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 |
1,633 |
24.48% |
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Adoption |
821 |
12.31% |
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06 - 11 years |
1,857 |
27.84% |
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Emancipation |
7 |
.10% |
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12 - 14 years |
947 |
14.20% |
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Guardianship |
46 |
.69% |
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15 Years & Older |
2,233 |
33.48% |
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Independent Living |
502 |
7.53% |
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TOTAL |
6,670 |
100.00% |
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Long-Term Out-of-Home |
220 |
3.30% |
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Individual Clients |
6,286 |
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Maintain Children in
Own Home |
1,312 |
19.67% |
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Relative Placement |
297 |
4.45% |
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*There are 384 clients that are in more than |
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Return To Parent |
1,946 |
29.18% |
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one case. |
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No Goal |
984 |
14.75% |
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In Care Less Than 30
Days |
535 |
8.02% |
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Number of |
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TOTAL |
6,670 |
100.00% |
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Gender |
Children* |
Percentage |
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Individual Clients |
6,286 |
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Male |
3,256 |
48.82% |
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Female |
3,414 |
51.18% |
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*This report only reflects clients that have been in
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TOTAL |
6,670 |
100.00% |
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for 30 days
or more. |
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Individual Clients |
6,286 |
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**There are 384 clients that are in more than one
case. |
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*There are 384 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 |
4,048 |
60.69% |
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Number of |
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Black |
2,175 |
32.61% |
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Length of Stay |
Children* |
Percentage |
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AIAN1 |
24 |
.36% |
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00 - 03 months |
1,335 |
20.01% |
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ASIAN2 |
17 |
.25% |
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04 - 06 months |
803 |
12.04% |
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NAPI3 |
4 |
.06% |
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07 - 12 months |
1,600 |
23.99% |
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Multiple |
324 |
4.86% |
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13 - 24 months |
1,452 |
21.77% |
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Unknown |
3 |
.05% |
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25 - 36 months |
601 |
9.01% |
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Unable to Determine |
75 |
1.12% |
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Over 36 months |
879 |
13.18% |
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TOTAL |
6,670 |
100.00% |
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TOTAL |
6,670 |
100.00% |
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Individual Clients |
6,286 |
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Individual Clients |
6,286 |
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*There are 384 clients that are in more than |
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*There are 384 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 2001 |
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3-29 |