TOTAL FOSTER CARE CHILDREN SERVEDu
When it has been determined that a child is at risk and cannot remain in the home of parents/caregivers, the Division of Children and Family Services provides substitute care services for the child. Foster care provides selective placement in a foster and therapeutic foster home or residential facility for a planned period of time for a child who has been separated from his birth or legal parents.
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Number of |
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Number of |
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Age |
Children* |
Percentage |
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Permanency Goal* |
Children** |
Percentage |
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00 - 05 years |
1,800 |
27.81% |
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Adoption |
931 |
14.39% |
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06 - 11 years |
1,703 |
26.32% |
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Emancipation |
4 |
.06% |
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12 - 14 years |
944 |
14.59% |
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Guardianship |
21 |
.32% |
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15 Years & Older |
2,024 |
31.28% |
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Independent Living |
830 |
12.83% |
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TOTAL |
6,471 |
100.00% |
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Long-Term Out-of-Home |
0 |
0.00% |
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Individual Clients |
6,132 |
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Maintain Children in
Own Home |
145 |
2.24% |
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Relative Placement |
204 |
3.15% |
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*There are 339 clients that are in more than |
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Return To Parent |
2,311 |
35.71% |
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one case. |
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No Goal |
1,797 |
27.78% |
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In Care Less Than 30
Days |
228 |
3.52% |
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Number of |
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TOTAL |
6,471 |
100.00% |
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Gender |
Children* |
Percentage |
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Individual Clients |
6,132 |
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Male |
3,138 |
48.49% |
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Female |
3,333 |
51.51% |
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*This report only reflects clients that have been in
care |
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TOTAL |
6,471 |
100.00% |
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for 30 days
or more. |
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Individual Clients |
6,132 |
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**There are 339 clients that are in more than one
case. |
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*There are 339 clients that are in more than |
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one case. |
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Total |
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Ethnicity |
Ethnicity |
Percentage |
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White |
4,093 |
63.25% |
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Number of |
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Black |
1,939 |
29.96% |
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Length of Stay |
Children* |
Percentage |
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AIAN1 |
13 |
.20% |
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00 - 03 months |
4,171 |
64.46% |
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ASIAN2 |
9 |
.14% |
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04 - 06 months |
327 |
5.05% |
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NAPI3 |
5 |
.08% |
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07 - 12 months |
521 |
8.05% |
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Multiple |
352 |
5.44% |
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13 - 24 months |
659 |
10.18% |
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Unknown |
2 |
.03% |
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25 - 36 months |
287 |
4.44% |
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Unable to Determine |
58 |
.90% |
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Over 36 months |
506 |
7.82% |
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TOTAL |
6,471 |
100.00% |
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TOTAL |
6,471 |
100.00% |
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Individual Clients |
6,132 |
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Individual Clients |
6,132 |
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*There are 339 clients that are in more than |
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*There are 339 clients that are in more than one case. |
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1 Includes
Native American, Alaskan Native, and American Indian.
2 Includes
Indochinese, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese.
3 Includes
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.
NOTE: A child may have more than one Ethnicity selected.
u Refer to Page 3-28 for explanation of children in
Foster Care count.
Source:
Children's Reporting Information System (CHRIS)
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DHS Statistical Report SFY 2002 |
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3-29 |