Summary Measures: Children Discharged During October 2023 through September 2024

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Children Discharged
During October 2023 through September 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	989/892,893	11.1	3	428/990	43%	2	41/990	4%	3	152/990	15%	3.0	2/990	0%	2	152/990	15%	1.0	204/990	21%	1	5/990	1%	1.0	5/990	1%	1.0	0/990	0%	2
North	2,165/894,332	24.2	2	945/2,168	44%	1	121/2,168	6%	1	576/2,168	27%	1.5	5/2,168	0%	2	213/2,168	10%	2.5	299/2,168	14%	3	4/2,168	0%	2.5	2/2,168	0%	2.5	0/2,168	0%	2
South	1,960/740,950	26.5	1	806/1,961	41%	3	100/1,961	5%	2	527/1,961	27%	1.5	1/1,961	0%	2	187/1,961	10%	2.5	329/1,961	17%	2	1/1,961	0%	2.5	9/1,961	0%	2.5	0/1,961	0%	2
Statewide	5,114/2,528,176	20.2	na	2,179/5,119	43%	na	262/5,119	5%	na	1,255/5,119	25%	na	8/5,119	0%	na	552/5,119	11%	na	832/5,119	16%	na	10/5,119	0%	na	16/5,119	0%	na	0/5,119	0%	na

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Children Discharged
During October 2023 through September 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	989/892,893	11.1	3	989	17.8	3	428	6.8	3	41	5.5	3	204	17.3	1	152	40.5	2	107	28.2	1	109	12.7	1
North	2,165/894,332	24.2	2	2165	18.8	2	945	12.5	2	121	12.5	1	299	16.7	2	576	30.1	3	458	19.6	3	458	8.4	3
South	1,960/740,950	26.5	1	1960	22.3	1	806	15.2	1	100	7.1	2	329	16.1	3	527	41.5	1	404	27.5	2	404	11	2
Statewide	5,114/2,528,176	20.2	na	5114	19.8	na	2179	12.8	na	262	9.4	na	832	16.7	na	1255	34.4	na	969	24.1	na	971	9.7	na

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Children Discharged
During October 2023 through September 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	428/990	43%	2	27/428	6%	1	271/428	63%	1	152/990	15%	3.0	13/152	9%	3	100/152	66%	2
North	945/2,168	44%	1	29/945	3%	2	477/945	50%	2	576/2,168	27%	1.5	166/576	29%	1	486/576	84%	1
South	806/1,961	41%	3	11/806	1%	3	336/806	42%	3	527/1,961	27%	1.5	52/527	10%	2	318/527	60%	3
Statewide	2,179/5,119	43%	na	67/2,179	3%	na	1,084/2,179	50%	na	1,255/5,119	25%	na	231/1,255	18%	na	904/1,255	72%	na

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Children Discharged
During October 2023 through September 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 September 30 2024
DFCSDistrict	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	per 1M	Rank
Metro	24/44	55%	2	3/4	75%	1	152/892,893	1.7	3	164/892,893	1.8	3	1/110	1%	3	4	4.5	1
North	58/107	54%	3	13/26	50%	3	576/894,332	6.4	2	224/894,332	2.5	2	18/511	4%	1	3	3.3	2
South	44/79	56%	1	9/15	60%	2	527/740,950	7.1	1	198/740,950	2.7	1	9/433	2%	2	1	1.3	3
Statewide	126/230	55%	na	25/45	56%	na	1,255/2,528,176	5.0	na	586/2,528,176	2.3	na	28/1,054	3%	na	8	3.2	na

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Children Discharged
During October 2023 through September 2024

	Total Discharges			Children Victimized within 6 Months After Discharge during December 2020 through November 2021			Children Discharged for Reunification October 2022 through September 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Relative October 2022 through September 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Adoption October 2022 through September 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Transfer October 2022 through September 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Emancipation October 2022 through September 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Guardianship October 2022 through September 2023 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Runaway October 2022 through September 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	989/892,893	11.1	3	6/1,084	0.6%	3.0	48/375	12.8%	1	4/41	9.8%	1	0/165	0%	2	0/5	0.0%	2.5	0/98	0%	2	3/196	1.5%	1	2/3	66.7%	1.0
North	2,165/894,332	24.2	2	21/2,320	0.9%	1.5	117/1,019	11.5%	2	14/144	9.7%	2	0/671	0%	2	0/18	0.0%	2.5	0/179	0%	2	4/358	1.1%	2	0/1	0.0%	2.5
South	1,960/740,950	26.5	1	18/1,940	0.9%	1.5	41/807	5.1%	3	6/116	5.2%	3	0/466	0%	2	1/15	6.7%	1.0	0/148	0%	2	0/310	0.0%	3	0/1	0.0%	2.5
Statewide	5,114/2,528,176	20.2	na	45/5,344	0.8%	na	206/2,201	9.4%	na	24/301	8.0%	na	0/1,302	0%	na	1/38	2.6%	na	0/425	0%	na	7/864	0.8%	na	2/5	40.0%	na

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