Child Intervention Permanency Outcomes by Indigenous Status in Alberta

Alberta's child intervention system data tracks Indigenous and non-Indigenous children achieving legal permanency outcomes over ten fiscal years. The dataset provides aggregate counts of outcomes, posted two years after each report period, for analysis of family preservation, reunification, and adoption trends.

Use Cases

• Compare the number of Indigenous versus non-Indigenous children achieving permanency outcomes like adoption or private guardianship annually.
• Analyze trends in family preservation and family reunification outcomes across fiscal years for different demographic groups.
• Assess the distribution of legal permanency outcomes, including termination of PGO/PGA, over the ten-year reporting period.

Strengths

• Ten years of fiscal year data provides longitudinal analysis capability.
• Data is disaggregated by Indigenous and non-Indigenous status, enabling equity-focused analysis.
• Outcomes are defined by specific legal categories like adoption and private guardianship.

Limitations

• Data is aggregated, preventing analysis at the individual child or case level.
• Outcomes are posted with a two-year lag, limiting real-time insights.
• The dataset scope is limited to Alberta, Canada, reducing generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta Children and Family Services.

Collection Method

Administrative data from the provincial child intervention system.

Time Range

Ten fiscal years of data.

Freshness

Updated regularly, with data posted two years after each report period ends.

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada.