Summary Measures: Children in Foster Care During April 2025 through March 2026

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children in Region on March 31 2026	AIAN Children on AIAN Lands in Region on March 31 2026	Children in Care on March 31 2025			Children in Care on March 31 2026			Average Daily Children in Care			Total Children Served in Foster Care During April 2025 through March 2026	Total Days Children Spent in Foster Care During April 2025 through March 2026			Total Days Children Spent in Foster Care Away From Family During April 2025 through March 2026			Accumulated Out of Home Placement-Days on March 31 2026
DFCSRegion	Count	Count	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Region 1	164226	na	985	60	4.5	819	50	5.5	899	54.7	5	1433	331254	20141	5	261455	15897	5	574720	34996	5
Region 10	81199	na	493	60	4.5	444	55	4	480	59	4	631	176078	21642	4	139053	17091	4	562623	69289	3
Region 11	101405	na	1394	138	1	1407	139	1	1408	139	1	1954	513879	50726	1	368398	36365	1	1091418	107630	1
Region 12	176526	na	667	38	9	616	35	10	631	36	10	894	231301	13199	10	197946	11296	8	545295	30890	7
Region 13	493996	na	1067	22	14	1002	20	14	1023	20.7	14	1500	374848	7574	14	314812	6361	14	888443	17985	14
Region 14	399006	na	1202	30	13	1181	30	12	1221	30.8	12	1794	446214	11210	12	333734	8384	13	940283	23566	11
Region 2	181246	na	687	38	9	619	34	11	667	36.9	9	972	244656	13555	9	194935	10800	11	416047	22955	12
Region 3	153818	na	515	34	11	547	36	9	540	35.2	11	815	196747	12842	11	166420	10862	10	401317	26090	10
Region 4	222041	na	679	31	12	603	27	13	665	30	13	957	244373	11058	13	185615	8399	12	401268	18072	13
Region 5	186609	na	700	38	9	724	39	7.5	698	37.7	8	1025	254597	13717	8	202366	10903	9	540427	28960	9
Region 6	120856	na	564	47	7	468	39	7.5	509	42.3	7	774	186844	15518	7	142731	11854	7	408924	33836	6
Region 7	119047	na	807	68	3	745	63	3	782	65.8	3	1105	286988	24155	3	211990	17842	3	588156	49405	4
Region 8	79818	na	791	98	2	698	87	2	754	93.9	2	1011	277196	34552	2	203891	25415	2	687380	86118	2
Region 9	68565	na	377	55	6	342	50	5.5	352	51.4	6	545	128954	18810	6	99677	14539	6	209098	30496	8
Statewide	2548358	na	10928	43	na	10215	40	na	10629	41.7	na	15410	3893929	15308	na	3023023	11885	na	8255399	32395	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children in Care on March 31 2026			Average Monthly Foster Care Costs During April 2025 through March 2026			Children in Congregate Settings on March 31 2026			Children In Care with Both TPRs on March 31 2026			17-Year-Olds In Care with Both TPRs on March 31 2026
DFCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Region 1	819	50	5.5	0	0	7.5	128	7.8	5	141	8.6	5	15	0.9	6
Region 10	444	55	4	0	0	7.5	64	7.9	4	88	10.8	3	7	0.9	6
Region 11	1407	139	1	0	0	7.5	145	14.3	1	231	22.8	1	15	1.5	2
Region 12	616	35	10	0	0	7.5	91	5.2	11	109	6.2	7.5	8	0.5	10.5
Region 13	1002	20	14	0	0	7.5	177	3.6	14	120	2.4	13	15	0.3	12
