QUESTION: Youth aging out of Foster Care in CA counties

question / pregunta: 

I need to find some basic statistics on the number of foster care youth aging out of the foster care system in counties in California. I think there are state-wide figures available, but I really would like to be able say that "x number of kids age out of foster care in Los Angeles county. This represents y of California's total population of such foster care kids, which total z." In other words, I need to know x, y, and z.
Thank you!

Answers

I found the answer from the CA State reference librarians!
Thanks all!

http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare/C3M3.aspx (I found it by putting the stats into this)

In Care 3 Years Or Longer (Emancipated Or Age 18 In Care)

Emancipated or age 18 in care during the year: In care 3 years or longer

Agency Type=Child Welfare

Apr 1, 2006 to Mar 31, 2007

Selected Subset: Age Class: 18
Selected Subset: Ethnic Group: Black,White,Hispanic,Asian/PI,Nat Amer,Missing
Selected Subset: Gender: Female,Male,Missing/Unknown
Selected Subset: Last Placement Type: Pre-Adopt,Kin,Foster,FFA,Court Specified,Group,Shelter,Guardian,Other,Missing
Selected Subset: Last Caregiver Relationship: Nonrelative Guardian,Nonrelative Nonguardian,Relative Guardian,Relative Nonguardian,Missing

County
Exiting to emancipation
or age 18 in
care
In care 3 years
or longer
%

California
4,240
2,764
65.2%

Alameda
236
152
64.4%

Alpine
.
.
.

Amador
.
.
.

Butte
31
19
61.3%

Calaveras
7
7
100.0%

Colusa
2
.
.

Contra Costa
118
90
76.3%

Del Norte
1
1
100.0%

El Dorado
9
3
33.3%

Fresno
157
119
75.8%

Glenn
6
4
66.7%

Humboldt
10
8
80.0%

Imperial
14
8
57.1%

Inyo
1
1
100.0%

Kern
125
83
66.4%

Kings
9
8
88.9%

Lake
5
4
80.0%

Lassen
4
4
100.0%

Los Angeles
1,575
1,069
67.9%

Madera
11
6
54.5%

Marin
9
2
22.2%

Mariposa
2
1
50.0%

Mendocino
17
15
88.2%

Merced
29
18
62.1%

Modoc
.
.
.

Mono
.
.
.

Monterey
25
15
60.0%

Napa
7
7
100.0%

Nevada
6
4
66.7%

Orange
170
95
55.9%

Placer
12
5
41.7%

Plumas
5
1
20.0%

Riverside
195
94
48.2%

Sacramento
233
155
66.5%

San Benito
5
3
60.0%

San Bernardino
229
137
59.8%

San Diego
252
178
70.6%

San Francisco
182
125
68.7%

San Joaquin
48
30
62.5%

San Luis Obispo
21
11
52.4%

San Mateo
21
12
57.1%

Santa Barbara
26
9
34.6%

Santa Clara
133
85
63.9%

Santa Cruz
22
13
59.1%

Shasta
21
15
71.4%

Sierra
2
2
100.0%

Siskiyou
3
3
100.0%

Solano
28
16
57.1%

Sonoma
42
22
52.4%

Stanislaus
42
24
57.1%

Sutter
5
4
80.0%

Tehama
9
6
66.7%

Trinity
1
.
.

Tulare
49
32
65.3%

Tuolumne
3
3
100.0%

Ventura
33
22
66.7%

Yolo
15
8
53.3%

Yuba
3
1
33.3%

Missing
14
5
35.7%

Data Source: CWS/CMS 2007 Quarter 1 Extract.

Program version: 1.00 Database version: 59CD15BA

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Citation:
The suggested way to cite the above data is as follows:
Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Zimmerman, K., Simon, V., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Frerer, K., Ataie, Y., Atkinson, L., Blumberg, R., Henry, C., & Cuccaro-Alamin, S. (2007). Child Welfare Services Reports for California. Retrieved [month day, year], from University of California at Berkeley Center for Social Services Research website. URL: