Summary Measures: Children in Foster Care During October 2008 through September 2009

Children in Foster Care
During October 2008 through September 2009

	Children in Care on September 30 2008			Children in Care on September 30 2009			Average Daily Children in Care			Total Out of Home Placement-Days			Total Children Served
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count
Alapaha	118	73	5	46	28	29	68	42	16.5	60491	37441	9	154
Alcovy	140	27	39	98	18	42	120	23	39	67692	12697	44	200
Appalachian	112	59	8	95	49	6.5	104	54	7	64471	33407	12	210
Atlanta	1102	44	19.5	973	38	16	1027	40	18.5	891492	34999	11	1656
Atlantic	151	34	31.5	91	20	39	115	26	36	103834	23438	31	203
Augusta	322	34	31.5	247	26	31	247	26	36	142178	15100	40	461
Bell-Forsyth	66	14	49	71	14	47.5	61	13	48	38716	7947	48	109
Blue Ridge	192	32	35.5	185	30	27	180	29	30.5	115098	18708	35	360
Brunswick	203	40	25.5	221	43	9.5	206	40	18.5	133753	26164	22	353
Chattahoochee	223	33	34	205	30	27	212	32	28	174255	25798	24	355
Cherokee	338	83	3	266	64	5	314	77	4	173560	42343	5	521
Clayton	266	32	35.5	221	26	31	228	27	33.5	134445	16200	39	479
Cobb	442	24	40.5	388	21	37.5	412	22	40.5	232949	12671	45	875
Conasauga	257	70	6	243	65	4	241	65	5	135031	36294	10	415
Cordele	68	42	22.5	40	25	33.5	44	27	33.5	47187	29013	17	90
Coweta	456	49	17	306	32	23.5	367	39	20.5	281017	29904	15	651
Dougherty	54	20	45	39	15	46	44	17	45	24494	9231	47	84
Douglas	182	51	14	149	40	13	159	44	14.5	108372	29654	16	255
Dublin	82	40	25.5	77	38	16	78	38	22	56951	27844	18	158
Eastern	336	53	11	271	43	9.5	306	48	9	173396	27313	19	535
Enotah	95	51	14	79	41	11.5	85	45	13	50811	26876	20	168
Flint	123	22	43	114	19	40.5	106	18	44	74528	12885	43	209
Griffin	268	44	19.5	189	31	25	221	36	23.5	145096	23815	29	394
Gwinnett	366	16	48	327	14	47.5	330	14	47	247186	10853	46	631
Houston	127	34	31.5	133	34	20	130	34	25.5	97495	25460	25	198
Lookout Mountain	217	51	14	177	41	11.5	188	44	14.5	137866	32300	14	348
Macon	265	51	14	197	38	16	240	46	11.5	197281	38088	7	383
Middle	95	34	31.5	58	21	37.5	69	25	38	51081	18472	36	128
Mountain	107	54	10	90	45	8	101	51	8	75401	37870	8	160
Northeastern	110	20	45	94	16	44.5	108	19	43	75352	13319	42	189
Northern	140	51	14	103	37	18	125	46	11.5	89541	32641	13	212
Ocmulgee	159	40	25.5	100	25	33.5	118	29	30.5	99053	24537	27	229
Oconee	35	20	45	29	16	44.5	30	16	46	24132	13540	41	59
Ogeechee	106	28	38	90	23	36	97	26	36	73312	19210	34	155
Pataula	63	46	18	46	34	20	58	42	16.5	32736	24011	28	101
Paulding	96	23	42	84	19	40.5	89	21	42	69546	16359	38	130
Piedmont	179	43	21	144	33	22	165	39	20.5	100136	23705	30	268
Rockdale	56	24	40.5	40	17	43	50	22	40.5	48057	20661	33	98
Rome	287	122	2	208	88	2	244	103	2	182094	76856	1	404
Southern	340	58	9	231	39	14	274	47	10	264142	45152	3	456
South Georgia	101	42	22.5	83	34	20	81	34	25.5	64544	26727	21	166
Southwestern	81	31	37	79	30	27	80	30	29	57449	21810	32	125
Stone Mountain	667	36	28.5	587	32	23.5	665	36	23.5	456422	24801	26	1123
Tallapoosa	259	139	1	204	108	1	224	120	1	120712	64562	2	380
Tifton	157	67	7	114	49	6.5	132	56	6	96293	41100	6	213
Toombs	22	17	47	13	10	49	13	10	49	6968	5304	49	33
Towaliga	135	81	4	134	79	3	143	84	3	71647	42345	4	243
Waycross	128	36	28.5	86	24	35	98	28	32	62536	17596	37	204
Western	122	40	25.5	79	26	31	100	33	27	79214	25843	23	168
Statewide	10016	39	na	8144	31	na	8898	34	na	6310014	24122	na	15699

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2008 through September 2009