Region 14	1181	30	12	0	0	7.5	181	4.5	12	80	2	14	8	0.2	13.5
Region 2	619	34	11	0	0	7.5	97	5.4	10	113	6.2	7.5	16	0.9	6
Region 3	547	36	9	0	0	7.5	112	7.3	6	78	5.1	11	12	0.8	8
Region 4	603	27	13	0	0	7.5	96	4.3	13	126	5.7	10	5	0.2	13.5
Region 5	724	39	7.5	0	0	7.5	105	5.6	9	125	6.7	6	18	1	3.5
Region 6	468	39	7.5	0	0	7.5	77	6.4	8	113	9.3	4	12	1	3.5
Region 7	745	63	3	0	0	7.5	86	7.2	7	36	3	12	6	0.5	10.5
Region 8	698	87	2	0	0	7.5	82	10.3	2	123	15.4	2	15	1.9	1
Region 9	342	50	5.5	0	0	7.5	63	9.2	3	40	5.8	9	5	0.7	9
Statewide	10215	40	na	0	0	na	1504	5.9	na	1523	6	na	157	0.6	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children in Care on March 31 2026			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 Group Home on Last Day			Children in Institution on Last Day			Children in Home Visit on Last Day			Children in Runaway on Last Day			Children in ILP on Last Day
DFCSRegion	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
Region 1	819	50	5.5	508/819	62%	11.0	124/819	15%	9.5	29/819	4%	3.5	0/819	0%	7.5	128/819	16%	5.5	19/819	2%	4.5	1/819	0%	9.5	10/819	1%	1.5
Region 10	444	55	4	296/444	67%	2.0	63/444	14%	11.0	17/444	4%	3.5	0/444	0%	7.5	64/444	14%	11.0	4/444	1%	8.5	0/444	0%	9.5	0/444	0%	8.5
Region 11	1407	139	1	883/1,407	63%	9.0	318/1,407	23%	1.5	49/1,407	3%	7.5	0/1,407	0%	7.5	145/1,407	10%	14.0	10/1,407	1%	8.5	2/1,407	0%	9.5	0/1,407	0%	8.5
Region 12	616	35	10	420/616	68%	1.0	75/616	12%	13.5	22/616	4%	3.5	0/616	0%	7.5	91/616	15%	9.0	2/616	0%	13.0	6/616	1%	2.5	0/616	0%	8.5
Region 13	1002	20	14	647/1,002	65%	4.5	129/1,002	13%	12.0	22/1,002	2%	11.5	0/1,002	0%	7.5	177/1,002	18%	2.5	11/1,002	1%	8.5	13/1,002	1%	2.5	3/1,002	0%	8.5
Region 14	1181	30	12	691/1,181	59%	12.0	245/1,181	21%	3.0	16/1,181	1%	14.0	0/1,181	0%	7.5	181/1,181	15%	9.0	19/1,181	2%	4.5	13/1,181	1%	2.5	16/1,181	1%	1.5
Region 2	619	34	11	397/619	64%	6.5	100/619	16%	7.5	21/619	3%	7.5	0/619	0%	7.5	97/619	16%	5.5	0/619	0%	13.0	3/619	0%	9.5	1/619	0%	8.5
Region 3	547	36	9	349/547	64%	6.5	68/547	12%	13.5	12/547	2%	11.5	0/547	0%	7.5	112/547	20%	1.0	5/547	1%	8.5	1/547	0%	9.5	0/547	0%	8.5
Region 4	603	27	13	381/603	63%	9.0	94/603	16%	7.5	20/603	3%	7.5	0/603	0%	7.5	96/603	16%	5.5	9/603	1%	8.5	0/603	0%	9.5	3/603	0%	8.5
Region 5	724	39	7.5	480/724	66%	3.0	109/724	15%	9.5	23/724	3%	7.5	0/724	0%	7.5	105/724	15%	9.0	4/724	1%	8.5	3/724	0%	9.5	0/724	0%	8.5
Region 6	468	39	7.5	264/468	56%	13.5	87/468	19%	4.0	24/468	5%	1.0	0/468	0%	7.5	77/468	16%	5.5	14/468	3%	2.5	2/468	0%	9.5	0/468	0%	8.5
Region 7	745	63	3	486/745	65%	4.5	131/745	18%	5.5	14/745	2%	11.5	0/745	0%	7.5	86/745	12%	12.5	21/745	3%	2.5	7/745	1%	2.5	0/745	0%	8.5
Region 8	698	87	2	443/698	63%	9.0	158/698	23%	1.5	12/698	2%	11.5	0/698	0%	7.5	82/698	12%	12.5	1/698	0%	13.0	2/698	0%	9.5	0/698	0%	8.5
Region 9	342	50	5.5	190/342	56%	13.5	60/342	18%	5.5	13/342	4%	3.5	0/342	0%	7.5	63/342	18%	2.5	15/342	4%	1.0	1/342	0%	9.5	0/342	0%	8.5
