Summary Measures: Children in Foster Care During April 2007 through March 2008

Children in Foster Care
During April 2007 through March 2008

	Children in Care on March 31 2007			Children in Care on March 31 2008			Average Daily Children in Care			Total Out of Home Placement-Days			Total Children Served
County	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count
Appling	30	61	77.5	40	82	20.5	36	75	46	21877	44713	55	53
Atkinson	17	68	64.5	5	20	137.5	13	52	80	9462	37670	74	20
Bacon	32	116	13.5	18	65	46	27	98	18	18788	68118	19	50
Baker	7	68	64.5	2	19	140.5	3	31	116	1656	16077	129	7
Baldwin	73	73	57.5	40	40	89	54	54	76	49936	49777	45	94
Banks	15	35	115	17	39	93.5	14	33	112	12089	27717	98	22
Barrow	137	72	59.5	98	49	70.5	120	61	67	81390	41719	64	196
Bartow	192	75	52.5	208	79	25	208	80	41	112914	43251	57	335
Ben Hill	34	70	62	23	47	73	29	60	69.5	17411	35812	78	40
Berrien	46	101	26	48	105	7	53	116	7	24258	53118	39	79
Bibb	400	97	30.5	286	70	38.5	334	81	40	275062	66879	21	496
Bleckley	2	6	155	1	3	153	1	3	156	818	2490	155	2
Brantley	54	124	8	35	80	23	39	90	23.5	20084	45818	52	72
Brooks	48	109	16.5	42	96	11	46	106	12	42498	96819	6	56
Bryan	15	16	150.5	22	23	124.5	19	20	148.5	21314	22308	110	24
Bulloch	36	24	142.5	41	27	117.5	42	28	123	35012	23482	108	54
Burke	21	30	129.5	15	21	134.5	17	24	134.5	9882	13883	134	28
Butts	74	130	5.5	41	70	38.5	56	97	19	27694	48162	46	114
Calhoun	0	0	157.5	0	0	156.5	0	0	158	0	0	158	0
Camden	44	29	135	52	33	103.5	50	32	114.5	30742	19773	117	79
Candler	18	64	73	16	56	62	20	71	52	7762	27213	100	31
Carroll	175	60	79.5	141	47	73	148	50	83.5	108388	36864	76	233
Catoosa	105	66	69	86	53	65	100	62	64.5	41330	25544	106	172
Charlton	25	86	41	23	78	27	24	83	37	13695	46750	47	48
Chatham	368	59	81.5	344	55	63.5	350	56	73.5	203448	32544	88	636
Chattahoochee	9	34	119	5	21	134.5	5	21	146	3953	15709	131	13
Chattooga	34	55	86.5	29	47	73	34	56	73.5	26942	43722	56	73
Cherokee	279	49	93.5	250	42	85.5	257	44	92.5	150025	25553	105	450
Clarke	164	81	46	117	57	60.5	138	68	55	103711	50665	43	225
Clay	3	36	111	0	0	156.5	1	16	151	1225	14947	133	3
Clayton	270	33	121	273	33	103.5	277	34	109	163374	19923	115	570
Clinch	7	36	111	6	31	109.5	6	28	123	3337	17083	124	14
Cobb	370	21	147	419	23	124.5	391	22	142	207001	11438	139	938
Coffee	87	77	49	53	46	76	78	68	55	47780	42064	61	121
Colquitt	126	102	25	98	79	25	109	88	28	96232	77905	10	157
Columbia	39	12	153.5	32	10	150	34	10	154	9370	2872	153	88
Cook	55	119	11.5	40	86	15	49	105	13	47821	103132	4	58
Coweta	181	53	89	154	44	80.5	183	53	78	117433	33897	85	269
Crawford	39	113	15	36	104	8	39	112	9	25282	72983	13	60
Crisp	82	128	7	47	73	33.5	70	108	11	39824	61968	26	118
Dade	16	42	100.5	9	23	124.5	14	37	106	11160	28960	97	25
Dawson	15	28	138	12	22	130	12	22	142	3322	6141	150	26
Decatur	52	64	73	50	61	53.5	60	73	49.5	34607	42423	58	101
