The Performance Dashboard (formerly Performance Outcomes System) datasets are developed in line with legislative mandates to improve outcomes and inform decision making regarding individuals receiving Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS). The Dashboard gathers information relevant to specific mental health outcomes and provides useful summary reports for ongoing quality improvement and to support decision making. Please note: the Excel file Performance Dashboard has been discontinued and replaced with the SMHS Performance Dashboards found on Behavioral Health Reporting (ca.gov).

Percentage of first entries into foster care for children under age 18, by type of out-of-home placement (e.g., 25.3% of children entering foster care for the first time in California in 2011-13 were placed with relatives). First entries into foster care are unduplicated counts of children under the supervision of county welfare departments and exclude cases under the supervision of county probation departments, out-of-state agencies, state adoptions district offices, and Indian child welfare departments. Counts are based on the first out-of-home placement of eight days or more, even if it was not the first actual placement. A 'Foster Family Agency Home' is overseen by licensed non-profit agencies, whereas 'Foster Homes' are licensed directly by a county. For more on Foster Family Agencies, see http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/PG1346.htm. A 'Court-Specified Home' can be of any type, but is mandated by the court. 'Other' includes medical facilities, tribe-specified homes, and pre-adoptive care. LNE (Low Number Event) refers to data that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 160 total children with first entries. N/A means that data are not available. The sum of all placement type percentages may not add up to 100% due to missing values. Data Source: Needell, B., et al. (May 2014). Child Welfare Services Reports for California, U.C. Berkeley Center for Social Services Research. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.

In 2022, around 18,144 children in California who were the victims of child abuse were in foster care, the most out of any state. Florida, Texas, Illinois, and Indiana rounded out the five leading states for children in foster care in that year.

Number of children under age 21 in foster care as of July 1 of each year, by age group. This is a point-in-time, unduplicated count of children under the supervision of county welfare departments and excludes cases under the supervision of county probation departments, out-of-state agencies, state adoptions district offices, and Indian child welfare departments. The total by age group may not add up to total number of children in foster care due to missing values. U.S. totals reflect children in foster care as of Sept. 30 each year. N/A means that data are not available. Note: Although U.S. data are not available for children ages 1-2 and 3-5, data for children ages 1-5, combined, is available on KIDS COUNT. Data Source: Needell, B., et al. (May 2014). Child Welfare Services Reports for California, U.C. Berkeley Center for Social Services Research; U.S. data come from Child Trends analysis of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data available through the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, as cited on KIDS COUNT (May 2014). Retrieved on May 31, 2015.

Number of first entries into foster care for children under age 18. Rates represent a three-year average of data. First entries into foster care are unduplicated counts of children under the supervision of county welfare departments and exclude cases under the supervision of county probation departments, out-of-state agencies, state adoptions district offices, and Indian child welfare departments. For rates, LNE (Low Number Event) refers to data that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 20 first entries. N/A means that data are not available. Needell, B., et al. (May 2014). Child Welfare Services Reports for California, U.C. Berkeley Center for Social Services Research; U.S. data come from Child Trends analysis of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data available through the National Data Archive on Child Abuse & Neglect, as cited on KIDS COUNT (May 2014). Retrieved May 31, 2015.

Percentage of first entries into foster care for children under age 18, by removal reason (e.g., 8.5% of children entering foster care for the first time in California in 2011-2013 were removed from their families due to physical abuse). First entries into foster care are unduplicated counts of children under the supervision of county welfare departments and exclude cases under the supervision of county probation departments, out-of-state agencies, state adoptions district offices, and Indian child welfare departments. Counts are based on the first out-of-home placement of eight days or more, even if it was not the first actual placement. 'Other' includes removals due to exploitation, child’s disability or handicap, and other reasons. LNE (Low Number Event) refers to data that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 80 total children with first entries. N/A means that data are not available. The sum of all reasons for removal percentages may not add up to 100% due to missing values. Data Source: Needell, B., et al. (May 2014). Child Welfare Services Reports for California, U.C. Berkeley Center for Social Services Research. Retrieved on May 31, 2015.

The Katie A. Settlement Agreement requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to collect and post data used to evaluate utilization of services and timely access to appropriate care. These county datasets show services used by children and youth (under the age of 21) identified as Katie A. Subclass members and/or utilizing Katie A. specialty mental health services (Intensive Care Coordination, Intensive Home Based Services, and Therapeutic Foster Care). This data assists in evaluating each county’s progress with implementing.

This dataset contains all former foster youth enrolled in Medi-Cal. The Medi-Cal Former Foster Youth (FFY) program provides full scope Medi-Cal to individuals up to the age of 26 who were in foster care at age 18 or older.

The Performance Dashboard (formerly Performance Outcomes System) datasets are developed in line with legislative mandates to improve outcomes and inform decision making regarding individuals receiving Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS). The Dashboard gathers information relevant to specific mental health outcomes and provides useful summary reports for ongoing quality improvement and to support decision making. Please note: the Excel file Performance Dashboard has been discontinued and replaced with the SMHS Performance Dashboards found on Behavioral Health Reporting (ca.gov).