Statewide	10215	40	na	6,435/10,215	63%	na	1,761/10,215	17%	na	294/10,215	3%	na	0/10,215	0%	na	1,504/10,215	15%	na	134/10,215	1%	na	54/10,215	1%	na	33/10,215	0%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Care during October 2024 through September 2025			Children Victimized in Care during October 2024 through September 2025			Children Victimized in Care during October 2024 through September 2025 by Parent			Children Victimized in Care during October 2024 through September 2025 by Foster Parent or Facility Staff
DFCSRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	52/1,582	3.29%	9.0	10/1,582	0.63%	10.0	4/1,582	0.25%	1.0	3/1,582	0.19%	13.0
Region 10	20/658	3.04%	11.0	3/658	0.46%	12.0	0/658	0.00%	10.5	2/658	0.30%	9.0
Region 11	61/1,948	3.13%	10.0	22/1,948	1.13%	2.0	0/1,948	0.00%	10.5	15/1,948	0.77%	1.0
Region 12	31/891	3.48%	7.0	3/891	0.34%	13.0	0/891	0.00%	10.5	2/891	0.22%	12.0
Region 13	69/1,519	4.54%	2.0	10/1,519	0.66%	9.0	3/1,519	0.20%	2.5	4/1,519	0.26%	11.0
Region 14	68/1,815	3.75%	5.5	14/1,815	0.77%	5.0	1/1,815	0.06%	6.0	5/1,815	0.28%	10.0
Region 2	39/1,040	3.75%	5.5	0/1,040	0.00%	14.0	0/1,040	0.00%	10.5	0/1,040	0.00%	14.0
Region 3	26/869	2.99%	12.0	6/869	0.69%	8.0	0/869	0.00%	10.5	5/869	0.58%	4.0
Region 4	20/1,019	1.96%	13.0	8/1,019	0.79%	4.0	2/1,019	0.20%	2.5	5/1,019	0.49%	5.0
Region 5	48/1,040	4.62%	1.0	12/1,040	1.15%	1.0	2/1,040	0.19%	4.5	4/1,040	0.38%	7.0
Region 6	16/828	1.93%	14.0	6/828	0.72%	6.5	0/828	0.00%	10.5	6/828	0.72%	2.5
Region 7	38/1,126	3.37%	8.0	6/1,126	0.53%	11.0	0/1,126	0.00%	10.5	4/1,126	0.36%	8.0
Region 8	43/1,074	4.00%	3.0	10/1,074	0.93%	3.0	2/1,074	0.19%	4.5	5/1,074	0.47%	6.0
Region 9	21/559	3.76%	4.0	4/559	0.72%	6.5	0/559	0.00%	10.5	4/559	0.72%	2.5
Statewide	552/15,968	3.46%	na	114/15,968	0.71%	na	14/15,968	0.09%	na	64/15,968	0.40%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children in Care on March 31 2026			Children Over 12 in Group Settings on March 31 2026			Placement Moves During First 12 Months In Care per 1,000 Child-Days			Placements Moves Toward Permanence			Lateral Placements Moves			Placements Moves Away from Permanence
DFCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Per 1K Days	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	819	50	5.5	117/128	91%	8.5	476/69,455	6.9	3.0	518/1,787	29%	2.5	1,001/1,787	56%	9.5	268/1,787	15%	12.0
Region 10	444	55	4	58/64	91%	8.5	111/27,464	4.0	13.0	147/667	22%	12.0	412/667	62%	3.0	108/667	16%	8.5
Region 11	1407	139	1	127/145	88%	12.0	455/94,898	4.8	8.5	432/1,827	24%	9.0	1,076/1,827	59%	6.0	319/1,827	17%	5.0
Region 12	616	35	10	83/91	91%	8.5	162/35,235	4.6	11.0	237/946	25%	7.0	519/946	55%	12.0	190/946	20%	3.0
Region 13	1002	20	14	163/177	92%	4.5	681/64,187	10.6	1.0	578/2,389	24%	9.0	1,303/2,389	55%	12.0	508/2,389	21%	2.0
Region 14	1181	30	12	167/181	92%	4.5	606/93,624	6.5	4.0	625/2,355	27%	5.0	1,204/2,355	51%	14.0	526/2,355	22%	1.0
Region 2	619	34	11	92/97	95%	1.0	256/48,731	5.3	7.0	271/1,007	27%	5.0	591/1,007	59%	6.0	145/1,007	14%	13.5