	Children in Care on September 30 2009			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
JudicialCircuit	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
Alapaha	46	28	29	30/46	65%	13.0	4/46	9%	39.0	2/46	4%	24.0	0/46	0%	43.0	2/46	4%	27.5	8/46	17%	14.5	0/46	0%	36.0
Alcovy	98	18	42	65/98	66%	10.0	10/98	10%	36.5	4/98	4%	24.0	1/98	1%	29.5	2/98	2%	37.5	16/98	16%	17.5	0/98	0%	36.0
Appalachian	95	49	6.5	52/95	55%	31.0	14/95	15%	22.0	2/95	2%	35.5	2/95	2%	18.5	9/95	9%	5.5	15/95	16%	17.5	1/95	1%	16.0
Atlanta	973	38	16	627/973	64%	16.0	133/973	14%	25.5	12/973	1%	41.0	17/973	2%	18.5	47/973	5%	22.5	113/973	12%	34.5	24/973	2%	6.5
Atlantic	91	20	39	59/91	65%	13.0	14/91	15%	22.0	1/91	1%	41.0	2/91	2%	18.5	6/91	7%	11.5	9/91	10%	40.0	0/91	0%	36.0
Augusta	247	26	31	169/247	68%	6.5	41/247	17%	18.0	6/247	2%	35.5	18/247	7%	4.5	2/247	1%	42.5	11/247	4%	47.5	0/247	0%	36.0
Bell-Forsyth	71	14	47.5	52/71	73%	4.0	2/71	3%	49.0	0/71	0%	46.0	2/71	3%	12.5	5/71	7%	11.5	9/71	13%	29.5	1/71	1%	16.0
Blue Ridge	185	30	27	119/185	64%	16.0	27/185	15%	22.0	0/185	0%	46.0	2/185	1%	29.5	14/185	8%	7.5	21/185	11%	37.5	2/185	1%	16.0
Brunswick	221	43	9.5	109/221	49%	41.0	48/221	22%	8.5	10/221	5%	18.0	3/221	1%	29.5	17/221	8%	7.5	33/221	15%	21.5	1/221	0%	36.0
Chattahoochee	205	30	27	118/205	58%	27.0	32/205	16%	20.0	4/205	2%	35.5	6/205	3%	12.5	5/205	2%	37.5	39/205	19%	9.5	1/205	0%	36.0
Cherokee	266	64	5	128/266	48%	44.0	61/266	23%	6.5	16/266	6%	11.5	11/266	4%	9.5	13/266	5%	22.5	33/266	12%	34.5	4/266	2%	6.5
Clayton	221	26	31	137/221	62%	21.0	45/221	20%	11.0	1/221	0%	46.0	2/221	1%	29.5	3/221	1%	42.5	27/221	12%	34.5	6/221	3%	2.0
Cobb	388	21	37.5	235/388	61%	24.0	33/388	9%	39.0	5/388	1%	41.0	22/388	6%	6.0	28/388	7%	11.5	56/388	14%	25.0	9/388	2%	6.5
Conasauga	243	65	4	130/243	53%	33.0	30/243	12%	31.5	15/243	6%	11.5	16/243	7%	4.5	12/243	5%	22.5	37/243	15%	21.5	3/243	1%	16.0
Cordele	40	25	33.5	12/40	30%	49.0	7/40	18%	15.5	5/40	12%	1.0	2/40	5%	7.5	1/40	2%	37.5	13/40	32%	1.0	0/40	0%	36.0
Coweta	306	32	23.5	160/306	52%	35.0	26/306	8%	42.5	19/306	6%	11.5	6/306	2%	18.5	31/306	10%	3.5	61/306	20%	7.0	3/306	1%	16.0
Dougherty	39	15	46	26/39	67%	8.0	2/39	5%	47.0	0/39	0%	46.0	2/39	5%	7.5	1/39	3%	32.0	8/39	21%	6.0	0/39	0%	36.0
Douglas	149	40	13	93/149	62%	21.0	12/149	8%	42.5	3/149	2%	35.5	1/149	1%	29.5	9/149	6%	17.0	27/149	18%	12.5	4/149	3%	2.0
Dublin	77	38	16	42/77	55%	31.0	17/77	22%	8.5	0/77	0%	46.0	0/77	0%	43.0	3/77	4%	27.5	15/77	19%	9.5	0/77	0%	36.0
Eastern	271	43	9.5	169/271	62%	21.0	37/271	14%	25.5	5/271	2%	35.5	3/271	1%	29.5	10/271	4%	27.5	44/271	16%	17.5	3/271	1%	16.0
Enotah	79	41	11.5	41/79	52%	35.0	11/79	14%	25.5	5/79	6%	11.5	0/79	0%	43.0	11/79	14%	1.0	11/79	14%	25.0	0/79	0%	36.0
Flint	114	19	40.5	63/114	55%	31.0	15/114	13%	29.0	5/114	4%	24.0	2/114	2%	18.5	0/114	0%	47.0	28/114	25%	2.0	1/114	1%	16.0
Griffin	189	31	25	97/189	51%	37.5	24/189	13%	29.0	13/189	7%	5.5	4/189	2%	18.5	13/189	7%	11.5	35/189	19%	9.5	3/189	2%	6.5
Gwinnett	327	14	47.5	156/327	48%	44.0	79/327	24%	4.5	19/327	6%	11.5	10/327	3%	12.5	10/327	3%	32.0	43/327	13%	29.5	10/327	3%	2.0
Houston	133	34	20	109/133	82%	2.0	5/133	4%	48.0	7/133	5%	18.0	0/133	0%	43.0	2/133	2%	37.5	10/133	8%	42.5	0/133	0%	36.0
Lookout Mountain	177	41	11.5	113/177	64%	16.0	19/177	11%	34.0	3/177	2%	35.5	1/177	1%	29.5	10/177	6%	17.0	30/177	17%	14.5	1/177	1%	16.0
Macon	197	38	16	112/197	57%	28.5	18/197	9%	39.0	10/197	5%	18.0	2/197	1%	29.5	5/197	3%	32.0	48/197	24%	3.5	2/197	1%	16.0
