Summary Measures: Children Discharged During October 2006 through September 2007

Children Discharged
During October 2006 through September 2007

	Total Discharges	Median Months from Removal to Reunification Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Relative Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Adoption Discharge			Reunified within 72 Hours			Median Months from TPR to Final Adoption Among Adoptions During Latest 12 Months			Paternal Followed Maternal TPR by Over 30 Days Among Adoptions During Latest 12 Months
DSSRegion	Count	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Jackson County	653	323	6	5	5	13.7	3	202	29.3	5	23/323	7%	6.0	197	0	7	44/197	22%	1
Northeast	901	489	6.5	2	18	8.6	4	92	31.6	2	40/489	8%	4.5	81	5.2	5	15/81	19%	3
Northwest	371	170	7.3	1	11	0.1	7	41	21.1	7	26/170	15%	1.0	33	4.1	6	2/33	6%	6
Southeast	769	454	3.7	7	20	1.4	6	86	31.5	3	58/454	13%	2.0	84	5.8	4	18/84	21%	2
Southwest	1073	570	6.2	3	11	1.5	5	208	29.8	4	54/570	9%	3.0	199	6.2	2	21/199	11%	4
St. Louis City	431	240	5.2	6	2	96.2	1	77	32.4	1	8/240	3%	7.0	75	9.6	1	5/75	7%	5
St. Louis County	532	285	6.1	4	7	49.6	2	116	25	6	24/285	8%	4.5	116	6	3	2/116	2%	7
Statewide	4730	2531	5.7	na	74	4.1	na	822	29.5	na	233/2,531	9%	na	785	4.6	na	107/785	14%	na

	Total Discharges	Reunified within 12 Months			Adopted within 24 Months			Adopted within 48 Months			Median Months from Removal to TPR Among Adoptions During Latest 12 Months
DSSRegion	Count	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	months	Rank
Jackson County	653	232/323	72%	4.5	71/202	35%	4	166/202	82%	4	198	27.1	1
Northeast	901	348/489	71%	6.0	34/92	37%	3	72/92	78%	6	80	21.9	4
Northwest	371	122/170	72%	4.5	26/41	63%	1	39/41	95%	1	30	18.8	6
Southeast	769	365/454	80%	1.0	26/86	30%	6	65/86	76%	7	84	24.2	3
Southwest	1073	423/570	74%	2.0	65/208	31%	5	175/208	84%	3	197	24.5	2
St. Louis City	431	153/240	64%	7.0	22/77	29%	7	62/77	81%	5	74	21.1	5
St. Louis County	532	208/285	73%	3.0	54/116	47%	2	106/116	91%	2	105	18.2	7
Statewide	4730	1,851/2,531	73%	na	298/822	36%	na	685/822	83%	na	768	23.5	na

	Total Discharges	Children Discharged to Reunification			Children Discharged to Relative			Children Discharged to Adoption			Children Discharged to Transfer			Children Discharged to Emancipation			Children Discharged to Guardianship			Median Length of Stay in Foster Care
DSSRegion	Count	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	months	Rank
Jackson County	653	323/653	49%	6.0	5/653	1%	5.0	202/653	31%	1.0	13/653	2%	2.5	53/653	8%	2.0	49/653	8%	7.0	653	17.7	2
Northeast	901	489/901	54%	3.5	18/901	2%	3.0	92/901	10%	7.0	12/901	1%	5.5	34/901	4%	7.0	121/901	13%	2.0	901	12.7	6
Northwest	371	170/371	46%	7.0	11/371	3%	1.5	41/371	11%	5.5	11/371	3%	1.0	20/371	5%	5.5	39/371	11%	4.0	371	13.8	3.5
Southeast	769	454/769	59%	1.0	20/769	3%	1.5	86/769	11%	5.5	17/769	2%	2.5	41/769	5%	5.5	112/769	15%	1.0	769	7.1	7
Southwest	1073	570/1,073	53%	5.0	11/1,073	1%	5.0	208/1,073	19%	3.0	14/1,073	1%	5.5	62/1,073	6%	3.5	111/1,073	10%	5.5	1073	13.8	3.5
St. Louis City	431	240/431	56%	2.0	2/431	0%	7.0	77/431	18%	4.0	5/431	1%	5.5	42/431	10%	1.0	44/431	10%	5.5	431	18.1	1
St. Louis County	532	285/532	54%	3.5	7/532	1%	5.0	116/532	22%	2.0	6/532	1%	5.5	34/532	6%	3.5	65/532	12%	3.0	532	13.2	5
Statewide	4730	2,531/4,730	54%	na	74/4,730	2%	na	822/4,730	17%	na	78/4,730	2%	na	286/4,730	6%	na	541/4,730	11%	na	4730	13.1	na