Region 3	547	36	9	105/112	94%	2.0	268/48,915	5.5	6.0	166/964	17%	14.0	648/964	67%	1.0	150/964	16%	8.5
Region 4	603	27	13	85/96	89%	11.0	226/47,315	4.8	8.5	309/1,063	29%	2.5	582/1,063	55%	12.0	172/1,063	16%	8.5
Region 5	724	39	7.5	97/105	92%	4.5	413/55,826	7.4	2.0	316/1,366	23%	11.0	834/1,366	61%	4.0	216/1,366	16%	8.5
Region 6	468	39	7.5	70/77	91%	8.5	147/35,132	4.2	12.0	224/822	27%	5.0	468/822	57%	8.0	130/822	16%	8.5
Region 7	745	63	3	79/86	92%	4.5	300/49,553	6.1	5.0	299/1,270	24%	9.0	745/1,270	59%	6.0	226/1,270	18%	4.0
Region 8	698	87	2	71/82	87%	13.0	195/41,599	4.7	10.0	172/956	18%	13.0	634/956	66%	2.0	150/956	16%	8.5
Region 9	342	50	5.5	48/63	76%	14.0	115/30,079	3.8	14.0	147/490	30%	1.0	274/490	56%	9.5	69/490	14%	13.5
Statewide	10215	40	na	1,362/1,504	91%	na	4,411/742,013	5.9	na	4,441/17,909	25%	na	10,291/17,909	57%	na	3,177/17,909	18%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children in Care on March 31 2026			IV-E Reimbursement Rate, Children In Care on March 31 2026			Long Term Foster Care Plan Goal, Children In Care on March 31 2026
DFCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	819	50	5.5	0/819	0%	7.5	67/819	8%	10.5
Region 10	444	55	4	0/444	0%	7.5	51/444	11%	4.0
Region 11	1407	139	1	0/1,407	0%	7.5	61/1,407	4%	14.0
Region 12	616	35	10	0/616	0%	7.5	53/616	9%	8.0
Region 13	1002	20	14	0/1,002	0%	7.5	123/1,002	12%	2.5
Region 14	1181	30	12	0/1,181	0%	7.5	137/1,181	12%	2.5
Region 2	619	34	11	0/619	0%	7.5	64/619	10%	5.5
Region 3	547	36	9	0/547	0%	7.5	53/547	10%	5.5
Region 4	603	27	13	0/603	0%	7.5	48/603	8%	10.5
Region 5	724	39	7.5	0/724	0%	7.5	66/724	9%	8.0
Region 6	468	39	7.5	0/468	0%	7.5	63/468	13%	1.0
Region 7	745	63	3	0/745	0%	7.5	66/745	9%	8.0
Region 8	698	87	2	0/698	0%	7.5	38/698	5%	13.0
Region 9	342	50	5.5	0/342	0%	7.5	20/342	6%	12.0
Statewide	10215	40	na	0/10,215	0%	na	910/10,215	9%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children in Care on March 31 2026			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on March 31 2025			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on March 31 2026			Permanence within 12 Months, Children In Care on March 31 2025			Permanence within 12 Months, Children with Both TPRs In Care on March 31 2025
DFCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	819	50	5.5	985	14.7	12	819	15.6	11	423/985	43%	1.0	83/165	50%	5.0
Region 10	444	55	4	493	25.2	1	444	25.7	1	139/493	28%	12.5	39/86	45%	7.5
Region 11	1407	139	1	1394	16.3	8	1407	18.6	6	377/1,394	27%	14.0	90/226	40%	11.0
Region 12	616	35	10	667	18.9	2	616	21.6	4	190/667	28%	12.5	44/105	42%	10.0
Region 13	1002	20	14	1067	18.3	4	1002	22	3	308/1,067	29%	10.5	38/124	31%	13.0
Region 14	1181	30	12	1202	15.5	9	1181	18.1	7	355/1,202	30%	8.5	40/85	47%	6.0
Region 2	619	34	11	687	16.7	5	619	15.1	12	263/687	38%	4.0	77/140	55%	3.0
Region 3	547	36	9	515	16.4	7	547	14.7	13	160/515	31%	7.0	30/68	44%	9.0