Middle	58	21	37.5	36/58	62%	21.0	11/58	19%	13.0	2/58	3%	29.5	0/58	0%	43.0	0/58	0%	47.0	8/58	14%	25.0	1/58	2%	6.5
Mountain	90	45	8	68/90	76%	3.0	10/90	11%	34.0	6/90	7%	5.5	1/90	1%	29.5	1/90	1%	42.5	4/90	4%	47.5	0/90	0%	36.0
Northeastern	94	16	44.5	46/94	49%	41.0	16/94	17%	18.0	5/94	5%	18.0	0/94	0%	43.0	8/94	9%	5.5	18/94	19%	9.5	1/94	1%	16.0
Northern	103	37	18	64/103	62%	21.0	19/103	18%	15.5	3/103	3%	29.5	2/103	2%	18.5	4/103	4%	27.5	10/103	10%	40.0	1/103	1%	16.0
Ocmulgee	100	25	33.5	66/100	66%	10.0	7/100	7%	45.5	6/100	6%	11.5	0/100	0%	43.0	3/100	3%	32.0	18/100	18%	12.5	0/100	0%	36.0
Oconee	29	16	44.5	25/29	86%	1.0	2/29	7%	45.5	1/29	3%	29.5	0/29	0%	43.0	0/29	0%	47.0	1/29	3%	49.0	0/29	0%	36.0
Ogeechee	90	23	36	47/90	52%	35.0	13/90	14%	25.5	6/90	7%	5.5	0/90	0%	43.0	10/90	11%	2.0	14/90	16%	17.5	0/90	0%	36.0
Pataula	46	34	20	19/46	41%	46.0	11/46	24%	4.5	2/46	4%	24.0	8/46	17%	1.0	3/46	7%	11.5	3/46	7%	45.0	0/46	0%	36.0
Paulding	84	19	40.5	58/84	69%	5.0	8/84	10%	36.5	3/84	4%	24.0	1/84	1%	29.5	5/84	6%	17.0	9/84	11%	37.5	0/84	0%	36.0
Piedmont	144	33	22	74/144	51%	37.5	28/144	19%	13.0	3/144	2%	35.5	1/144	1%	29.5	3/144	2%	37.5	35/144	24%	3.5	0/144	0%	36.0
Rockdale	40	17	43	24/40	60%	25.0	3/40	8%	42.5	2/40	5%	18.0	1/40	2%	18.5	1/40	2%	37.5	9/40	22%	5.0	0/40	0%	36.0
Rome	208	88	2	84/208	40%	47.0	59/208	28%	3.0	12/208	6%	11.5	22/208	11%	2.0	3/208	1%	42.5	27/208	13%	29.5	1/208	0%	36.0
Southern	231	39	14	145/231	63%	18.0	25/231	11%	34.0	16/231	7%	5.5	1/231	0%	43.0	12/231	5%	22.5	30/231	13%	29.5	2/231	1%	16.0
South Georgia	83	34	20	55/83	66%	10.0	11/83	13%	29.0	2/83	2%	35.5	3/83	4%	9.5	6/83	7%	11.5	6/83	7%	45.0	0/83	0%	36.0
Southwestern	79	30	27	39/79	49%	41.0	15/79	19%	13.0	7/79	9%	2.5	1/79	1%	29.5	5/79	6%	17.0	12/79	15%	21.5	0/79	0%	36.0
Stone Mountain	587	32	23.5	279/587	48%	44.0	126/587	21%	10.0	24/587	4%	24.0	1/587	0%	43.0	59/587	10%	3.5	87/587	15%	21.5	11/587	2%	6.5
Tallapoosa	204	108	1	101/204	50%	39.0	61/204	30%	2.0	7/204	3%	29.5	3/204	1%	29.5	6/204	3%	32.0	25/204	12%	34.5	1/204	0%	36.0
Tifton	114	49	6.5	67/114	59%	26.0	19/114	17%	18.0	10/114	9%	2.5	3/114	3%	12.5	0/114	0%	47.0	15/114	13%	29.5	0/114	0%	36.0
Toombs	13	10	49	4/13	31%	48.0	8/13	62%	1.0	0/13	0%	46.0	0/13	0%	43.0	0/13	0%	47.0	1/13	8%	42.5	0/13	0%	36.0
Towaliga	134	79	3	87/134	65%	13.0	16/134	12%	31.5	5/134	4%	24.0	0/134	0%	43.0	8/134	6%	17.0	18/134	13%	29.5	0/134	0%	36.0
Waycross	86	24	35	49/86	57%	28.5	20/86	23%	6.5	0/86	0%	46.0	7/86	8%	3.0	4/86	5%	22.5	6/86	7%	45.0	0/86	0%	36.0
Western	79	26	31	54/79	68%	6.5	6/79	8%	42.5	5/79	6%	11.5	1/79	1%	29.5	4/79	5%	22.5	8/79	10%	40.0	1/79	1%	16.0
Statewide	8144	31	na	4,714/8,144	58%	na	1,260/8,144	15%	na	299/8,144	4%	na	193/8,144	2%	na	416/8,144	5%	na	1,164/8,144	14%	na	98/8,144	1%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2008 through September 2009

	Children in Care on September 30 2009			Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Care during January 2008 through December 2008			Children Victimized in Care during January 2008 through December 2008			Children Victimized in Care during January 2008 through December 2008 by Parent			Children Over 12 in Group Settings on September 30 2009			Children with 2 or Fewer Moves			IV-E Reimbursement Rate, Children In Care on September 30 2009
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	46	28	29	na	na%	na	2/162	1.23%	16.5	2/162	1.23%	4.0	10/10	100%	4.0	27/68	40%	41.0	26/46	57%	1.0
