship (NDLG) Placements, defined as being in a Guardian type home (PLC_HM_T.PLC_FCLC=5411) with a Guardian Non-Relative (1404) or Probate NRLG (6539) Legal Authority for Placement (LG_AUTHT.PLC_ATHC). The purpose of this update is to align the Point-in-Time/In Care Report with children and youth who are in foster care. This update will be applied to other reports in the coming quarters.
Public Point-in-Time/In Care Report
Secure Point-in-Time/In Care Report – login required
Public Websites
- We refreshed the Regional Outcomes Data Books with data from the Quarter 3, 2023 extract. The Regional Data Books were introduced with the Quarter 2, 2023 extract to support CFSR4 CQI efforts. They contain the data that are included in the California Child Welfare Outcomes and Accountability System quarterly reports, summarized for the State of California as a whole and at a regional level.
Public Websites
- A new Transition-Age Youth (TAY) report,TAY Cumulative Postsecondary Enrollment Status by Age, has been added to the TAY-Hub.
TAY Cumulative Postsecondary Enrollment Status by Age links CWS/CMS and National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data to answer the question: Among Transition-Age Youth who were in out-of-home care (at some point Age 16-17) and turned 18 during a 12-month period, what was the highest institutional level of postsecondary enrollment, by selected follow-up ages, after they turned 18?
The cumulative outcome ‘enrollment status’ is reported at the follow-up ages of 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23. Enrollment status reports the highest institutional level of enrollment as Never Enrolled, Enrolled 4-year Institution, or Enrolled 2-year-or-less Institution.
Public and Secure Websites
- We reworked the supplemental Recurrence of Allegations report on the secure website and added it, as a new report, to the public site.
- Public Recurrence of Allegations
- Secure Recurrence of Allegations – login required
Public Website
- We implemented a new framework on the Public site. The website’s general appearance and organization are largely unchanged. There are improvements to page navigation, chart labels and features, and accessibility.
Public and Secure Websites
- We added Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) enhancements to the Point in Time/Case Service Components report.
- Public: Point in Time/Case Service Components report - ICWA status added as a filter
- Secure: Point in Time/Case Service Components report–login required - ICWA and Tribal Membership Status added as column or row options and as filters
- Calendar year 2022 was added to:
- A second Transition Age Youth (TAY) employment report, TAY Quarters Employed by Age, was added to the TAY-Hub. The purpose of this report is to identify older youth served by the system in the two years before legal adulthood and examine their subsequent employment outcomes. Specifically, for Transition Age Youth (TAY) who turned 18 during the selected calendar year and were in out-of-home care at some point Age 16-17, this measure examines the number of quarters employed for selected ages.
Public and Secure Websites
Transition to Child and Family Services Review, Round 4 (CFSR4)
- Secure and public website versions of both the CFSR4-P4 and CFSR3-P4 Reentry measures are available. CCWIP will retain the CFSR3 version of P4 as a supplemental measure.
- The titles and labels for other federal measures have also been updated to reflect the transition to CFSR4: 4-S1, 4-S2, 4-P1, etc.
- Two full sets of CWS Outcomes workbooks are available: one set includes the new CFSR4 versions of measures and standards; the other set represents the CFSR3 versions, available for your reference. There are two separate download options on the CWS Outcomes download page.
Public and Secure Websites
- Measure 8A Outcomes for Youth Exiting Foster Care at Age 18 or Older
Public (Federal Fiscal Year) and Secure (Quarterly) Measure 8A workbooks are available. 8A data have been re-incorporated into the CWS Outcomes workbooks.
Measure 8A (public site)
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Transition-Age Youth Research & Evaluation Hub (TAY-Hub) Launch
CCWIP is pleased to announce the launch of the TAY-Hub web portal.
The TAY-Hub focuses on older adolescents and young adults involved with the California child welfare system. Mark Courtney and Andrea Lane Eastman are Co-Directors of the TAY-Hub. If you are interested in subscribing to the TAY-Hub newsletter please contact Andrea.Eastman@berkeley.edu
Daniel Webster, CCWIP’s Principal Investigator, directs TAY-Hub web reporting.
With the launch, three new online reports are available this quarter:
Entries to Foster Care (Age 18 to 20 Years) (public site)
Entries to Foster Care (Age 18 to 20 Years) (secure site – login required)
Point in Time/In Care (Age 18 to 21 Years) (public site)
Point in Time/In Care (Age 18 to 21 Years) (secure site – login required)
TAY Employment Status by Age (public site)
TAY Employment Status by Age (secure site – login required)
TAY Employment Status by Age links CWS/CMS and Employment Development Department (EDD) data to answer the question: Among Transition-Age Youth who were in out-of-home care (at some point Age 16-17) and turned 18 during a 12-month period, what percent had been employed by selected follow-up ages after they turned 18? The cumulative outcome ‘had any employment’ is reported at the follow-up ages of 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23.
