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DCYF presents data and pilots aimed at reducing racial disproportionality in child welfare

2636626 · March 14, 2025
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Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) leaders presented the committee with data and policy work aimed at reducing racial disproportionality in child welfare outcomes.

Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) leaders presented the committee with data and policy work aimed at reducing racial disproportionality in child welfare outcomes.

Vicki Ybarra, assistant secretary for Partnership Prevention and Services, and Sarah Ville, director of the Office of Innovation, Alignment and Accountability, framed disproportionality as the over‑ or under‑representation of a racial or ethnic group relative to its share of the total population. Ville said the agency publishes an interactive dashboard that breaks down key child welfare metrics by race, region and decision point.

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