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Children Removed to Foster Care
During April 2023 through March 2024
| Total Removals to Foster Care | Average Monthly Removals to Foster Care | Reentries to Foster Care | Reentries to Foster Care within 12 months of Previous Discharge | Discharged within 1 Month of April 2023 through February 2024 Removal | Permanence within 12 months of April 2022 through March 2023 Removal | IV-E Reimbursed in Removal Cohort (excludes latest 6 months) |
DFCSDistrict | Count | per 10K | Rank | Count | per 10K | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank |
Metro | 968 | 10.8 | 3 | 80.7 | 0.9 | 3 | 157/968 | 16.2% | 1 | 58/968 | 6.0% | 1 | 80/870 | 9% | 1 | 319/959 | 33% | 1 | 0/356 | 0% | 2 |
North | 2060 | 23.1 | 2 | 171.7 | 1.9 | 2 | 296/2,060 | 14.4% | 2 | 113/2,060 | 5.5% | 2 | 124/1,894 | 7% | 2 | 687/2,157 | 32% | 2 | 0/949 | 0% | 2 |
South | 1818 | 24.6 | 1 | 151.5 | 2 | 1 | 209/1,818 | 11.5% | 3 | 54/1,818 | 3.0% | 3 | 65/1,690 | 4% | 3 | 549/2,036 | 27% | 3 | 0/867 | 0% | 2 |
Statewide | 4846 | 19.2 | na | 403.8 | 1.6 | na | 662/4,846 | 13.7% | na | 225/4,846 | 4.6% | na | 269/4,454 | 6% | na | 1,555/5,152 | 30% | na | 0/2,172 | 0% | na |
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Children Removed to Foster Care
During April 2023 through March 2024
| Total Removals to Foster Care | Removals for Neglect | Removals for Caretaker Drug or Alcohol Use | Removals for Physical Abuse | Removals for Caretaker Inability to Cope | Removals for Inadequate Housing | Removals for Incarceration | Removals for Child Behavior | Removals for Abandonment | Removals for Sexual Abuse |
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 | 968 | 10.8 | 3 | 370/968 | 38% | 1.5 | 193/968 | 20% | 3 | 110/968 | 11% | 1.5 | 60/968 | 6% | 3 | 106/968 | 11% | 3 | 142/968 | 15% | 1 | 97/968 | 10% | 1.0 | 177/968 | 18% | 1 | 27/968 | 3% | 2 |
North | 2060 | 23.1 | 2 | 733/2,060 | 36% | 3.0 | 1,017/2,060 | 49% | 1 | 233/2,060 | 11% | 1.5 | 152/2,060 | 7% | 2 | 387/2,060 | 19% | 2 | 254/2,060 | 12% | 2 | 139/2,060 | 7% | 2.5 | 159/2,060 | 8% | 2 | 80/2,060 | 4% | 1 |
South | 1818 | 24.6 | 1 | 699/1,818 | 38% | 1.5 | 757/1,818 | 42% | 2 | 163/1,818 | 9% | 3.0 | 155/1,818 | 9% | 1 | 433/1,818 | 24% | 1 | 175/1,818 | 10% | 3 | 135/1,818 | 7% | 2.5 | 115/1,818 | 6% | 3 | 28/1,818 | 2% | 3 |
Statewide | 4846 | 19.2 | na | 1,802/4,846 | 37% | na | 1,967/4,846 | 41% | na | 506/4,846 | 10% | na | 367/4,846 | 8% | na | 926/4,846 | 19% | na | 571/4,846 | 12% | na | 371/4,846 | 8% | na | 451/4,846 | 9% | na | 135/4,846 | 3% | na |
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Children Removed to Foster Care
During April 2023 through March 2024
| Total Removals to Foster Care | Removals to Non-Relative Foster Care First Setting | Removals to Relative Foster Care First Setting | Removals to Pre-Adoptive Home First Setting | Removals to Group Home First Setting | Removals to Institution First Setting | Removals to Home Visit First Setting | Removals to Runaway First Setting | Removals to ILP First Setting |
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 | 968 | 10.8 | 3 | 304/528 | 58% | 2 | 198/528 | 38% | 2 | 0/528 | 0% | 2 | 0/528 | 0% | 2 | 22/528 | 4% | 2.5 | 0/528 | 0% | 2 | 4/528 | 1% | 1.5 | 0/528 | 0% | 2 |
North | 2060 | 23.1 | 2 | 624/999 | 62% | 1 | 331/999 | 33% | 3 | 1/999 | 0% | 2 | 0/999 | 0% | 2 | 41/999 | 4% | 2.5 | 0/999 | 0% | 2 | 2/999 | 0% | 3.0 | 0/999 | 0% | 2 |
South | 1818 | 24.6 | 1 | 492/989 | 50% | 3 | 446/989 | 45% | 1 | 0/989 | 0% | 2 | 0/989 | 0% | 2 | 46/989 | 5% | 1.0 | 0/989 | 0% | 2 | 5/989 | 1% | 1.5 | 0/989 | 0% | 2 |
Statewide | 4846 | 19.2 | na | 1,420/2,516 | 56% | na | 975/2,516 | 39% | na | 1/2,516 | 0% | na | 0/2,516 | 0% | na | 109/2,516 | 4% | na | 0/2,516 | 0% | na | 11/2,516 | 0% | na | 0/2,516 | 0% | na |
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