This statistic shows the number of children adopted in the United States in 2014, by state. During October 2013 to September 2014, total 5,287 children were adopted in California.

This data table provides distributed collection data for California child support cases. The data is sorted by counties and categorized as Current or Former Public Assistance, or Never Assisted types, and consists of cases where the child is or has received public assistance (AFDC, TANF, Foster Care, or Medicaid only), or are receiving child support services only without aid.

In 2023, around 16,438 children in California who were the victims of child abuse were in foster care, the most out of any state. Florida, Texas, Arizona, and Illinois rounded out the five leading states for children in foster care in that year.

Introduction

California Health and Human Services (CalHHS) single and multi-program participation counts with demographics by year and geography, both the Annual (cumulative) and July (point in time) files. The data dictionary for each file is loaded as a resource within the CSV preview page.

Background

The CalHHS Program Data and Dashboard contain participation data related to seven California Health & Human Services agency programs: CalWORKs, CalFresh, In-Home Supportive Services, Foster Care, Medi-Cal (California Medicaid), Women, Infants, & Children, and Developmental Services. Users are able to view these data at the county level or by legislative district level (U.S. Congress, State Assembly, State Senate). Statistics on persons served, persons per case, average grant amount, and basic demographics are presented in both tabular spreadsheets and customizable visualizations by program. In addition to presenting statistics for each program separately, the dashboard also provides data on the number of individuals participating in more than one program at the same time in a given district or county.

Methodology

The Children's Data Network has prepared a methodology document for the process involved in creating this data. If you would like to review the methodology used, please click the link below to visit the CalHHS Records Reconciliation Methodology. https://data.chhs.ca.gov/pages/calhhs-program-counts-methodology

Analysis of ‘Health & Human Services Program Counts - Dashboard & Record Reconciliation’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/5ff7fb54-398c-46b7-bfd4-e1fabb6ac4d2 on 28 January 2022.

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Annual California Health and Human Services (CHHS) single and multi-program participation counts with demographics by year and geography.

The CHHS Program Dashboard contains participation data related to seven California Health & Human Services agency programs: CalWORKs, CalFresh, In-Home Supportive Services, Foster Care, Medi-Cal, Women, Infants, & Children, and Developmental Services. Users are able to view these data at the county level or by legislative district level (U.S. Congress, State Assembly, State Senate). Statistics on persons served, persons per case, average grant amount, and basic demographics are presented in both tabular spreadsheets and customizable visualizations by program. In addition to presenting statistics for each program separately, the dashboard also provides data on the number of individuals participating in more than one program at the same time in a given district or county.

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The Annual Recipient Report (ABCD 350) includes data on the ethnic origins and primary languages of recipients of CalWORKs, Foster Care (FC), Social Services, Non-Assistance CalFresh (NACF), CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work (WTW), Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), and the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI).

This study presents data from two samples from the Texas Adoption Project. The main sample consists of 300 families who adopted a child from a Texas home for unwed mothers between 1963 and 1971. Included are ability and personality data from the adoptees and other children in the families, from the adoptive mothers and fathers, and from many of the birth mothers of the adopted children. The data include an initial study in the late 1970s, a ten-year follow-up of the children in the late 1980s, interviews with the parents in about half the adoptive families between 1997 and 2002, and a short mail questionnaire in 2002-2005 focused on life outcomes. The second sample consists of 220 families who adopted a child from the same institution prior to 1966. The data are comprised of item responses and scale scores from two personality inventories completed by mail in 1980 by 215 fathers, 219 mothers, 302 adopted children, and 63 biological children of the adoptive parents. The inventories were The California Psychological Inventory and the Thurstone Temperament Schedule. For depositor requirements for access to restricted data, click on 'other information' tab at the bottom of this page.

Produced by the Economic & Statistical Research Bureau, monthly tabulations of tax filings statistics for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) and Foster Youth Tax Credit (FYTC) provide credit use by county, preparer type, credit amount allowed number of dependents and a many other useful cross-sections.

Produced by the Economic & Statistical Research Bureau, year-end tabulations of tax filings statistics for the Earned Income Tax Credit, (EITC), Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) and Foster Youth Tax Credit (FYTC) provide credit use by county, preparer type, credit amount allowed number of dependents and a many other useful cross-sections.

Produced by the Economic & Statistical Research Bureau, monthly tabulations of tax filings statistics for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) and Foster Youth Tax Credit (FYTC) provide credit use by county, preparer type, credit amount allowed number of dependents and a many other useful cross-sections.

Produced by the Economic & Statistical Research Bureau, monthly tabulations of tax filings statistics for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Young Child Tax Credit (YCTC) and Foster Youth Tax Credit (FYTC) provide credit use by county, preparer type, credit amount allowed number of dependents and a many other useful cross-sections