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Methodology
CDSS Measure 4C
Congregate Care Placements: One Year or More

Notes on Source Data

IMPORTANT NOTE: The following methodology may include references to report features not available on the public site version. On the public site, masking is performed to protect the privacy of individuals served by CDSS and comply with CDSS data de-identification guidelines. Values of 1 to 10 and calculations based on values of 1 to 10 are masked ('M' or '*'). In stratified views of the data, additional values (the lowest available) are masked to prevent calculation of values 1 to 10.

Data Source:
Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS)

Frequency:
Quarterly

Denominator:
Includes children and Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs) in foster care meeting the following criteria:

  • Age 0–21 who were in congregate care (i.e., group home or shelter) on the point-in-time date.
  • Supervised by Child Welfare and Probation Agencies.
Excludes:
  • Incoming Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) cases.
  • Children and NMDs supervised by Private Adoption Agencies, Kin-GAP, Mental Health, and Out of State Agencies.

Numerator:
Children and NMDs in foster care meeting the same exclusions and criteria as the denominator plus:

  • Spent at least 365 out-of-home care placement days in one or more congregate care settings out of the 400 possible placement days ending on the point-in-time date. The 400 possible placement days analysis window is utilized to account for brief absences.

Cells containing a period (".") represent a value of zero. In cells representing quotients, a period may also indicate the indeterminate form 0/0.

Note:
If a child or NMD had multiple congregate care placements and/or placement episodes within the 400 days, then the congregate care placement days are cumulated.

The stratification by placement type (group or shelter) indicates the child or NMD’s placement type on the point-in-time date. The numerator counts all congregate care within the 400 days (group and shelter).


Agency Type

Age Group

Ethnic Group

Sex at Birth

Placement Type

Removal Reason

Court Dependent