Rate-of-removal index

Butte County ranks No. 1 in the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform’s most recent rate-of-removal index, which takes a look at California counties’ “propensity to adopt a ‘take-the-child-and-run’ approach to child welfare.” The rate of removal is the number of removals of children from their homes for every 1,000 impoverished children. Below are the top five counties. Head to http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ucb_childwelfare to view the whole report.