Lead Measure 5: Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality Entering Out of Home Placement
Why is the lead baseline measure important? It is crucial for identifying and addressing disparities, improving equity, and enhancing the overall effectiveness of the child welfare system. Allows agencies to assess whether the child welfare system is equitable in its approach to placing children and whether certain groups are more frequently subjected to removal from their homes, prompting a review of the factors contributing to these disparities and driving efforts to ensure fair treatment for all families. Focuses on the proportion of children from each racial or ethnic group who enter the foster care system or other out-of-home placements compared to their representation in the general population. Number of children entering care underage 18 per 1,000 children in the general population. What is significant about this graph? According to AFCARS data over the past five years, multi-racial and Black youth have been placed in out-of-home care at disproportionately higher rates compared to their representation in the general population.
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Data Source: Data Advocacy,Casey Family Programs 8.23.24 | Datasource: public NCANDS and AFCARS files obtained from NDACAN. Prepared by Foster America.
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