Alcovy	98	18	42	na	na%	na	5/224	2.23%	5.0	5/224	2.23%	1.0	15/18	83%	27.5	58/120	48%	22.5	27/98	28%	42.5
Appalachian	95	49	6.5	na	na%	na	1/211	0.47%	38.0	1/211	0.47%	25.0	22/24	92%	9.5	43/104	41%	37.0	27/95	28%	42.5
Atlanta	973	38	16	na	na%	na	29/1,861	1.56%	12.5	11/1,861	0.59%	17.0	134/160	84%	24.5	450/1,027	44%	29.5	331/973	34%	31.0
Atlantic	91	20	39	na	na%	na	1/258	0.39%	40.5	1/258	0.39%	28.5	15/15	100%	4.0	65/115	57%	7.0	37/91	41%	18.5
Augusta	247	26	31	na	na%	na	3/561	0.53%	35.0	2/561	0.36%	30.5	12/13	92%	9.5	143/247	58%	5.0	123/247	50%	4.0
Bell-Forsyth	71	14	47.5	na	na%	na	4/102	3.92%	1.0	1/102	0.98%	6.0	8/14	57%	49.0	27/61	44%	29.5	16/71	23%	48.0
Blue Ridge	185	30	27	na	na%	na	4/370	1.08%	20.0	4/370	1.08%	5.0	29/35	83%	27.5	84/180	47%	24.5	55/185	30%	37.5
Brunswick	221	43	9.5	na	na%	na	1/363	0.28%	43.0	0/363	0.00%	43.5	36/50	72%	38.5	116/206	56%	9.0	81/221	37%	27.5
Chattahoochee	205	30	27	na	na%	na	5/375	1.33%	15.0	3/375	0.80%	10.5	39/44	89%	14.0	85/212	40%	41.0	79/205	39%	22.0
Cherokee	266	64	5	na	na%	na	12/564	2.13%	6.0	4/564	0.71%	12.0	40/46	87%	18.5	154/314	49%	20.5	77/266	29%	39.5
Clayton	221	26	31	na	na%	na	1/500	0.20%	44.0	1/500	0.20%	34.0	19/30	63%	46.0	101/228	44%	29.5	83/221	38%	24.5
Cobb	388	21	37.5	na	na%	na	18/959	1.88%	10.0	9/959	0.94%	8.0	56/84	67%	43.5	214/412	52%	14.0	136/388	35%	30.0
Conasauga	243	65	4	na	na%	na	5/497	1.01%	23.5	3/497	0.60%	16.0	42/49	86%	21.0	96/241	40%	41.0	90/243	37%	27.5
Cordele	40	25	33.5	na	na%	na	0/117	0.00%	47.0	0/117	0.00%	43.5	14/14	100%	4.0	11/44	25%	49.0	10/40	25%	46.5
Coweta	306	32	23.5	na	na%	na	3/735	0.41%	39.0	1/735	0.14%	37.0	74/92	80%	32.5	179/367	49%	20.5	111/306	36%	29.0
Dougherty	39	15	46	na	na%	na	0/95	0.00%	47.0	0/95	0.00%	43.5	8/9	89%	14.0	28/44	64%	2.0	17/39	44%	12.5
Douglas	149	40	13	na	na%	na	2/279	0.72%	30.0	1/279	0.36%	30.5	31/36	86%	21.0	47/159	30%	48.0	67/149	45%	9.5
Dublin	77	38	16	na	na%	na	1/169	0.59%	33.0	0/169	0.00%	43.5	13/18	72%	38.5	41/78	53%	11.0	35/77	45%	9.5
Eastern	271	43	9.5	na	na%	na	5/615	0.81%	27.0	1/615	0.16%	36.0	38/54	70%	42.0	137/306	45%	27.0	125/271	46%	6.5
Enotah	79	41	11.5	na	na%	na	4/200	2.00%	8.0	1/200	0.50%	21.5	17/22	77%	35.5	41/85	48%	22.5	23/79	29%	39.5
Flint	114	19	40.5	na	na%	na	6/249	2.41%	4.0	1/249	0.40%	27.0	20/28	71%	40.5	49/106	46%	26.0	28/114	25%	46.5
Griffin	189	31	25	na	na%	na	5/460	1.09%	19.0	3/460	0.65%	15.0	42/48	88%	16.5	94/221	43%	33.0	77/189	41%	18.5
Gwinnett	327	14	47.5	na	na%	na	6/728	0.82%	26.0	2/728	0.27%	33.0	47/53	89%	14.0	131/330	40%	41.0	63/327	19%	49.0
Houston	133	34	20	na	na%	na	3/192	1.56%	12.5	0/192	0.00%	43.5	10/12	83%	27.5	68/130	52%	14.0	56/133	42%	16.0
Lookout Mountain	177	41	11.5	na	na%	na	10/368	2.72%	2.0	3/368	0.82%	9.0	34/40	85%	23.0	77/188	41%	37.0	70/177	40%	21.0
Macon	197	38	16	na	na%	na	4/499	0.80%	28.0	4/499	0.80%	10.5	41/53	77%	35.5	97/240	40%	41.0	90/197	46%	6.5
Middle	58	21	37.5	na	na%	na	4/201	1.99%	9.0	1/201	0.50%	21.5	8/8	100%	4.0	40/69	58%	5.0	26/58	45%	9.5
Mountain	90	45	8	na	na%	na	5/197	2.54%	3.0	1/197	0.51%	19.5	3/5	60%	47.0	57/101	56%	9.0	40/90	44%	12.5
Northeastern	94	16	44.5	na	na%	na	4/191	2.09%	7.0	3/191	1.57%	2.0	21/26	81%	30.5	60/108	56%	9.0	36/94	38%	24.5
Northern	103	37	18	na	na%	na	1/255	0.39%	40.5	1/255	0.39%	28.5	11/14	79%	34.0	55/125	44%	29.5	46/103	45%	9.5
Ocmulgee	100	25	33.5	na	na%	na	2/284	0.70%	32.0	2/284	0.70%	13.0	18/21	86%	21.0	61/118	52%	14.0	41/100	41%	18.5