TAY-Hub Report Index (access to the reports listed above) (public site)
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Placement Type Label Update
The Placement Type label “Group” has been updated to “Group/STRTP.” The new label reflects the increase in placements in facilities designated as Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs). Please note that this does not represent a change in methodology; the category has included both placement types in previous quarters.
For details regarding Placement Type categories, please see the Placement Type methodology.
Public and Secure Websites
- Placement Stability (Entry Cohort)
We updated the analysis Placement Stability (Entry Cohort). It now uses a 12-month entry cohort; it previously used a 6-month entry cohort.
Placement Stability (Entry Cohort) (public site)
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Poverty Population DataPoverty Population data was updated and now uses the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 2016-2020 5-year Estimates.
Poverty Population (public site)
Poverty Population (secure site – login required)
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Rates
We added single-time-period views of California rates data by age and by ethnicity (Detail View). Please use the ‘Report Options’ button to select time period and stratification.
Allegation Rates
Investigation Rates
Substantiation Rates
Entry Rates
In Care Rates
- Placement Type
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Reentry following Permanency (Exit Cohort), previously Reentry following Reunification
The supplemental measure Reentry following Reunification (Exit Cohort) has been modified to comply with the specifications for Federal CFSR 4, Permanency Measure 4. We added exits to guardianship to the denominator, changed the default to all days in care (rather than 8+ days), and renamed the measure to Reentry following Permanency (Exit Cohort).
Reentry following Permanency (Exit Cohort) (public site)
Reentry following Permanency (Exit Cohort) (secure site – login required) -
California safety dashboard, by county
A new ‘by county’ version of the California safety dashboard has been added to the secure site. It provides you with the option to select any California county. Like the public California safety dashboard, it is drawn from multiple reports and provides visualizations of child-safety data.
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4A Siblings
We added a Relative / Nonrelative Placement Type selection to the 4A Siblings report (secure site – login required).
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Placement Type Update
For measures 5B, 5F, 6B, and Reentry Following Permanency: The placement facility type ‘Temporary Shelter Care Facility’ (PLC_FCLC=7027) was shifted from the ‘Other’ to the ‘Shelter’ category. As a result, you may see increases in the Shelter category when compared with reports based on earlier CWS/CMS data extracts.
5B: Timely Health And Dental Exams (secure site – login required)
5F: Children Authorized For Psychotropic Medications (secure site – login required)
6B: Individualized Education Plan (IEP) (secure site – login required)
Reentry Following Permanency (Exit Cohort) (secure site – login required)
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We added California Detail Views (crosstab counts) to the Allegations, Entries, and In Care reports.
Click on the 'California Detail View' to generate statewide crosstab output, and 'Report Options' button to specify time period, row and column dimensions for cross tabulations of statewide data.
The crosstab output is available in an interactive chart and as a data table. Crosstabs are available directly via the following links:
Allegations Detail View
Entries Detail View
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Following the addition of runaway status to CWS/CMS, we modified our foster care placement data to more accurately identify runaway status. Across reports, this has caused shifts versus earlier extracts in placement type distributions, particularly reductions in Group Care and increases in the Runaway and Other categories. Changes are most notable in earlier time periods, in probation-supervised care, and when predominant placement type is selected. The predominant placement type data may be of interest to the field. We will continue to investigate and note these trends in the coming quarters.
Please see the Foster Care Files section, for information regarding the construction of the UCB_FC and UCB_FC_AFCARS datasets, at:
Notes on the Source Data
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The public CWS Outcomes reports are now available via links to the applicable measures.
A specialized index allows access to the publicly available reports, for both child-welfare-supervised and probation-supervised care.
Public CWS Outcomes Index -
Secure Site: Measure 8B: Youth Parents in Foster Care
We removed masking and added percentage views.
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We added a methodology specific to Measures 4B(1) and 4B(2).
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We restored the Median Length of Stay Report (First Entries) to the website after coding updates.
Visit Median Length of Stay (public site)
Visit Median Length of Stay (secure site - login required)
- 2010-2021 Child Population Data updated with California Department of Finance P-3: Population Projections by Race/Ethnicity, Detailed Age, and Gender, 2010-2060, July release.
- Investigation Rates added to Outcomes Workbooks
- Multi county views
have been added to the federal permanency measures 3-S1, S-S2, 3-P4, and 3-P5. The new views present performance over time for California and all California counties. Click the 'Multi County View' button at the left of any of these pages:
Visit 3-S1 (public site)
Visit 3-S2 (public site)
Visit 3-P4 (public site)
Visit 3-P5 (public site) - We revised CCWIP’s Foster Care Data File (UCB_FC)
to include additional data, remove outdated variables, and simplify future modifications. For details, please see the ‘Notes on Source Data’ and ‘Foster Care Files’ pages.
