Summary Measures: Children Discharged During April 2023 through March 2024

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Children Discharged
During April 2023 through March 2024

	Total Discharges			Children Discharged for Reunification			Children Discharged for Relative			Children Discharged for Adoption			Children Discharged for Transfer			Children Discharged for Emancipation			Children Discharged for Guardianship			Children Discharged for Runaway			Children Discharged for Death			Children Discharged for Unknown
DFCSDistrict	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	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Metro	894/892,865	10.0	3	369/895	41%	3	38/895	4%	3	142/895	16%	3	3/895	0%	2	129/895	14%	1	202/895	23%	1	7/895	1%	1.0	4/895	0%	2.5	0/895	0%	2
North	2,324/890,845	26.1	2	1,007/2,328	43%	2	138/2,328	6%	1	600/2,328	26%	1	10/2,328	0%	2	209/2,328	9%	3	356/2,328	15%	3	1/2,328	0%	2.5	3/2,328	0%	2.5	0/2,328	0%	2
South	1,947/739,294	26.3	1	848/1,948	44%	1	95/1,948	5%	2	475/1,948	24%	2	5/1,948	0%	2	195/1,948	10%	2	318/1,948	16%	2	0/1,948	0%	2.5	11/1,948	1%	1.0	0/1,948	0%	2
Statewide	5,165/2,523,004	20.5	na	2,224/5,171	43%	na	271/5,171	5%	na	1,217/5,171	24%	na	18/5,171	0%	na	533/5,171	10%	na	876/5,171	17%	na	8/5,171	0%	na	18/5,171	0%	na	0/5,171	0%	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2023 through March 2024

	Total Discharges			Median Length of Stay in Foster Care			Median Months from Removal to Reunification Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Relative Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Guardianship Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Adoption Discharge			Median Months from Removal to TPR Among Adoptions During Latest 12 Months			Median Months from TPR to Final Adoption Among Adoptions During Latest 12 Months
DFCSDistrict	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank
Metro	894/892,865	10.0	3	894	19.9	2	369	9.5	3	38	7.2	3	202	17.1	1	142	42.4	2	91	28.1	2	93	12.4	1
North	2,324/890,845	26.1	2	2324	18	3	1007	11.9	2	138	12.6	1	356	16.3	2	600	31.7	3	440	20.5	3	441	8.4	3
South	1,947/739,294	26.3	1	1947	20.9	1	848	14.8	1	95	10.2	2	318	15.8	3	475	44.5	1	349	29.2	1	349	11.1	2
Statewide	5,165/2,523,004	20.5	na	5165	19.5	na	2224	12.8	na	271	11.5	na	876	16.4	na	1217	36.7	na	880	24.7	na	883	9.7	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2023 through March 2024

	Children Discharged for Reunification			Reunified within 72 Hours			Reunified within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Adoption			Adopted within 24 Months			Adopted within 48 Months
DFCSDistrict	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Metro	369/895	41%	3	32/369	9%	1	214/369	58%	1	142/895	16%	3	14/142	10%	2	82/142	58%	2
North	1,007/2,328	43%	2	40/1,007	4%	2	535/1,007	53%	2	600/2,328	26%	1	174/600	29%	1	479/600	80%	1
South	848/1,948	44%	1	11/848	1%	3	364/848	43%	3	475/1,948	24%	2	43/475	9%	3	273/475	57%	3
Statewide	2,224/5,171	43%	na	83/2,224	4%	na	1,113/2,224	50%	na	1,217/5,171	24%	na	231/1,217	19%	na	834/1,217	69%	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2023 through March 2024

	In Care 12+ Months at Age 16, Discharged to Permanence by Age 18			In Care with Both TPRs at Age 16, Discharged to Permanence by Age 18			Adoption Discharges			Non-Permanent Discharges			Non-Permanent Discharges Among Children with Both TPRs			Discharged Runaways Under 18 on March 31 2024
DFCSDistrict	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	per 1M	Rank
Metro	20/39	51%	3	3/3	100%	1	142/892,865	1.6	3	143/892,865	1.6	3	2/97	2%	3.0	6	6.7	1
North	65/106	61%	1	17/33	52%	3	600/890,845	6.7	1	223/890,845	2.5	2	16/500	3%	1.5	1	1.1	2
South	52/90	58%	2	15/21	71%	2	475/739,294	6.4	2	211/739,294	2.9	1	11/373	3%	1.5	0	0	3
Statewide	137/235	58%	na	35/57	61%	na	1,217/2,523,004	4.8	na	577/2,523,004	2.3	na	29/970	3%	na	7	2.8	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2023 through March 2024

	Total Discharges			Children Victimized within 6 Months After Discharge during April 2023 through March 2024			Children Discharged for Reunification April 2022 through March 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Relative April 2022 through March 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Adoption April 2022 through March 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Transfer April 2022 through March 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Emancipation April 2022 through March 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Guardianship April 2022 through March 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Runaway April 2022 through March 2023 Reentering within 12 Months
DFCSDistrict	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	Count	Percent	Rank
Metro	894/892,865	10.0	3	na	na%	na	40/369	10.8%	1	5/41	12.2%	1	0/170	0%	2	0/8	0%	2	0/76	0%	2	9/192	4.7%	1	0/4	0%	2
North	2,324/890,845	26.1	2	na	na%	na	68/931	7.3%	2	10/160	6.2%	2	0/623	0%	2	0/24	0%	2	0/168	0%	2	4/346	1.2%	2	0/3	0%	2
South	1,947/739,294	26.3	1	na	na%	na	24/708	3.4%	3	1/107	0.9%	3	0/449	0%	2	0/26	0%	2	0/112	0%	2	0/280	0.0%	3	0/1	0%	2
Statewide	5,165/2,523,004	20.5	na	na	na%	na	132/2,008	6.6%	na	16/308	5.2%	na	0/1,242	0%	na	0/58	0%	na	0/356	0%	na	13/818	1.6%	na	0/8	0%	na

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