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CHILDREN IN FOSTER CAREu
BY LENGTH OF STAY UPON ENTERING CARE
0 to 3 4 to 6 7 to 12 13 to 24 25 to 36 Over 36 Total
County Months Months Months Months Months Months Children*
Benton 185 12 23 21 2 12 255
Carroll 37 2 7 5 1 0 52
Madison 24 2 4 3 1 3 37
Washington 253 27 45 48 15 18 406
Area 1 Total 499 43 79 77 19 33 750
Crawford 99 8 2 11 6 8 134
Franklin 42 1 3 2 1 0 49
Johnson 37 1 2 4 0 1 45
Logan 17 0 2 0 3 4 26
Scott 29 0 3 6 0 0 38
Sebastian 319 39 45 62 28 53 546
Yell 14 1 0 0 0 0 15
Area 2 Total 557 50 57 85 38 66 853
Clark 44 5 7 1 5 2 64
Garland 174 10 12 21 4 13 234
Hot Spring 28 3 3 12 2 0 48
Howard 59 1 3 3 2 4 72
Montgomery 25 0 0 1 1 1 28
Perry** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pike 9 0 1 1 0 0 11
Polk 37 9 5 4 2 4 61
Saline 96 6 11 8 5 7 133
Area 3 Total 472 34 42 51 21 31 651
Columbia 40 0 2 4 3 4 53
Hempstead 76 1 4 13 1 11 106
Lafayette 5 2 0 0 0 0 7
Little River 10 1 0 4 0 1 16
Miller 71 3 6 14 4 9 107
Nevada 12 0 1 0 1 0 14
Ouachita 5 0 0 0 1 0 6
Sevier 10 0 3 0 0 0 13
Union 52 10 18 7 9 21 117
Area 4 Total 281 17 34 42 19 46 439
Baxter 74 5 7 8 8 11 113
Boone 54 8 11 3 4 2 82
Conway 29 0 1 1 1 1 33
Faulkner 130 10 19 7 1 3 170
Marion 11 0 1 1 0 1 14
Newton 37 4 1 4 0 2 48
Pope 101 6 18 20 4 9 158
Searcy 18 0 2 0 2 0 22
Van Buren 28 0 0 12 2 0 42
Area 5 Total 482 33 60 56 22 29 682
Pulaski 567 49 75 124 68 141 1,024
Area 6 Total 567 49 75 124 68 141 1,024
*Children who have exited care or how long children have been in care at the end of the state fiscal year.
**A supervisor from another county office supervised the staff in the Perry county office.  The primary county for the
  cases appears under the supervisor's county for the reporting period.
uRefer to Page 3-28 for explanation of children in Foster Care count.
                   
AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2002     3-46
CHILDREN IN FOSTER CAREu
BY LENGTH OF STAY UPON ENTERING CARE
0 to 3 4 to 6 7 to 12 13 to 24 25 to 36 Over 36 Total
County Months Months Months Months Months Months Children*
Bradley 13 2 0 2 0 0 17
Calhoun 10 0 0 0 1 1 12
Cleveland 18 1 3 1 2 0 25
Dallas 17 0 1 0 0 8 26
Grant 19 2 0 6 0 2 29
Jefferson 239 10 24 31 24 25 353
Lincoln 26 2 0 2 0 2 32
Lonoke 70 0 6 8 6 2 92
Prairie 8 3 0 0 0 0 11
Area 7 Total 420 20 34 50 33 40 597
Clay 52 4 2 25 3 4 90
Craighead 71 9 11 7 2 1 101
Fulton 33 1 5 0 0 2 41
Greene 23 6 16 12 6 9 72
Izard 18 0 1 0 0 0 19
Lawrence 8 2 9 1 1 0 21
Mississippi 93 3 5 2 1 5 109
Randolph 33 6 4 3 1 1 48
Sharp 26 0 0 1 1 0 28
Area 8 Total 357 31 53 51 15 22 529
Cleburne 12 0 0 0 0 0 12
Crittenden 42 8 10 20 4 1 85
Cross 25 5 3 5 0 4 42
Independence 37 3 3 7 1 1 52
Jackson 6 0 2 2 0 3 13
Poinsett 19 2 1 0 1 1 24
Stone 17 0 0 0 0 0 17
White 87 1 16 6 3 1 114
Woodruff 9 0 0 1 0 1 11
Area 9 Total 254 19 35 41 9 12 370
Arkansas 35 4 5 13 3 14 74
Ashley 45 2 5 14 6 12 84
Chicot 25 5 8 11 1 1 51
Desha 33 9 9 7 0 4 62
Drew 52 8 8 14 4 11 97
Lee 5 0 8 4 26 20 63
Monroe 9 1 0 6 0 2 18
Phillips 49 1 4 4 0 10 68
St. Francis 13 1 5 7 3 10 39
Area 10 Total 266 31 52 80 43 84 556
State Office 16 0 0 2 0 2 20
State Total 4,171 327 521 659 287 506 6,471 ***
*Children who have exited care or how long children have been in care at the end of the state fiscal year.
**A supervisor from another county office supervised the staff in the Perry county office.  The primary county for the
  cases appears under the supervisor's county for the reporting period.
***There were 339 clients in more than one case.
uRefer to Page 3-28 for explanation of children in Foster Care count.
Source:  Children's Reporting Information System (CHRIS)
                   
AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2002     3-47