Oconee	29	16	44.5	na	na%	na	1/73	1.37%	14.0	1/73	1.37%	3.0	1/1	100%	4.0	15/30	50%	18.5	14/29	48%	5.0
Ogeechee	90	23	36	na	na%	na	1/180	0.56%	34.0	1/180	0.56%	18.0	16/24	67%	43.5	40/97	41%	37.0	34/90	38%	24.5
Pataula	46	34	20	na	na%	na	1/129	0.78%	29.0	0/129	0.00%	43.5	6/6	100%	4.0	34/58	59%	3.0	20/46	43%	14.5
Paulding	84	19	40.5	na	na%	na	0/160	0.00%	47.0	0/160	0.00%	43.5	13/14	93%	8.0	37/89	42%	35.0	27/84	32%	33.0
Piedmont	144	33	22	na	na%	na	4/325	1.23%	16.5	1/325	0.31%	32.0	32/38	84%	24.5	63/165	38%	45.0	38/144	26%	45.0
Rockdale	40	17	43	na	na%	na	1/105	0.95%	25.0	1/105	0.95%	7.0	9/10	90%	11.5	18/50	36%	47.0	12/40	30%	37.5
Rome	208	88	2	na	na%	na	5/493	1.01%	23.5	2/493	0.41%	26.0	25/30	83%	27.5	90/244	37%	46.0	58/208	28%	42.5
Southern	231	39	14	na	na%	na	2/520	0.38%	42.0	1/520	0.19%	35.0	27/42	64%	45.0	108/274	39%	44.0	100/231	43%	14.5
South Georgia	83	34	20	na	na%	na	1/202	0.50%	37.0	0/202	0.00%	43.5	7/12	58%	48.0	38/81	47%	24.5	42/83	51%	2.5
Southwestern	79	30	27	na	na%	na	1/140	0.71%	31.0	0/140	0.00%	43.5	15/17	88%	16.5	42/80	52%	14.0	26/79	33%	32.0
Stone Mountain	587	32	23.5	na	na%	na	13/1,255	1.04%	21.0	6/1,255	0.48%	24.0	132/146	90%	11.5	339/665	51%	17.0	181/587	31%	35.0
Tallapoosa	204	108	1	na	na%	na	5/410	1.22%	18.0	2/410	0.49%	23.0	22/31	71%	40.5	130/224	58%	5.0	64/204	31%	35.0
Tifton	114	49	6.5	na	na%	na	3/291	1.03%	22.0	2/291	0.69%	14.0	13/15	87%	18.5	66/132	50%	18.5	58/114	51%	2.5
Toombs	13	10	49	na	na%	na	0/42	0.00%	47.0	0/42	0.00%	43.5	1/1	100%	4.0	9/13	69%	1.0	5/13	38%	24.5
Towaliga	134	79	3	na	na%	na	0/235	0.00%	47.0	0/235	0.00%	43.5	21/26	81%	30.5	75/143	52%	14.0	38/134	28%	42.5
Waycross	86	24	35	na	na%	na	5/293	1.71%	11.0	0/293	0.00%	43.5	8/10	80%	32.5	42/98	43%	33.0	27/86	31%	35.0
Western	79	26	31	na	na%	na	1/197	0.51%	36.0	1/197	0.51%	19.5	9/12	75%	37.0	43/100	43%	33.0	32/79	41%	18.5
Statewide	8144	31	na	na	na%	na	200/17,891	1.12%	na	90/17,891	0.50%	na	1,284/1,580	81%	na	4,124/8,898	46%	na	2,925/8,144	36%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2008 through September 2009

	Children in Care on September 30 2009			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on September 30 2008			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on September 30 2009			Permanency within 12 Months, Children In Care on September 30 2008			Permanency within 12 Months, Children with TPR In Care on September 30 2008
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	46	28	29	118	33.3	1	46	9.7	45	91/118	77%	2.0	18/43	42%	16.5
Alcovy	98	18	42	140	14.1	29	98	13.7	22.5	67/140	48%	29.5	23/55	42%	16.5
Appalachian	95	49	6.5	112	12	38	95	10.6	36.5	60/112	54%	15.5	12/37	32%	35.5
Atlanta	973	38	16	1102	17.7	18	973	17.8	5	409/1,102	37%	46.0	50/168	30%	38.0
Atlantic	91	20	39	151	22.5	4	91	16.5	10	80/151	53%	19.0	19/42	45%	14.5
Augusta	247	26	31	322	9.4	47	247	14	19.5	170/322	53%	19.0	12/44	27%	44.0
Bell-Forsyth	71	14	47.5	66	13.3	34	71	10.4	39.5	18/66	27%	49.0	9/22	41%	18.0
Blue Ridge	185	30	27	192	13.5	33	185	9.2	46	101/192	53%	19.0	27/56	48%	10.0
Brunswick	221	43	9.5	203	18.4	11	221	11.3	34	89/203	44%	39.0	29/58	50%	6.5
Chattahoochee	205	30	27	223	15.6	24	205	13.1	25.5	101/223	45%	35.0	15/53	28%	42.5
Cherokee	266	64	5	338	10.1	45	266	12.3	29	183/338	54%	15.5	31/92	34%	30.0
Clayton	221	26	31	266	10.6	44	221	10.2	43	149/266	56%	11.0	7/24	29%	40.0
Cobb	388	21	37.5	442	11.4	39	388	14	19.5	201/442	45%	35.0	20/41	49%	8.5
