RE: census on out of home placements

[John Poertner <jpoertne@xxxxxxxx>]

Catherine	

Check out the Berkely website.  We may want to  purchase some of there
material.

-----Original Message-----
From: aron [mailto:shlonsky@uclink4.berkeley.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:28 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: census on out of home placements


Hi Bill,

You might try CWLA www.cwla.org  or NCCAN for overall info and can get more 
specific data from various state-specific sites.  For example, we have a 
website and some analyses for California at http://cssr.berkeley.edu

Good luck,

Aron

At 09:03 AM 2/20/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I am current studying out of home placement for
>children.  I am interested in all out of home
>placements - from the least secure to the most secure.
>I am particularly interested in research that
>documents the numbers of kids in various out-of-home
>placement settings.  For example, I know the federal
>governmen produces the children in custody report
>(CIC).  Are there similar reports that document the
>number of chilren in foster care, hospital settings,
>group homes, shelters, etc.  Any assistance would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Bill
>
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Aron Shlonsky
Research Associate
Center for Social Services Research
UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare
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Berkeley, CA  94720-7400
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