How do McLean County Children Enter the Child Welfare System? McLean County Indicated reports FY 2010 SourceNumber Percent of total Law enforcement23350% Medical 5812% Social services 5111% Relative/neighbor 41 9% “Other” 33 7% School personnel 30 6% DCFS personnel 14 3% Child care ceners 7 2% % Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

How do Children Enter the Child Welfare System? McLean County As shown above, law enforcement was the largest source of indicated reports in McLean County. DCFS reports overall were more likely to be indicated than reports from other sources. - 64% of reports (14 reports out of 22) from DCFS personnel were indicated in FY % of reports from law enforcement were indicated. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

What Types of Harm do Children Experience? McLean County Type N indicated% of total ABUSE Substantial risk of harm9415% Physical abuse42 7% Sexual abuse30 5% Emotional abuse3<1% Death abuse1<1% NEGLECT Blatant disregard30247% Lack of supervision 11218% Environmental49 8% Lack of health 6 1% % Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

What Types of Harm …? McLean County By far the most common harm to children is neglect/ blatant disregard for child’s welfare, representing almost half (47%) of all indicated reports. The second most common is lack of supervision (18%), followed by substantial risk (15%). Sexual abuse per se accounts for 5% of indicated cases. However, when this is combined with substantial risk of sexual injury (n=32), then 10% of cases relate to sexual harm to children. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

McLean County In 2010, 148 children and youth entered foster care in McLean County. Gender: Male – 54%, Female – 46% Race: White 53% African American45% Asian American 01% Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 Who Entered Care in 2010?

Who is in Care? McLean County - At the close of FY10, 400 children were in out-of-home care in Mclean County. This was a slight increase from the previous year (384). - 52% of children were White - 46% were African American - 01% were Latino* - 01 % were unknown - < 01% were Asian * Source: DCFS QA FY There are on-going concerns about how Latino or Hispanic ethnicity is determined for DCFS clients.

Who is in Care? McLean County GENDER 42% of youth are female, 58% male AGE 27%2 or under 25% % % % %18+ Most children (52%) are 5 and under. Source: DCFS QA 2010

What are the Permanency Goals for Youth in Care?* McLean County Reunification16750% Adoption 12136% Guardianship 12 4% Independence 3310% % Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 *This table excludes children for whom data were missing or coded as “other”

Where are Children Placed?* McLean County - with kin (56%) - traditional foster care (25%) - specialized care (11%) - institution/group care (7%) * QA data combines foster and relative care, thus this information is from CFRC for FY09.

How was Permanency Achieved For Children in 2010? McLean County 126 children achieved permanency in FY10 Adoption6048% Reunification5544% Subsidized Guardianship11 9% Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

How Have 12 Month Permanency Rates Changed Over Time? McLean County Source: CFRC 2009

How Have 24 Month Permanency Rates Changed Over Time? McLean County Source: CFRC 2009

What are the Permanency Trends in our County? McLean County Over the last 5 years, McLean County has seen much fluctuation in 12 month permanency, ranging from 41% for youth entering in 2004, to just 18% for those entering in month permanency has declined slightly, from 63% of children who entered care in 2003 to 57% of children who entered care in 2007 and exited by Source: CFRC [Such data are not yet available from QA]

Disproportionality and Disparity in our Action Team Area McLean County Disproportionality is when the percentage of a group of children in a population is different from the percentage of the same group in the child welfare system. For example, if 25% of the children in a county were African American, then 25% of those in foster care should be African American, all things being equal. That would be proportional. If these percents differ there is disproportionality. Disparity is unequal treatment or outcomes when comparing children of color to non-minority children. For example, if Hispanic children are less likely to achieve permanency than white children then there are disparate outcomes by race/ethnicity.

Is There Disproportionality in McLean County? McLean County YES. African American children continue to be overrepresented among children in care in our County. 12% of the child population is African American, compared to 46% of those in care. 80% of the child population is White, compared to 53% of those in care. 8% of the child population is Hispanic, compared to 1% of those in care Overrepresentation of African American children has been the case for several years. Source: 2009 population data come from CFRC, 2010 placement data from QA

McLean County Disproportionality

McLean County Disproportionality Over Time

McLean County Are There Differences in Permanency Goals by Race?* YES African American White. Reunification78 53%8648% Adoption42 29%7542% Guardianship 7 5%5 3% Independence 19 13%14 8% % African American children are slightly more likely to have a goal of reunification and much less likely to have a goal of adoption than are White children. *This table excludes children for whom permanency goals were missing or coded as “other”. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement? McLean County YES, but the difference slightly favored African American children. In FY10, 62 African American children and 60 white children achieved permanency. African American children and White children who were in care in FY10 left care at slightly different rates, with African American children slightly more likely to achieve permanency than White children (34% of African American and 29% of White children left care) African American and White youth achieved reunification at similar rates (45%) and (43%). African American youth were less likely than White youth to exit via adoption (44% vs. 50%) Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement Over Time? McLean County

Is There Disparity in Permanency Achievement Over Time? McLean County Source: CFRC 2009

What is the “Bottom Line” on Disproportionality? McLean County Are African American children more likely to be reported as neglected / abused than White children in Mclean County? YES Children in McLean County are reported at very different rates, with African American children reported at far higher rates than their numbers in the population would predict. In FY 10, AA children represented about 12% of the child population but 29% of the reported cases. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

What is the “Bottom Line” on Disproportionality? McLean County Once reported, are African American children more likely to be indicated than White children? YES In FY10 of all reports for African American children, 40% were indicated. Of all reports for White children, 32% were indicated. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

McLean County Once indicated, are African American children more likely to enter care than White children? YES In FY10, African American children with indicated reports were more likely to enter care. 33% of African American children of those indicated entered care 22% of White children of those indicated entered care Source: DCFS QA FY 2010 What is the “Bottom Line” on Disparity?

Disparity McLean County Are African American children less likely to have reunification as a goal than White children? NO In 2010 with African American children were somewhat more likely to have a goal of reunification. However African American children are less likely to have a goal of adoption than are White children. Are African American children less likely to exit care than White children? NO In FY10 African American children were slightly more likely to achieve permanency than were White children. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

Disparity McLean County Did African American children achieve permanency differently from White children in FY10? YES African American children are slightly more likely than White children to go home (reunification). African American children are less likely to exit care through adoption. Source: DCFS QA FY 2010

Disproportionality and Disparity: The Summary McLean County In FY10 African American children and youth were reported at much higher rates than White children in McLean County these reports were more likely to be indicated they were more likely to enter care. Once in care, however, African American and White children have similar outcomes, particularly in recent years.

On-going Questions for our Area McLean County In McLean County difference by race is clear at entry (far more African American children are reported and a higher percentage of reported African American child reports are indicated). This suggests that one area of effort might be the front end, e.g. – developing community responses that divert African American families – meeting with law enforcement and medical personnel to examine disproportionate reporting In addition, the team might look at disparity in entering care. I.e. are there ways to serve more African American children in their own homes?