Methodology
CDSS Measure 8B
Youth Parents in Foster Care

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.

SB 528 amended section 16002.5 of the W&IC to ensure that complete and accurate data on minor and non-minor dependent youth parents is collected. Effective January 1, 2014, the statute requires the California Department of Social Services to ensure that data regarding the total number of minor and non-minor dependent youth parents in out-of-home placements are made publicly available on a quarterly basis. The reported data must also include the minor or non-minor dependent youth parent’s county, age, ethnic group, placement type, time in care, number of children they have, and whether the children are court dependents.

Data Source: Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS), Quarterly UCB Extract

Denominator:
The denominator includes youth in foster care meeting the following criteria:

Who have an open placement episode at the point-in-time
Who are more than 9 and less than 21 years old at the point-in-time
In Child Welfare or Probation Department supervised care

The denominator excludes children and youth:

In incoming Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) placements.
In non-dependent legal guardian placements.

Numerator:
Youth who are identified as parents through at least one of the following:

Minor/NMD Parent Indicator (MNRMOM_IND) in the child client table (CHLD_CLT) has the code value “Y.”
One of the following client relationship codes (CLNTRELC) in the client relationship table (CLN_RELT) is associated with the youth through either the focus client identifier (FKCLIENT_T) or the secondary client identifier (FKCLIENT_0) and the possible child is at least 10 years younger than the youth parent:
- Mother/Daughter (Birth) - 247
- Mother/Daughter (Presumed) - 5620
- Mother/Daughter (Alleged) - 246
- Mother/Son (Birth) - 252
- Mother/Son (Presumed) - 6361
- Mother/Son (Alleged) - 251
- Father/Daughter (Birth) - 205
- Father/Daughter (Presumed) - 207
- Father/Daughter (Alleged) - 204
- Father/Son (Birth) - 211
- Father/Son (Presumed) - 213
- Father/Son (Alleged) - 210
- Daughter/Mother (Birth) - 196
- Daughter/Mother (Presumed) - 198
- Daughter/Mother (Alleged) - 195
- Son/Mother (Birth) - 291
- Son/Mother (Presumed) - 6360
- Son/Mother (Alleged) - 290
- Daughter/Father (Birth) - 190
- Daughter/Father (Presumed) - 192
- Daughter/Father (Alleged) - 189
- Son/Father (Birth) - 285
- Son/Father (Presumed) - 287
- Son/Father (Alleged) - 284

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

MethodologyCDSS Measure 8BYouth Parents in Foster Care

Methodology
CDSS Measure 8B
Youth Parents in Foster Care