Knowledge Base

Presents recommendations for policy makers

Information and links for statistics, legislation and best practices around the country to reduce disproportionality.

The Casey Family Program's Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Reducing Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System.

Presents discussion from “The Overrepresentation of Children of Color in America’s Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems” symposium.

Racial and ethnic data and relevant literature about the subject of disproportionate representation of children of color throughout the child welfare services continuum.

A list of groups and their percentages of overrepresentation in child welfare services

DCF statistics for a 24-month period between 2007 and 2009. Includes information on Disproportionality in OOH Care (relative, non-relative, licensed care, runaway, other) by month for those years.

Links to various statistics and data about children in foster care in each state

State-by-State Statistical Profile of Racial Over-Representation in Foster Care

Video presentation from the National Governors Association & Casey Family Programs

Video recording of presentation by Gene Brody, PhD & Velma Murry, PhD

Audio Recordings Presented by The Urban Institute 1/10/2008. Panelists considered how child welfare system administrators are leading initiatives to reverse the tide of racial disparity.

The report documents individual efforts and observes trends across the ten states and counties.

Presents information and recommendations from the Disproportionality Information Summit on March 24 and 25, 2009

Identifies promising practices that address disproportionality and disparities in treating of children of color. Includes information on Florida and other states.

A Framework for Change. To test ideas addressing disproportionality and disparate outcomes through the development of small scale strategies and interventions that can be implemented, tested and measured in rapid cycles

This guide will help child protective services caseworkers identify strengths in African American families and build upon them.

Presentation on Texas Child Protective Services disproportionality initiative

Discusses disproportionality in the child welfare system.

An example of the 1st step administrators should take when considering alternatives to address racial disproportionality in the child welfare system.

The report examined data from Texas at both the state and regional level. The findings confirmed the dominant views found in the CW research literature regarding disproportionality in the CPS system

A Report on Recommendations for reducing the disproportionality of African American children in San Francisco’s CW System

Study by the National Assoc. of Public Child Welfare Administrators to assess States' use of promising practices.

Report from the Michigan advisory committee on the overrepresentation of children of color in child welfare

Discusses contributors to disproportionality at different points in the CPS process and proposes action steps to address them

A comphrehensive collection of child welfare data including data on children of color.

A group of child welfare experts representing research, policy, administration, practice, and advocacy. Site has a wide variety of material on disproportionality.

A collection of storytelling, system reform, policy and data-analysis tools designed to help advocates mobilize resources - data, knowledge, strategies, and tools - for vulnerable populations of color in order to reduce racial disparities/disproportionality and promote racial equity.