Foster Care by the Numbers

The state budget for 2006-07 allocated $135 million for San Diego County’s Child Welfare Services. That figure represents about 8 percent of the total state budget for that category.

925: Foster parent applications submitted each year in San Diego County, on average

15: Licensing workers in Child Welfare Services

5: Foster parent licenses revoked per year, on average

372: Complaints filed in 2005-06 alleging abuse or neglect of foster children

4: Complaint investigators

48: Percent of those complaints deemed unfounded

36: Percent of complaints that were substantiated

16: Percent of complaints that were labeled “inconclusive”

51: Percent, 1998 high school graduation rate among foster youth in San Diego County

78: Percent, current graduation rate among San Diego County foster youth

38,263: Families, representing 71,221 children, who were referred to the county’s child abuse hotline in fiscal year 2005-06 regarding allegations of abuse or neglect

50: Percent of foster youth nationwide who become homeless during their first two years of exiting the system

50: Percent of foster youth in California who are unemployed two to four years after leaving foster care

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