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RE: Foster Child Age Distribution - another set of sites to get the big picture - - really big
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My county always likes to put our CWS activity in the
context of other demographic factors and labor market activity, because, at
least in California, people move around a lot faster than we can often develop
compensatory programs to reduce negative the effects of other factors
families are experiencing in our volatile economy. I am writing to suggest some
tools which are accessible to the public which otherwise may not suggest
themselves to researchers, from a demographic perspective.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>California is a state with massive demographic changes from
immigration going on which in turn affect various demographic measures in CPS
and foster care. The state has been losing African -American families
since the end of the Cold War, as transportation assembly jobs disappeared, and
has been gaining immigrants from Mexico and their U.S. born children very
rapidly. Many of our recent arrivals are indigenous people never integrated into
the Spanish-speaking population in Mexico. The high cost of housing in the
temperate climate coastal counties has also been driving NH Whites of moderate
means out of the area, so there is a lot of moving around going on, including
moving into and out of the state. The components of the child population
in many counties has, therefore, been changing rapidly, as has the human capital
attributes of their parents (statistically, as groups).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The State of California supports a site at the UC
Berkeley School of Social Welfare with excellent, on-demand and canned reports
and frequency maps of child welfare and foster care data by county ,
at <A
href="http://cssr.berkeley.edu";>http://cssr.berkeley.edu</A>. California
has 58 counties, some bigger in area than many eastern states and some with
populations exceeding all but a few states, so the statistical value in the
variation of some of the measures can be very, very strong. One
county is so small it has no city of record. :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The State also maintains a general demographic
unit for population data in the California Department of Finance, at
<A href="http://www.dof.ca.gov";>http://www.dof.ca.gov</A> (access the links from
there to reports and data).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Finally, information on the human capital qualities of
recent mothers (ages,ed levels, ethnicity, parity, etc.) are available down
to the county level for all states and most counties at the CDC Natality
Database, accessed at the Wonder System portal at CDC.gov. Data
avalailable to query on line is births from 1995 through 2002. Use the
"search" to type either natality or Wonder to get to the data portal for
your on-demand query across multiple demographic categories, including health
-related ones. Ethnicity is available by race and within Hispanic
ethnicity by specific Hispanic origin categories. This is a very rich
source which can be used very effectively with Census site data and other data
to get a sense of spatial distribution and variation over time across and
within specific geographic areas technically subject to the same set of state
laws and regulations, but with local differences in practice and organization at
the county level.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Freya Schultz</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Santa Barbara County CWS</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=861175717-08032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Freya J. Schultz</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Staff Analyst</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Santa Barbara County Social
Services</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>234 Camino del Remedio</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Santa Barbara, CA 93110</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>805-696-8972</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax 681-696-8986</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>email <A
href="mailto:f.schultz@sbcsocialserv.org";>f.schultz@sbcsocialserv.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>This message is intended only for the
addressee and is privileged and confidential information. If you have
received this information by error, please destroy. Santa Barbara County
Social Services is an observer of HIPPAA.</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Taylor, Peggy<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:00
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Child Maltreatment Researchers<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Foster
Child Age Distribution<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
Children's Bureau website provides links to both AFCARS and NCANDS reports for
several years so you can examine national or state trends over
time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>AFCARS
= Adoption and Foster Care Reporting Systems</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>NCANDS
= National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>AFCARS
has data about children in out of home care. NCANDS has data about child
protective services, including placement decisions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=921565619-20022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Both
can be found here: <A
href="http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/systems/";>http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/systems/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peggy Taylor, MSW</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Project Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Office of Child Welfare and Children's
Mental Health</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kansas University School of Social
Welfare</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Twente Hall</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>1545 Lilac Lane</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lawrence, KS 66044</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>785 864 3749</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>AJack10970@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:50
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Child Maltreatment Researchers<BR><B>Subject:</B> Foster Child
Age Distribution<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><PRE><FONT face=arial,helvetica>I would appreciate information on differences between the states on foster
children's age distribution. Second, how has the foster child age distribution
varied nationally over time?
AMJackson
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