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Agency Type
Reports can be stratified based on the supervising agency. For cases under the supervision of
Child Welfare
, children are assigned to the county in which there is an open case or referral.
Probation
and
Other
agency supervised cases are assigned to the county in which there is an open case, referral, or state id county code. The CWS/CMS codes for each agency are drawn from the variable placement_episode.agency_responsible_type
(plc_epst.agy_rspc)
and listed below:
Child Welfare
County Welfare Department (34)
Probation
County Probation Department (33, 5603)
Other
State Adoptions District Office (37, 5606)
Indian Child Welfare (5602)
Agency types of Out of State Agency (35, 5604), Private Adoption Agency (36, 5605), Mental Health (6133), KinGAP (6134), and Missing are excluded from all analyses.
Please note that the federal outcome measures for the second round of the Child and Family Services Review that include foster care data are based on
Child Welfare
,
Probation
and
Other
data. California CWS Outcomes System measures are based on
Child Welfare
data ONLY.