Foster Youth in the Mountain West

Authors

Zachary Billot, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Sofia Takhtadjian, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Joshua Padilla, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

10-2022

Publication Title

Demography Fact Sheet No. 23

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

5

Abstract

This fact sheet examines population trends for foster youth and their experiences with foster care in the Mountain West region. The data are sourced from the report “State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States” which cites the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) for fiscal year (FY) 2020 and the “State-by State Data” report by the Casey Family Programs from FY 2020. This fact sheet highlights the number of foster youth in the Mountain West (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah) and their demographic composition.

Keywords

Foster care; Child welfare; Child abuse; Race; Ethnicity

Disciplines

Human Geography | Public Affairs | Public Policy | Race and Ethnicity | Social Welfare | Social Work

File Format

pdf

File Size

144 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Billot, Z., Solano-Patricio, E.D., Takhtadjian, S., Padilla, J., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2022). Foster Youth in the Mountain West. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Demography Fact Sheet No. 23, 1-5.

Repository Citation

Billot, Z., Solano-Patricio, E. D., Takhtadjian, S., Padilla, J., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2022). Foster Youth in the Mountain West. Demography Fact Sheet No. 23 1-5.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_demography/23