| FOSTER FAMILY HOMES STATISTICAL DATA | ||||||||||
| Foster Family-Home Program | ||||||||||
| Foster families are an integral part of the DCFS delivery system. Foster families provide an essential substitute family-life experience to children for whom DCFS has been given responsibility by the court. Foster parents serve as substitute parents until a child's own parents can be helped to assume responsibilities as parents or a decision is reached to free the child to form new family ties with relatives or an adoptive family. Relatives may be considered for approval as kinship foster homes for children who are in the custody of the state. The numbers that follow include that population. | ||||||||||
| FOSTER FAMILY HOMES | ||||||||||
| DCFS Foster | Foster Homes | Foster Homes | DCFS Foster | |||||||
| Homes as of | Added During | Closed During | Homes as of | |||||||
| June 30, 2001 | SFY 2002 | SFY 2002 | June 30, 2002 | |||||||
| Benton | 26 | 16 | 16 | 26 | ||||||
| Carroll | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Madison | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Washington | 37 | 9 | 18 | 28 | ||||||
| Area 1 Total | 70 | 34 | 40 | 64 | ||||||
| Crawford | 26 | 11 | 4 | 33 | ||||||
| Franklin | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Johnson | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Logan | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Scott | 8 | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
| Sebastian | 33 | 18 | 10 | 41 | ||||||
| Yell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Area 2 Total | 91 | 45 | 26 | 110 | ||||||
| Clark | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| Garland | 30 | 14 | 2 | 42 | ||||||
| Hot Spring | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Howard | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Montgomery | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Perry* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Pike | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Polk | 8 | 7 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| Saline | 20 | 6 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| Area 3 Total | 97 | 40 | 13 | 124 | ||||||
| Columbia | 11 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| Hempstead | 21 | 1 | 4 | 18 | ||||||
| Lafayette | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Little River | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Miller | 16 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| Nevada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Ouachita | 9 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Sevier | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Union | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Area 4 Total | 81 | 14 | 23 | 72 | ||||||
| Baxter | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Boone | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Conway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Faulkner | 11 | 8 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Marion | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Newton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Pope | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 | ||||||
| Searcy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Van Buren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Area 5 Total | 62 | 26 | 18 | 70 | ||||||
| AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2002 | 3-52 | |||||||||
| FOSTER FAMILY HOMES | ||||||||||
| DCFS Foster | Foster Homes | Foster Homes | DCFS Foster | |||||||
| Homes as of | Added During | Closed During | Homes as of | |||||||
| June 30, 2001 | SFY 2002 | SFY 2002 | June 30, 2002 | |||||||
| Pulaski | 262 | 65 | 111 | 216 | ||||||
| Area 6 Total | 262 | 65 | 111 | 216 | ||||||
| Bradley | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Calhoun | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Cleveland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dallas | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Grant | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Jefferson | 46 | 7 | 9 | 44 | ||||||
| Lincoln | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Lonoke | 17 | 5 | 2 | 20 | ||||||
| Prairie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Area 7 Total | 95 | 14 | 19 | 90 | ||||||
| Clay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Craighead | 19 | 11 | 7 | 23 | ||||||
| Fulton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Greene | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| Izard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Lawrence | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Mississippi | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||||
| Randolph | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Sharp | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Area 8 Total | 66 | 31 | 28 | 69 | ||||||
| Cleburne | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Crittenden | 12 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Cross | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Independence | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Jackson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Poinsett | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Stone | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| White | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | ||||||
| Woodruff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Area 9 Total | 46 | 15 | 27 | 34 | ||||||
| Arkansas | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Ashley | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||||||
| Chicot | 15 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| Desha | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Drew | 23 | 8 | 5 | 26 | ||||||
| Lee | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Monroe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Phillips | 15 | 5 | 6 | 14 | ||||||
| St. Francis | 28 | 3 | 8 | 23 | ||||||
| Area 10 Total | 124 | 26 | 35 | 115 | ||||||
| Out of State | 29 | 7 | 7 | 29 | ||||||
| State Total | 1,023 | 317 | 347 | 993 | ||||||
| Source: Children's Reporting Information System (CHRIS) | ||||||||||
| AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2002 | 3-53 | |||||||||