DeKalb	704	39	107	695	38	97	700	38	104.5	542797	29767	94	1368
Dodge	15	29	135	21	40	89	19	36	107	8029	15341	132	39
Dooly	12	40	104.5	12	40	89	13	43	94	13874	46639	48	21
Dougherty	76	29	135	63	24	120.5	72	27	128	47769	18013	121	125
Douglas	203	59	81.5	231	65	46	219	63	61	121943	34767	82	312
Early	24	71	61	21	62	51.5	22	64	58	15154	44795	54	31
Echols	8	67	66	8	67	42	9	79	42	4457	37232	75	11
Effingham	52	34	119	62	39	93.5	59	38	104.5	30672	19824	116	98
Elbert	16	30	129.5	17	32	106.5	15	28	123	11803	22237	111	25
Emanuel	25	40	104.5	13	21	134.5	21	34	109	11246	17968	122	43
Evans	24	76	50.5	18	57	60.5	20	65	57	20344	64253	25	36
Fannin	49	104	22.5	33	69	40	41	87	31	18970	40004	69	81
Fayette	94	31	125.5	67	21	134.5	81	26	131	30740	9913	144	159
Floyd	326	139	4	315	133	4	325	138	4	261377	111076	3	510
Forsyth	53	12	153.5	63	14	148	59	13	152	39251	8711	146	106
Franklin	44	84	43.5	26	49	70.5	33	63	61	24126	46078	50	68
Fulton	1365	56	85	1243	50	68	1322	54	76	1134320	46074	51	2035
Gilmer	34	50	91.5	27	39	93.5	27	39	101	20213	29157	96	50
Glascock	2	30	129.5	3	45	78.5	1	18	150	167	2518	154	5
Glynn	114	60	79.5	86	45	78.5	103	54	76	59202	30948	90	170
Gordon	132	98	28.5	113	82	20.5	120	88	28	72416	52949	40	232
Grady	49	72	59.5	45	65	46	52	75	46	24020	34962	81	73
Greene	27	69	63	28	71	36.5	27	68	55	16720	42360	59.5	46
Gwinnett	534	25	140.5	428	19	140.5	502	23	138	303598	13731	135	904
Habersham	54	55	86.5	42	42	85.5	49	49	86.5	30496	30482	92	73
Hall	111	23	144	101	20	137.5	112	23	138	82251	16772	126	160
Hancock	21	91	37.5	5	22	130	11	47	90.5	13147	57189	33	22
Haralson	49	66	69	68	90	12	64	85	33	38138	50711	42	103
Harris	26	35	115	17	22	130	23	30	118	16385	21723	112	37
Hart	103	181	2	87	152	3	97	171	3	75988	133107	2	125
Heard	24	74	55	21	64	49.5	25	76	44	11629	35684	79	35
Henry	192	36	111	129	23	124.5	153	28	123	106173	19255	118	277
Houston	129	35	115	121	32	106.5	127	34	109	96263	25803	103	217
Irwin	34	119	11.5	11	39	93.5	23	82	38.5	14201	49796	44	43
Jackson	62	39	107	70	43	82.5	63	39	101	27216	16877	125	138
Jasper	13	35	115	4	11	149	9	24	134.5	4809	12830	137	16
Jeff Davis	35	97	30.5	30	83	18.5	37	102	15	25816	71252	15	58
Jefferson	21	45	97.5	17	37	99.5	18	39	101	13823	29705	95	33
Jenkins	15	61	77.5	16	65	46	12	50	83.5	15038	61557	27	28
Johnson	10	35	115	5	17	144	8	27	128	6007	20727	114	24
Jones	46	62	76	47	62	51.5	47	63	61	26308	35272	80	80
Lamar	40	96	33	33	79	25	31	75	46	17074	41000	66	64
Lanier	50	230	1	34	154	2	40	183	1	31221	142399	1	52
Laurens	131	103	24	78	61	53.5	95	74	48	75753	59193	29	166
Lee	22	22	145.5	32	30	112.5	31	30	118	16727	16182	128	45
Liberty	102	53	89	97	50	68	100	52	80	64940	33542	87	170
Lincoln	6	30	129.5	3	15	146.5	5	24	134.5	2018	10249	142	9
Long	18	48	95	16	42	85.5	18	48	88.5	15092	40191	68	30
Lowndes	248	93	36	230	85	16	242	90	23.5	187452	69716	16	330
Lumpkin	64	100	27	50	76	28.5	56	86	32	25585	39183	72	114
