California Foster Care: Are Kids Still at Risk?
The National Center for Youth Law examines the California foster care system, and finds that the state is failing to meet federal standards. On a variety of criteria — repeat abuse or neglect, the frequency of reunification with parents or adoption, continued mistreatment in foster care — the Golden State is failing to help its most helpless children. The report also has county-by-county numbers that provide interesting local comparisons.
Broken Promises: California’s Inadequate and Unequal Treatment of Its Abused and Neglected Children
Child Welfare Performance in California: A County-by-County Analysis