ABOUT Data Initiative
Data is an essential tool in the quest to improve college outcomes for foster youth.
Data can not only help advocates and service providers to tell their story more persuasively to funders and policy makers, but also serves as a powerful tool in helping programs to refine services in order maximize successful outcomes.
The CCP Funders Alliance has collaborated with Educational Results Partnership to produce the reports below.
- Sharpening the View: Improving Foster Youth Data to Boost Educational Outcomes (2020)
- Pipeline to Success: Supporting California Foster Youth from High School to Community College (2019)
- Accelerating Success: Turning Insights into Action for Foster Youth at California Community Colleges (2017)
- Charting the Course: Using Data to Support Foster Youth College Success (2015)
Accessing Data
The following websites can be helpful sources for foster youth data.
- CalPASS Plus (available to participating institutions only): Provides colleges and universities with extensive data through a foster youth data dashboard. If your institution is a member, click here to request access.
- The Community College LaunchBoard allows users to view a range of Student Success Metrics and includes an option to drill down to foster youth.
- Dataquest: A publicly available system providing K-12 data for California’s students. College going rates can be viewed here. State level outcomes can be viewed on the Foster Youth Dashboard.
- California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP): Provides outcome information on California’s child welfare system.
- California is in the process of creating a new Cradle-to-Career data system. JBAY submitted recommendations regarding how foster youth data should be displayed, which were adopted by the planning committee.