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  • General

  • Disproportionality



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    • Podcast: Understanding and Undoing Disproportionality URL

      This podcast is the first in a two-part series produced by Texas CASA. 

    • Demographics: Oklahoma Child Welfare and CASA File

      View recent representation for children of color served by OKDHS, in comparison to the  representation of CASA Staff and Volunteers. 

    • Video: Take Race Out of the Equation URL

      Data shows the over-representation of minority children within the child welfare and foster care system. The root of this phenomenon is complex and deeply rooted in our culture and is systemic in nature. But what if we were somehow able to remove race from the equation when the decision to remove a child from his/her home is made? The following is a Ted Talk about exciting work which is being done in this area. As you watch this brief video, please keep in mind the speaker is a researcher. (We acknowledge the presentation style is measured, not to detract from the value of the content!)


    • Racial Disparities Rising in OK Prisons URL

      The problems surrounding disproportionality are not limited to Child Welfare. In fact there may be a connection to the representation of children of color in  foster care , and the representation of people of color in prison.  Oklahoma has one of the highest rates of Black imprisonment in the US. Since the onset of the Covid Pandemic, the rate of Black Oklahomans being imprisoned has increased. 

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