Rate of Dependent Children Removed from their Home Where Parental Drug Use was Factor FFY 2017 - Current Human Services
data.pa.gov | Last Updated 21 Feb 2022This dataset summarizes the number of dependent children (less than 18 years old) removed from households due to parental drug abuse. The data indicates if the dependent children were placed in kinship care or not. The total number of children in this data set are provided by the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), which publishes 5 year estimates of the population. The most recent year of entries in this data set may be available before the corresponding ACS population estimates for that year are published. In that case, the data set uses values from the most recently published ACS estimates and notes the year from which those estimates are pulled. These values are updated once the Census Bureau releases the most recent estimates.” *Kinship care refers to the care of children by relatives or, in some jurisdictions, close family friends (often referred to as fictive kin). Relatives are the preferred resource for children who must be removed from their birth parents because it maintains the children's connections with their families. *The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) definition of parental drug abuse is “Principal caretaker’s compulsive use of drugs that is not of a temporary nature.”
This dataset has the following 21 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geographic Area | geographic_area | text | Region for measure, either total for Commonwealth or individual county. | County State view top 100 |
| Geographic Name | geographic_name | text | Name of geographic area. | Susquehanna County Beaver County Bradford County Cumberland County Centre County view top 100 |
| Gender | gender | text | Gender of children. | All view top 100 |
| Age | age | text | Age of children. | 0 to 17 years view top 100 |
| Federal Fiscal Year | year | text | Federal fiscal year for measurement (October 1–September 30). | 2019 2017 2018 view top 100 |
| Federal Fiscal Year Description | time_period | text | Period for measurement (annual, federal fiscal year, or quarterly, if available). | 2017 Federal Fiscal Year 2019 Federal Fiscal Year 2018 Federal Fiscal Year view top 100 |
| Federal Fiscal Year Dates | time_period_dates | text | Start and end dates of time period. | 10/1/2016-9/30/2017 10/1/2017-9/30/2018 10/1/2018-9/30/2019 view top 100 |
| Rate of Children Removed | removal_rate | number | Rate of dependent children removed from home due to parental drug use per 1,000 children or rate of dependent children in kinship care because of parental drug use per 1,000 children. | 0.93 0.49 1.22 1.42 0.44 view top 100 |
| Type of Rate | type_of_rate | text | Description of removal rate. | Rate of dependent children in kinship care where parental drug use was a factor per 1,000 children (not displayed if less than 11 children removed) Rate of dependent children removed where parental drug use was a factor per 1,000 children (not displayed if less than 11 children removed) view top 100 |
| Number of Removals | number_of_removals | number | Count of dependent children removed from home due to parental drug use or count of dependent children in kinship care because of parental drug use. This count is provided by the Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF) of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS). | 11 13 18 16 21 view top 100 |
| Number of Removals Notes | number_of_removals_notes | text | Indicates if the number of removals count has been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Counts less than 11 are not provided. | Not displayed when total number of removals is less than 11 view top 100 |
| Number of Removals Description | number_of_removals_description | text | Specifies if the removals are in kinship care or not. | Number of dependent children in kinship care where parental drug use was a factor Number of dependent children removed where parental drug use was a factor view top 100 |
| Total Number of Children | total_number_of_children | number | Estimated number of children, 0-18 years of age. This count is the 5-year estimate from the United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS). | 667 720 722 740 748 view top 100 |
| Total Number of Children Notes | total_number_of_children_1 | text | Indicates if the estimated number of children is not available. | view top 100 |
| Total Number of Children Description | total_number_of_children_2 | text | Description provided for the Total Number of Children count column. | Children in area, estimated by American Community Survey view top 100 |
| County Code Number | county_code_number | number | Pennsylvania county code provided as a number (1-67 for counties, 0 for Commonwealth). | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| County Code Text | county_code_text | text | Pennsylvania county code provided as text (1-67 for counties sorted alphabetically, 0 for Commonwealth). | 00 01 02 03 04 view top 100 |
| State FIPS Code | state_fips_code | text | First 2 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the state association. Each state has its own 2-digit number and each county within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. | 42 view top 100 |
| County FIPS Code | county_fips_code | text | Last 3 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the county association. Each state has its own 2-digit number and each county within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. | 000 001 003 005 007 view top 100 |
| Latitude & Longitude | latitude_longitude | text | Latitude and longitude coordinates in degrees for a centroid point for geographic area. | (41.0609178653, -75.3408360302) (40.8150952555, -79.4731689893) (40.3103149985, -79.471341176) (40.4673554298, -79.9861984282) (41.4480993958, -76.5147922046) view top 100 |
| Latitude & Longitude Georeferenced | geocoded_column | point | Georeferenced column for the latitude and longitude for use in mapping visuals. | {"coordinates":[-77.9827661036,40.4161050032],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.6009948118,40.6146479416],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-77.0725596804,40.7711373692],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-76.0181300338,41.5189248803],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-76.2513876838,40.0459079619],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |