About the California Child Welfare Performance Indicators Project (Handout)

Current data extract (unless otherwise noted): Q4 2011

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Notes on Data Source

• Child Maltreatment Allegation & Substantiation Rates  
• Entry Rates  
• In Care Rates  
• S1.1 No recurrence of maltreatment 
• S2.1 No maltreatment in foster care 
• C1.1 Reunification within 12 months (exit cohort) 
• C1.2 Median time to reunification (exit cohort) 
• C1.3 Reunification within 12 months (entry cohort) 
• C1.4 Reentry following reunification (exit cohort) 
• C2.1 Adoption within 24 months (exit cohort) 
• C2.2 Median time to adoption (exit cohort) 
• C2.3 Adoption within 12 months (17 months in care) 
• C2.4 Legally free within 6 months (17 months in care) 
• C2.5 Adoption within 12 months (legally free) 
• C3.1 Exits to permanency (24 months in care) 
• C3.2 Exits to permanency (legally free at exit) 
• C3.3 In care 3 years or longer (emancipated or age 18 in care) 
• C4.1,2,3 Placement stability 
• 2B Child abuse and neglect referrals by time-to-investigation 
• 2C Timely caseworker visits with children 
• 4A Siblings [static]  
• 4B Least Restrictive (Entries First Placement)  
• 4B Least Restrictive (PIT Placement)  
• 4E (1&2) ICWA placement preferences—ICWA eligible/American Indian ethnicity 
• 5B (1&2) Timely Health/Dental Exams 
• 5F Children Authorized for Psychotropic Medications  
• 6B Individualized Education Plan (IEP) 
• 8A Exit Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care [static] 

• Child Maltreatment Allegations/Child Count  
• Recurrence of Allegations  
• Recurrence of Allegations after Exit  
• Entries  
• Point-In-Time  
• Exits  
• Placement Stability (Entry Cohort)  
• Point-In-Time Placement Grids [static]  
• Case Service Components  
• Median Length of Stay [static]  
• Home/Placement Distances [static]  

• Link to KIDS COUNT