- Safety Dashboard: California Child Safety Indicators
This new overview, drawn from multiple reports, provides visualizations of state-level child-safety data. Hover your mouse over charts to view data. Use info buttons to access contextual notes, menu icons to download charts, or the 'Explore Report Data' buttons to access the detailed reports associated with the charts. Please visit:
Visit Safety Dashboard - Investigation Rates Report
The Investigation Rates report provides information about child maltreatment investigations in the context of California's child population.
Visit Investigation Rates (public site) - Multi county views
have been added to the federal permanency measures 3-P1, 3-P2, and 3-P3. The new views present performance over time for California and all California counties. Click the 'Multi County View' button at the left of any of these pages:
Visit 3-P1 (public site)
Visit 3-P2 (public site)
Visit 3-P3 (public site) - Allegation Rates and Substantiation Rates
each have their own page. Please visit:
Visit Allegation Rates (secure site - login required)
Visit Substantiation Rates (secure site - login required)
- County Memorization Feature
A new county memorization feature allows you to retain your county selection across reports within a session. Under 'Report Options' on any report, enable 'Remember County Selection.' - Child Maltreatment Investigations added to Disparity Indices and Poverty Disparity Indices reports
Under 'Report Options,' select 'Investigations' as 'Type of Contact.
Visit Disparity Indices - Visit Poverty Disparity Indices - Poverty Population Estimates
added with 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates.
Visit Poverty Population - Investigation Rates added
Visit Investigation Rates (secure site - login required)
- Between 12/23/2020 and 03/12/2021 the posted 3-S1 denominators for Los Angeles County for the October 2019-September 2020 time period were incorrect. We apologize for the error. With the corrected denominators, the county rates per 100,000 days improved from the previously posted values.
- Child Maltreatment Allegations/Child Count
Multi-County View added - provides counts over time for California and individual counties.
Visit Allegations - Poverty Disparity Indices by Ethnicity
These reports examine the degree to which groups of children have contact with the child welfare system at higher or lower rates than their presence in the poverty population.
Visit Poverty Disparity Indices - Child Maltreatment Allegations/Child Count
Investigation dimension and filter added.
Visit Allegations
- Disparity Indices by Ethnicity
A new analysis! These reports examine the degree to which groups of children have contact with the child welfare system at higher or lower rates than their presence in the general population.
Visit Disparity Indices
- Please note: Since its February 2020 launch (Q3 2019 extract) percentage calculations on the public site have included the category Missing, if present. Previously Missing was excluded from percentage calculations. This change supports adherence to data de-identification guidelines and allows users to identify trends in missing data. With the Q1 2020 extract, this approach was implemented on the secure site.
- Recent changes to CWS/CMS have allowed for better coding of a child or youth’s sexual orientation gender identity and expression (SOGIE). In order to bring existing reports in line with these changes, we have updated Gender breakouts to reflect Sex at Birth, and added Intersex as an option. Categories now include Male, Female, Intersex, and Missing. For more information please consult: CDSS ALL COUNTY LETTER (ACL) NO. 19-20 https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/ACL/2019/19-20.pdf?ver=2019-04-03-081756-557
- For reports with row dimensions available to select, the category “missing” (when available) is included in percent calculations.
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Dear colleagues,
Greetings from the California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP)! We are pleased to announce that on March 1, 2020, we launched our new public-facing website: https://ccwip.berkeley.edu
We are so excited about this platform and encourage you to visit the site, explore, and let us know what you think. You have likely heard that recent Data De-identification Guidelines (DDG) (PDF) adopted by CDSS require that any cell size less than 11 be masked in order to protect the confidentiality of individuals served by CDSS and the counties. While the new website was designed to adhere to these requirements, we have also used this opportunity to update our reporting platform with some new features. Specifically, you will notice that reports have been grouped and displayed with new organization. You may also notice that it is much easier to navigate through multiple reports since returning to the Report Index is now a possible, but not required, option to change measures. Most excitingly, you will notice that tables and graphs are much more interactive on the new website, allowing users to modify output at the same time they view and explore the data.
Please note that while our priority for the new website is to maintain as much functionality as possible while adhering to the DDG, some features may be lost in the short-term while we determine how they can be incorporated into the site while continuing to protect confidentiality. To this end, we have focused on providing trend data over time, with as many breakouts as possible considering the DDG. Further, we will continue to post county-specific AB636 quarterly outcomes workbooks (masked versions) for Child Welfare and Probation to support county system improvement efforts. Unmasked versions of these documents will be transmitted directly to the counties from CDSS.
We look forward to hearing your feedback on our new website, and to continuing our collective work toward child welfare system improvement!
In partnership,
The California Child Welfare Indicators (CCWIP) Team