Macon	36	96	33	27	73	33.5	31	84	35	14720	39455	71	48
Madison	12	16	150.5	18	24	120.5	20	27	128	5116	6928	148	34
Marion	9	45	97.5	9	46	76	10	52	80	12992	65716	24	12
McDuffie	18	30	129.5	19	32	106.5	16	27	128	6087	10131	143	37
McIntosh	39	122	9.5	24	75	30.5	28	88	28	21183	66176	23	46
Meriwether	70	116	13.5	61	101	9	69	114	8	59224	97695	5	113
Miller	8	49	93.5	8	50	68	9	58	71	3638	22481	109	18
Mitchell	57	87	40	42	64	49.5	48	73	49.5	35289	53580	37	74
Monroe	53	80	47	50	74	32	56	84	35	34606	51941	41	91
Montgomery	12	53	89	9	39	93.5	9	40	97	6087	26585	102	23
Morgan	7	15	152	11	22	130	10	21	146	2039	4179	152	21
Murray	123	109	16.5	83	72	35	118	104	14	84403	74104	11	168
Muscogee	206	41	102.5	186	37	99.5	203	40	97	190776	38031	73	329
Newton	50	19	149	64	23	124.5	59	22	142	30483	11239	140	95
Oconee	27	29	135	15	15	146.5	22	23	138	15332	15999	130	33
Oglethorpe	15	42	100.5	11	30	112.5	11	30	118	9195	25472	107	19
Paulding	133	34	119	93	23	124.5	111	28	123	83409	20872	113	192
Peach	56	84	43.5	35	52	66	46	69	53	28093	42035	62	73
Pickens	76	107	19	55	75	30.5	68	94	22	49264	68153	18	118
Pierce	14	29	135	9	19	140.5	10	21	146	5334	11098	141	17
Pike	15	32	123	14	29	115	13	27	128	7951	16568	127	36
Polk	191	177	3	193	177	1	196	180	2	90212	83102	8	315
Pulaski	15	66	69	10	44	80.5	11	50	83.5	9266	40616	67	16
Putnam	35	74	55	28	59	56	29	61	67	25900	54839	34	50
Quitman	0	0	157.5	0	0	156.5	0	0	158	0	0	158	0
Rabun	28	78	48	21	58	58	22	60	69.5	12291	33872	86	48
Randolph	15	75	52.5	6	30	112.5	12	62	64.5	6147	30892	91	21
Richmond	302	57	84	306	58	58	299	57	72	158673	29976	93	528
Rockdale	73	32	123	62	27	117.5	67	29	120	58584	25759	104	120
Schley	3	25	140.5	3	25	119	3	25	132	610	5025	151	3
Screven	17	41	102.5	15	36	102	16	39	101	11553	27572	99	31
Seminole	29	122	9.5	18	76	28.5	26	109	10	20833	87921	7	33
Spalding	178	104	22.5	145	84	17	171	99	17	101431	58860	30	235
Stephens	62	105	21	71	120	6	71	119	6	46153	78062	9	110
Stewart	11	95	35	11	97	10	11	100	16	4542	39832	70	19
Sumter	57	63	75	35	39	93.5	45	50	83.5	62265	69095	17	72
Talbot	5	31	125.5	1	6	152	5	33	112	1356	8538	147	15
Taliaferro	3	66	69	1	22	130	2	44	92.5	1882	41913	63	3
Tattnall	14	26	139	10	19	140.5	12	22	142	9716	18245	120	17
Taylor	7	30	129.5	4	17	144	5	22	142	2825	12047	138	7
Telfair	22	73	57.5	13	42	85.5	19	63	61	9688	31857	89	32
Terrell	7	24	142.5	9	31	109.5	14	47	90.5	11888	41110	65	26
Thomas	48	39	107	35	28	116	40	32	114.5	42296	34328	84	61
Tift	121	107	19	151	132	5	142	124	5	77323	67736	20	183
Toombs	60	76	50.5	53	66	43	57	72	51	35888	44970	53	109
Towns	23	130	5.5	10	55	63.5	17	95	20.5	12753	71326	14	33
Treutlen	4	22	145.5	3	17	144	4	20	148.5	3196	17782	123	8
Troup	151	85	42	126	71	36.5	146	82	38.5	102025	57374	32	209
Turner	18	66	69	10	37	99.5	13	48	88.5	10000	36719	77	22
Twiggs	12	43	99	12	43	82.5	12	42	95	16737	60371	28	23