Conasauga	243	65	4	257	12.5	36	243	11.5	31	113/257	44%	39.0	35/68	51%	5.0
Cordele	40	25	33.5	68	22.7	3	40	25.1	1	39/68	57%	8.0	13/28	46%	12.5
Coweta	306	32	23.5	456	18.2	12.5	306	14	19.5	244/456	54%	15.5	69/142	49%	8.5
Dougherty	39	15	46	54	10.8	42	39	7.9	48	35/54	65%	3.0	2/6	33%	32.5
Douglas	149	40	13	182	15	28	149	16.8	8	75/182	41%	43.5	9/24	38%	25.0
Dublin	77	38	16	82	16	21.5	77	9.9	44	46/82	56%	11.0	24/37	65%	2.0
Eastern	271	43	9.5	336	10.7	43	271	12.4	28	176/336	52%	21.5	25/64	39%	22.5
Enotah	79	41	11.5	95	12.4	37	79	11.3	34	52/95	55%	13.0	9/31	29%	40.0
Flint	114	19	40.5	123	19.9	8	114	10.3	41.5	59/123	48%	29.5	22/28	79%	1.0
Griffin	189	31	25	268	13.8	32	189	13.2	24	139/268	52%	21.5	21/54	39%	22.5
Gwinnett	327	14	47.5	366	17.8	17	327	13.1	25.5	160/366	44%	39.0	36/99	36%	27.0
Houston	133	34	20	127	18.1	14	133	17.1	7	35/127	28%	48.0	9/36	25%	45.5
Lookout Mountain	177	41	11.5	217	16	21.5	177	14.1	17	111/217	51%	24.5	16/56	29%	40.0
Macon	197	38	16	265	20.2	7	197	18.2	4	112/265	42%	41.5	26/69	38%	25.0
Middle	58	21	37.5	95	13.9	30.5	58	16	12	54/95	57%	8.0	5/20	25%	45.5
Mountain	90	45	8	107	15.6	24	90	15.9	13	45/107	42%	41.5	8/24	33%	32.5
Northeastern	94	16	44.5	110	16.8	20	94	10.4	39.5	53/110	48%	29.5	21/37	57%	3.5
Northern	103	37	18	140	17.9	15.5	103	19.9	3	66/140	47%	32.0	9/32	28%	42.5
Ocmulgee	100	25	33.5	159	15.4	26	100	10.5	38	101/159	64%	4.0	22/55	40%	20.0
Oconee	29	16	44.5	35	17.9	15.5	29	8.8	47	20/35	57%	8.0	1/5	20%	47.0
Ogeechee	90	23	36	106	17	19	90	17.4	6	51/106	48%	29.5	15/49	31%	37.0
Pataula	46	34	20	63	9.8	46	46	10.3	41.5	38/63	60%	6.0	0/4	0%	49.0
Paulding	84	19	40.5	96	15.6	24	84	16.6	9	31/96	32%	47.0	3/20	15%	48.0
Piedmont	144	33	22	179	11.3	40	144	13.7	22.5	80/179	45%	35.0	14/44	32%	35.5
Rockdale	40	17	43	56	21.2	5	40	14	19.5	25/56	45%	35.0	6/17	35%	28.5
Rome	208	88	2	287	15.3	27	208	14.3	16	130/287	45%	35.0	39/84	46%	12.5
Southern	231	39	14	340	24.1	2	231	22.6	2	170/340	50%	27.0	57/121	47%	11.0
South Georgia	83	34	20	101	20.4	6	83	11.4	32	55/101	54%	15.5	8/16	50%	6.5
Southwestern	79	30	27	81	18.2	12.5	79	12.2	30	32/81	40%	45.0	14/35	40%	20.0
Stone Mountain	587	32	23.5	667	13	35	587	15	14	271/667	41%	43.5	27/77	35%	28.5
Tallapoosa	204	108	1	259	11	41	204	12.7	27	145/259	56%	11.0	24/60	40%	20.0
Tifton	114	49	6.5	157	18.8	10	114	14.8	15	80/157	51%	24.5	13/34	38%	25.0
Toombs	13	10	49	22	8	49	13	4.2	49	18/22	82%	1.0	1/3	33%	32.5
Towaliga	134	79	3	135	8.7	48	134	11.3	34	69/135	51%	24.5	12/36	33%	32.5
Waycross	86	24	35	128	13.9	30.5	86	10.6	36.5	78/128	61%	5.0	15/33	45%	14.5
Western	79	26	31	122	19.6	9	79	16.4	11	62/122	51%	24.5	17/30	57%	3.5
Statewide	8144	31	na	10016	15.6	na	8144	13.7	na	4,789/10,016	48%	na	919/2,313	40%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2008 through September 2009

	Children in Care on September 30 2009			In Care Over 12 Months on September 30 2009			In Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2009			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2009			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months with TPR on September 30 2009
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	46	28	29	23/46	50%	30.5	20/46	43%	5.0	20/46	43%	2.0	4/20	20%	39.0
Alcovy	98	18	42	54/98	55%	20.0	25/98	26%	36.5	25/98	26%	32.0	18/25	72%	1.0
Appalachian	95	49	6.5	43/95	45%	40.5	23/95	24%	40.5	23/95	24%	36.5	13/23	57%	2.0
Atlanta	973	38	16	610/973	63%	5.5	393/973	40%	11.0	346/973	36%	10.0	73/346	21%	38.0
