Youth Served by Family Support Organizations in the Year

Report Definition:

The Youth Served by Family Support Organizations in the Year report provides the total number of unique youth and their families who were served by Family Support Organizations (FSO) through the New Jersey Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) Children’s System of Care (CSOC) within each calendar year.  FSOs are family-run and provide direct services to family members of children with emotional and behavioral problems.

Data Portal Functionality:
The Data Portal allows users to select additional variables to gain further insight into the selected report. In addition, each variable can be further filtered to provide a subset of data within the variable. Data is provided as a table or, when available, a graph.
 

Variable Definitions:

• County: The State of New Jersey is administratively divided into twenty-one counties.  The county for this report is based on the youth’s home address. The twenty-one (21) counties in New Jersey are: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties. The category of "Other" is added to the list and includes children in cases where a county of assignment could not be determined or in a county other than those listed at the time of the data extract.
• Year: Year represents data for the calendar year.
• Age Group: Age is calculated based on the youth's age on the end date of the FSO episode (if the youth completed FSO before the end of the year) or based on the youth’s age at the end of the year (if the youth was still active with FSO on the last day of the year).  The age categories for this report are:
  • 0 to 4
  • 5 to 10
  • 11 to 13
  • 14 to 17
  • 18 and over
• Gender: The identified gender of a person. Gender categories are:
  • Male
  • Female
  • Missing or Undetermined
• Race/Ethnicity: The race categories are analyzed in combination with ethnicity. If a person's ethnicity is Hispanic, they fall under the category of "Hispanic" regardless of their race. If their ethnicity is "Non- Hispanic", they fall under their corresponding race. The category of "Another Race" includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Asian, and Two or More Races. The race/ethnicity categories are:
  • Black or African American
  • Hispanic
  • White
  • Missing or Undetermined
  • Another Race
• Intellectual/Developmental Disability Eligible: Intellectual/Developmental Disability Eligible indicates if a youth is eligible for I/DD services.  The I/DD Eligible categories for this report are:
  • Eligible
  • Not Eligible

Citations:
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New Jersey Child Welfare Data Hub. ([Date of Publication]). FSO Involved Youth. Retrieved on [date] from [URL].
 

Abbreviation Definitions:
CSOC: Children’s System of Care, a division within the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF). CSOC was formerly the Division of Child Behavioral Health Services
DCF: New Jersey Department of Children and Families

FSO: Family Support Organization

I/DD: Intellectual/Developmental Disability