Union	21	50	91.5	13	30	112.5	16	39	101	11373	26865	101	39
Upson	69	98	28.5	62	88	13.5	67	95	20.5	40905	58291	31	116
Walker	103	64	73	94	58	58	102	63	61	74224	46253	49	172
Walton	76	32	123	77	32	106.5	79	33	112	32174	13478	136	120
Ware	74	83	45	58	65	46	69	78	43	59161	66379	22	100
Warren	6	38	109	0	0	156.5	2	11	153	1050	6728	149	6
Washington	42	74	55	34	60	55	34	61	67	23880	42360	59.5	62
Wayne	44	58	83	28	37	99.5	37	49	86.5	26103	34396	83	54
Webster	0	0	157.5	0	0	156.5	0	0	158	0	0	158	0
Wheeler	7	46	96	0	0	156.5	4	24	134.5	1435	9328	145	8
White	62	107	19	52	88	13.5	52	89	25	31870	54418	35	84
Whitfield	245	96	33	215	83	18.5	227	88	28	136151	53179	38	378
Wilcox	4	20	148	9	46	76	8	40	97	3716	18936	119	12
Wilkes	0	0	157.5	2	8	151	1	5	155	99	405	156	3
Wilkinson	25	91	37.5	22	81	22	24	88	28	14855	54318	36	35
Worth	54	89	39	41	68	41	51	84	35	44466	73269	12	67
Statewide	12783	51	na	11188	43	na	12127	47	na	8305384	32500	na	20449

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2007 through March 2008

	Children in Care on March 31 2008			Children in Non-Relative Foster Care on Last Day			Children in Relative Foster Care on Last Day			Children in Pre-Adoptive Home on Last Day			Children in Home Visit on Last Day			Children in Group Home on Last Day			Children in Institution on Last Day			Children in Other (ILP; Runaway; etc.) on Last Day
County	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Appling	40	82	20.5	19/40	48%	118.0	8/40	20%	59.0	0/40	0%	117.0	0/40	0%	99.0	3/40	8%	65.5	10/40	25%	15.0	0/40	0%	93.0
Atkinson	5	20	137.5	4/5	80%	15.5	1/5	20%	59.0	0/5	0%	117.0	0/5	0%	99.0	0/5	0%	136.0	0/5	0%	140.0	0/5	0%	93.0
Bacon	18	65	46	6/18	33%	141.5	4/18	22%	47.5	1/18	6%	18.0	2/18	11%	2.5	2/18	11%	44.5	2/18	11%	71.5	1/18	6%	1.5
Baker	2	19	140.5	0/2	0%	154.0	1/2	50%	8.5	0/2	0%	117.0	0/2	0%	99.0	0/2	0%	136.0	1/2	50%	1.0	0/2	0%	93.0
Baldwin	40	40	89	30/40	75%	26.5	1/40	2%	138.5	0/40	0%	117.0	0/40	0%	99.0	4/40	10%	52.5	5/40	12%	61.5	0/40	0%	93.0
Banks	17	39	93.5	14/17	82%	12.0	0/17	0%	149.5	0/17	0%	117.0	0/17	0%	99.0	1/17	6%	84.0	2/17	12%	61.5	0/17	0%	93.0
Barrow	98	49	70.5	53/98	54%	95.0	9/98	9%	114.5	1/98	1%	68.0	0/98	0%	99.0	7/98	7%	72.5	28/98	29%	12.0	0/98	0%	93.0
Bartow	208	79	25	106/208	51%	105.5	56/208	27%	32.5	5/208	2%	52.5	6/208	3%	23.0	12/208	6%	84.0	22/208	11%	71.5	1/208	0%	93.0
Ben Hill	23	47	73	11/23	48%	118.0	6/23	26%	36.0	0/23	0%	117.0	0/23	0%	99.0	3/23	13%	31.0	3/23	13%	51.0	0/23	0%	93.0
Berrien	48	105	7	40/48	83%	9.5	3/48	6%	126.0	0/48	0%	117.0	0/48	0%	99.0	2/48	4%	101.0	3/48	6%	98.5	0/48	0%	93.0
Bibb	286	70	38.5	164/286	57%	82.5	60/286	21%	51.5	15/286	5%	25.5	1/286	0%	99.0	10/286	3%	105.0	36/286	13%	51.0	0/286	0%	93.0
Bleckley	1	3	153	1/1	100%	2.5	0/1	0%	149.5	0/1	0%	117.0	0/1	0%	99.0	0/1	0%	136.0	0/1	0%	140.0	0/1	0%	93.0
Brantley	35	80	23	22/35	63%	57.0	4/35	11%	105.5	0/35	0%	117.0	1/35	3%	23.0	5/35	14%	26.5	3/35	9%	80.5	0/35	0%	93.0