Atlantic	91	20	39	55/91	60%	11.5	33/91	36%	16.0	32/91	35%	13.0	11/32	34%	22.5
Augusta	247	26	31	136/247	55%	20.0	67/247	27%	32.0	67/247	27%	28.5	16/67	24%	36.0
Bell-Forsyth	71	14	47.5	34/71	48%	33.5	17/71	24%	40.5	16/71	23%	40.0	8/16	50%	8.0
Blue Ridge	185	30	27	82/185	44%	44.0	51/185	28%	29.0	49/185	26%	32.0	17/49	35%	20.5
Brunswick	221	43	9.5	104/221	47%	35.0	59/221	27%	32.0	48/221	22%	42.0	13/48	27%	32.0
Chattahoochee	205	30	27	110/205	54%	22.5	71/205	35%	19.0	62/205	30%	23.0	28/62	45%	13.0
Cherokee	266	64	5	137/266	52%	26.5	61/266	23%	43.0	60/266	23%	40.0	30/60	50%	8.0
Clayton	221	26	31	93/221	42%	46.0	43/221	19%	47.0	32/221	14%	49.0	2/32	6%	49.0
Cobb	388	21	37.5	210/388	54%	22.5	107/388	28%	29.0	100/388	26%	32.0	15/100	15%	45.0
Conasauga	243	65	4	108/243	44%	44.0	50/243	21%	45.5	47/243	19%	45.0	14/47	30%	29.0
Cordele	40	25	33.5	25/40	62%	9.0	21/40	52%	1.0	17/40	42%	3.5	9/17	53%	5.0
Coweta	306	32	23.5	168/306	55%	20.0	111/306	36%	16.0	106/306	35%	13.0	37/106	35%	20.5
Dougherty	39	15	46	15/39	38%	47.0	6/39	15%	49.0	6/39	15%	48.0	2/6	33%	24.5
Douglas	149	40	13	87/149	58%	13.5	52/149	35%	19.0	52/149	35%	13.0	5/52	10%	48.0
Dublin	77	38	16	27/77	35%	48.0	12/77	16%	48.0	12/77	16%	47.0	6/12	50%	8.0
Eastern	271	43	9.5	141/271	52%	26.5	70/271	26%	36.5	64/271	24%	36.5	22/64	34%	22.5
Enotah	79	41	11.5	36/79	46%	37.0	21/79	27%	32.0	21/79	27%	28.5	10/21	48%	11.0
Flint	114	19	40.5	51/114	45%	40.5	30/114	26%	36.5	24/114	21%	43.5	4/24	17%	42.5
Griffin	189	31	25	106/189	56%	17.0	52/189	28%	29.0	46/189	24%	36.5	12/46	26%	34.0
Gwinnett	327	14	47.5	169/327	52%	26.5	116/327	35%	19.0	97/327	30%	23.0	45/97	46%	12.0
Houston	133	34	20	84/133	63%	5.5	54/133	41%	9.5	53/133	40%	6.0	17/53	32%	26.5
Lookout Mountain	177	41	11.5	93/177	53%	24.0	59/177	33%	23.0	57/177	32%	20.5	17/57	30%	29.0
Macon	197	38	16	127/197	64%	2.0	83/197	42%	7.0	79/197	40%	6.0	21/79	27%	32.0
Middle	58	21	37.5	37/58	64%	2.0	22/58	38%	13.5	19/58	33%	18.5	3/19	16%	44.0
Mountain	90	45	8	54/90	60%	11.5	35/90	39%	12.0	34/90	38%	9.0	11/34	32%	26.5
Northeastern	94	16	44.5	42/94	45%	40.5	28/94	30%	27.0	28/94	30%	23.0	12/28	43%	16.0
Northern	103	37	18	66/103	64%	2.0	43/103	42%	7.0	36/103	35%	13.0	9/36	25%	35.0
Ocmulgee	100	25	33.5	48/100	48%	33.5	36/100	36%	16.0	34/100	34%	16.5	17/34	50%	8.0
Oconee	29	16	44.5	13/29	45%	40.5	10/29	34%	21.0	8/29	28%	26.5	1/8	12%	47.0
Ogeechee	90	23	36	52/90	58%	13.5	34/90	38%	13.5	31/90	34%	16.5	17/31	55%	3.5
Pataula	46	34	20	21/46	46%	37.0	12/46	26%	36.5	11/46	24%	36.5	3/11	27%	32.0
Paulding	84	19	40.5	53/84	63%	5.5	27/84	32%	25.5	27/84	32%	20.5	8/27	30%	29.0
Piedmont	144	33	22	81/144	56%	17.0	38/144	26%	36.5	38/144	26%	32.0	16/38	42%	17.0
Rockdale	40	17	43	20/40	50%	30.5	18/40	45%	3.5	16/40	40%	6.0	8/16	50%	8.0
Rome	208	88	2	128/208	62%	9.0	66/208	32%	25.5	60/208	29%	25.0	22/60	37%	18.5
Southern	231	39	14	146/231	63%	5.5	110/231	48%	2.0	102/231	44%	1.0	45/102	44%	14.5
South Georgia	83	34	20	41/83	49%	32.0	37/83	45%	3.5	35/83	42%	3.5	5/35	14%	46.0
Southwestern	79	30	27	40/79	51%	29.0	32/79	41%	9.5	31/79	39%	8.0	17/31	55%	3.5
Stone Mountain	587	32	23.5	336/587	57%	15.0	195/587	33%	23.0	164/587	28%	26.5	28/164	17%	42.5
Tallapoosa	204	108	1	106/204	52%	26.5	42/204	21%	45.5	36/204	18%	46.0	16/36	44%	14.5
Tifton	114	49	6.5	71/114	62%	9.0	48/114	42%	7.0	40/114	35%	13.0	7/40	18%	41.0
Toombs	13	10	49	3/13	23%	49.0	3/13	23%	43.0	3/13	23%	40.0	1/3	33%	24.5
Towaliga	134	79	3	62/134	46%	37.0	35/134	26%	36.5	35/134	26%	32.0	13/35	37%	18.5
