Title IV-E Child Welfare Training and Keeping Families Together

Statewide Data

Title IV-E Training Support in Child Welfare Training

• 2,447 students have graduated from the California Title IV-E Program since 1993.
• The Title IV-E graduates in public child welfare front line workforce increased by 19% since 1998.
• Title IV-E graduates in the public child welfare supervisor workforce has increased by 100% since 1998.

Title IV-E Impact on Retention

• In 1998 the turnover rates for the public child welfare workforce was 12%. In 2004, the turnover rate was 10%. This 2% decrease in turnover translates into approximately 200 fewer workers being replaced.
• With the estimated cost of replacing a worker in the state of California being approximately 20 to 30 thousand dollars, it was estimated that the state is currently saving 4 to 6 million dollars per year.

Title IV-E Training Support in District 2

Since 1994, CSU Sacramento and CSU Chico have graduated 279 Title IV-E students. Title IV-E's training dollars first supported CSU Chico's child welfare program in 1995, when Chico began its distance education program at Long Beach State . The program was designed to provide child welfare training to counties geographically unable to attend MSW programs.

Using Title IV-E funds, Chico 's on-site MSW program was created in 2001.Table I illustrates the number of students enrolled and graduated from both Chico 's and Sacramento 's Title IV-E funded MSW programs.

CSU Sacramento was included in the table because of its off site program which utilizes Title IV-E dollars and serves rural counties. Many graduates of the program work in counties within District 2, particularly Shasta.

Table I
Child Welfare Students and Graduates Utilizing IV-E Support

Child Welfare Workforce in District 2 resulting from Title IV-E Training

Studies indicate that recipients of Title IV-E funds continue to work in and around the counties from which they received their social work education. Table II illustrates the percentages of Title IV-E graduates continuing to work in public child welfare in
District 2.

Table II
Percentage of Title IV-E Graduates Working in District 2

Future Title IV-E Recipients

Since Title IV-E's inception, the demand for funding of child welfare training and education has grown. More specifically, current child welfare employees have shown interest in continuing their child welfare education. For instance, of the 52 child welfare workers in Butte County who do not have a Master's degree, 24 workers or 46%, would be interested in pursuing an MSW in social work. Moreover, among those interested in pursuing an MSW, 19 workers or 79% are interested in the Title IV-E Program. These statistics clearly demonstrate the demand for Title IV-E training.

Prepared by CalSWEC December 2003

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