Brooks	42	96	11	22/42	52%	101.5	4/42	10%	111.0	1/42	2%	52.5	0/42	0%	99.0	5/42	12%	37.0	10/42	24%	18.5	0/42	0%	93.0
Bryan	22	23	124.5	17/22	77%	20.5	3/22	14%	89.0	0/22	0%	117.0	0/22	0%	99.0	1/22	5%	95.0	1/22	5%	105.5	0/22	0%	93.0
Bulloch	41	27	117.5	22/41	54%	95.0	2/41	5%	131.5	7/41	17%	5.0	0/41	0%	99.0	4/41	10%	52.5	6/41	15%	43.5	0/41	0%	93.0
Burke	15	21	134.5	12/15	80%	15.5	1/15	7%	120.0	0/15	0%	117.0	0/15	0%	99.0	0/15	0%	136.0	2/15	13%	51.0	0/15	0%	93.0
Butts	41	70	38.5	25/41	61%	65.5	7/41	17%	76.0	0/41	0%	117.0	0/41	0%	99.0	4/41	10%	52.5	5/41	12%	61.5	0/41	0%	93.0
Calhoun	0	0	156.5	0/0	0%	154.0	0/0	0%	149.5	0/0	0%	117.0	0/0	0%	99.0	0/0	0%	136.0	0/0	0%	140.0	0/0	0%	93.0
Camden	52	33	103.5	26/52	50%	110.5	14/52	27%	32.5	0/52	0%	117.0	4/52	8%	8.5	2/52	4%	101.0	6/52	12%	61.5	0/52	0%	93.0
Candler	16	56	62	13/16	81%	13.0	1/16	6%	126.0	0/16	0%	117.0	0/16	0%	99.0	1/16	6%	84.0	1/16	6%	98.5	0/16	0%	93.0
Carroll	141	47	73	53/141	38%	136.0	20/141	14%	89.0	2/141	1%	68.0	5/141	4%	17.0	26/141	18%	11.5	35/141	25%	15.0	0/141	0%	93.0
Catoosa	86	53	65	65/86	76%	23.5	4/86	5%	131.5	0/86	0%	117.0	3/86	3%	23.0	4/86	5%	95.0	10/86	12%	61.5	0/86	0%	93.0
Charlton	23	78	27	13/23	57%	82.5	10/23	43%	12.0	0/23	0%	117.0	0/23	0%	99.0	0/23	0%	136.0	0/23	0%	140.0	0/23	0%	93.0
Chatham	344	55	63.5	192/344	56%	87.0	58/344	17%	76.0	9/344	3%	39.0	2/344	1%	37.0	15/344	4%	101.0	65/344	19%	27.5	3/344	1%	20.0
Chattahoochee	5	21	134.5	3/5	60%	68.5	0/5	0%	149.5	0/5	0%	117.0	0/5	0%	99.0	0/5	0%	136.0	2/5	40%	2.5	0/5	0%	93.0
Chattooga	29	47	73	22/29	76%	23.5	4/29	14%	89.0	0/29	0%	117.0	0/29	0%	99.0	2/29	7%	72.5	1/29	3%	114.5	0/29	0%	93.0
Cherokee	250	42	85.5	158/250	63%	57.0	38/250	15%	86.0	4/250	2%	52.5	6/250	2%	31.5	33/250	13%	31.0	11/250	4%	110.5	0/250	0%	93.0
Clarke	117	57	60.5	86/117	74%	28.5	8/117	7%	120.0	3/117	3%	39.0	0/117	0%	99.0	3/117	3%	105.0	14/117	12%	61.5	3/117	3%	5.5
Clay	0	0	156.5	0/0	0%	154.0	0/0	0%	149.5	0/0	0%	117.0	0/0	0%	99.0	0/0	0%	136.0	0/0	0%	140.0	0/0	0%	93.0
Clayton	273	33	103.5	172/273	63%	57.0	54/273	20%	59.0	4/273	1%	68.0	0/273	0%	99.0	17/273	6%	84.0	20/273	7%	91.5	6/273	2%	10.0
Clinch	6	31	109.5	4/6	67%	47.0	2/6	33%	22.5	0/6	0%	117.0	0/6	0%	99.0	0/6	0%	136.0	0/6	0%	140.0	0/6	0%	93.0
Cobb	419	23	124.5	241/419	58%	78.5	56/419	13%	94.0	3/419	1%	68.0	13/419	3%	23.0	49/419	12%	37.0	54/419	13%	51.0	3/419	1%	20.0
Coffee	53	46	76	42/53	79%	18.0	10/53	19%	66.5	0/53	0%	117.0	0/53	0%	99.0	0/53	0%	136.0	1/53	2%	118.5	0/53	0%	93.0
Colquitt	98	79	25	63/98	64%	54.5	3/98	3%	135.5	4/98	4%	32.0	0/98	0%	99.0	6/98	6%	84.0	22/98	22%	21.5	0

Children in Foster CareDuring April 2007 through March 2008

Children in Foster CareDuring April 2007 through March 2008

Children in Foster Care
During April 2007 through March 2008

Children in Foster Care
During April 2007 through March 2008