Waycross	86	24	35	38/86	44%	44.0	20/86	23%	43.0	18/86	21%	43.5	4/18	22%	37.0
Western	79	26	31	44/79	56%	17.0	26/79	33%	23.0	26/79	33%	18.5	5/26	19%	40.0
Statewide	8144	31	na	4,430/8,144	54%	na	2,624/8,144	32%	na	2,393/8,144	29%	na	737/2,393	31%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2008 through September 2009

	In Care Over 12 Months on September 30 2009			In Care Over 12 Months on September 30 2008 Permanent within 12 Months			In Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2008 Permanent within 12 Months
JudicialCircuit	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	23/46	50%	30.5	77/101	76%	1.0	57/77	74%	1.0
Alcovy	54/98	55%	20.0	42/77	55%	7.5	11/31	35%	29.0
Appalachian	43/95	45%	40.5	26/56	46%	28.5	16/36	44%	16.5
Atlanta	610/973	63%	5.5	245/700	35%	43.5	124/423	29%	41.0
Atlantic	55/91	60%	11.5	57/106	54%	10.0	34/72	47%	11.0
Augusta	136/247	55%	20.0	65/144	45%	31.0	28/57	49%	7.5
Bell-Forsyth	34/71	48%	33.5	14/34	41%	34.0	9/23	39%	22.5
Blue Ridge	82/185	44%	44.0	48/103	47%	26.0	27/62	44%	16.5
Brunswick	104/221	47%	35.0	62/129	48%	23.5	29/77	38%	24.5
Chattahoochee	110/205	54%	22.5	49/127	39%	38.5	31/83	37%	26.5
Cherokee	137/266	52%	26.5	79/150	53%	12.0	31/74	42%	19.5
Clayton	93/221	42%	46.0	62/124	50%	18.5	20/61	33%	34.5
Cobb	210/388	54%	22.5	85/207	41%	34.0	28/108	26%	46.0
Conasauga	108/243	44%	44.0	68/136	50%	18.5	32/69	46%	13.0
Cordele	25/40	62%	9.0	31/56	55%	7.5	14/34	41%	21.0
Coweta	168/306	55%	20.0	154/303	51%	15.0	95/189	50%	5.0
Dougherty	15/39	38%	47.0	13/22	59%	2.5	4/8	50%	5.0
Douglas	87/149	58%	13.5	41/104	39%	38.5	14/52	27%	44.0
Dublin	27/77	35%	48.0	26/45	58%	4.0	16/32	50%	5.0
Eastern	141/271	52%	26.5	75/156	48%	23.5	31/83	37%	26.5
Enotah	36/79	46%	37.0	23/50	46%	28.5	9/29	31%	39.0
Flint	51/114	45%	40.5	41/80	51%	15.0	22/50	44%	16.5
Griffin	106/189	56%	17.0	79/147	54%	10.0	25/75	33%	34.5
Gwinnett	169/327	52%	26.5	87/233	37%	41.0	43/149	29%	41.0
Houston	84/133	63%	5.5	21/83	25%	49.0	13/45	29%	41.0
Lookout Mountain	93/177	53%	24.0	58/125	46%	28.5	17/62	27%	44.0
Macon	127/197	64%	2.0	73/178	41%	34.0	40/120	33%	34.5
Middle	37/58	64%	2.0	22/48	46%	28.5	9/28	32%	38.0
Mountain	54/90	60%	11.5	20/60	33%	45.0	11/32	34%	31.0
Northeastern	42/94	45%	40.5	26/66	39%	38.5	8/33	24%	47.0
Northern	66/103	64%	2.0	46/96	48%	23.5	18/54	33%	34.5
Ocmulgee	48/100	48%	33.5	44/87	51%	15.0	18/48	38%	24.5
Oconee	13/29	45%	40.5	8/20	40%	36.0	3/9	33%	34.5
Ogeechee	52/90	58%	13.5	27/64	42%	32.0	12/34	35%	29.0
Pataula	21/46	46%	37.0	14/28	50%	18.5	5/11	45%	14.0
Paulding	53/84	63%	5.5	15/53	28%	48.0	3/32	9%	49.0
Piedmont	81/144	56%	17.0	34/87	39%	38.5	14/51	27%	44.0
Rockdale	20/40	50%	30.5	10/35	29%	47.0	6/27	22%	48.0
Rome	128/208	62%	9.0	92/178	52%	13.0	47/99	47%	11.0
Southern	146/231	63%	5.5	130/263	49%	21.0	71/171	42%	19.5
South Georgia	41/83	49%	32.0	38/79	48%	23.5	20/42	48%	9.0
Southwestern	40/79	51%	29.0	17/57	30%	46.0	13/37	35%	29.0
Stone Mountain	336/587	57%	15.0	122/349	35%	43.5	68/208	33%	34.5
Tallapoosa	106/204	52%	26.5	72/122	59%	2.5	22/50	44%	16.5
Tifton	71/114	62%	9.0	65/120	54%	10.0	28/57	49%	7.5
Toombs	3/13	23%	49.0	5/9	56%	6.0	2/3	67%	2.0
Towaliga	62/134	46%	37.0	21/59	36%	42.0	14/36	39%	22.5
Waycross	38/86	44%	44.0	40/70	57%	5.0	21/38	55%	3.0
Western	44/79	56%	17.0	40/80	50%	18.5	25/53	47%	11.0
Statewide	4,430/8,144	54%	na	2,609/5,806	45%	na	1,258/3,334	38%	na

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