Region 4	603	27	13	679	13.7	14	603	17.7	9	252/679	37%	5.0	52/98	53%	4.0
Region 5	724	39	7.5	700	15.4	10	724	17.5	10	235/700	34%	6.0	69/153	45%	7.5
Region 6	468	39	7.5	564	16.5	6	468	17.8	8	227/564	40%	3.0	46/118	39%	12.0
Region 7	745	63	3	807	14.1	13	745	19.5	5	234/807	29%	10.5	58/93	62%	2.0
Region 8	698	87	2	791	18.4	3	698	23.9	2	234/791	30%	8.5	41/140	29%	14.0
Region 9	342	50	5.5	377	14.8	11	342	13.6	14	157/377	42%	2.0	34/50	68%	1.0
Statewide	10215	40	na	10928	16.3	na	10215	18.6	na	3,554/10,928	33%	na	741/1,651	45%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	In Care Over 18 Months on March 31 2026			In Care Over 24 Months on March 31 2026			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months on March 31 2026			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months with Both TPRs on March 31 2026			In Care Over 18 Months on March 31 2025 Permanent within 12 Months			In Care Over 24 Months on March 31 2025 Permanent within 12 Months			Entering 18th Month In Care during April 2024 through March 2025 Permanent within 12 Months
DFCSRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	357/819	44%	11.5	279/819	34%	11.5	262/819	32%	12	93/262	35%	7.0	140/412	34%	4.0	88/292	30%	5.5	130/292	45%	5.0
Region 10	272/444	61%	1.5	234/444	53%	1.0	224/444	50%	1	72/224	32%	10.0	79/298	27%	9.5	62/251	25%	11.5	25/75	33%	9.0
Region 11	728/1,407	52%	6.0	557/1,407	40%	6.0	489/1,407	35%	7	180/489	37%	5.5	173/647	27%	9.5	148/529	28%	8.5	79/281	28%	10.5
Region 12	353/616	57%	4.0	280/616	45%	3.5	269/616	44%	2	84/269	31%	11.0	98/347	28%	7.5	82/292	28%	8.5	35/136	26%	14.0
Region 13	572/1,002	57%	4.0	447/1,002	45%	3.5	418/1,002	42%	4	108/418	26%	12.0	129/540	24%	14.0	98/438	22%	13.0	67/238	28%	10.5
Region 14	593/1,181	50%	7.0	456/1,181	39%	8.0	392/1,181	33%	9	67/392	17%	13.0	142/537	26%	11.0	103/419	25%	11.5	68/248	27%	12.5
Region 2	275/619	44%	11.5	212/619	34%	11.5	198/619	32%	12	81/198	41%	3.0	130/315	41%	2.0	81/199	41%	2.0	93/240	39%	6.5
Region 3	236/547	43%	13.0	185/547	34%	11.5	179/547	33%	9	59/179	33%	9.0	59/238	25%	12.5	32/181	18%	14.0	72/147	49%	2.5
Region 4	298/603	49%	9.0	211/603	35%	9.0	193/603	32%	12	81/193	42%	2.0	81/255	32%	5.5	52/158	33%	3.0	80/207	39%	6.5
Region 5	353/724	49%	9.0	249/724	34%	11.5	241/724	33%	9	91/241	38%	4.0	101/314	32%	5.5	73/251	29%	7.0	69/151	46%	4.0
Region 6	229/468	49%	9.0	188/468	40%	6.0	180/468	38%	5	88/180	49%	1.0	101/269	38%	3.0	64/207	31%	4.0	70/143	49%	2.5
Region 7	422/745	57%	4.0	299/745	40%	6.0	277/745	37%	6	28/277	10%	14.0	101/357	28%	7.5	85/285	30%	5.5	39/143	27%	12.5
Region 8	424/698	61%	1.5	348/698	50%	2.0	302/698	43%	3	102/302	34%	8.0	103/409	25%	12.5	83/316	26%	10.0	65/189	34%	8.0
Region 9	123/342	36%	14.0	92/342	27%	14.0	89/342	26%	14	33/89	37%	5.5	66/152	43%	1.0	47/113	42%	1.0	51/92	55%	1.0
Statewide	5,235/10,215	51%	na	4,037/10,215	40%	na	3,713/10,215	36%	na	1,167/3,713	31%	na	1,503/5,090	30%	na	1,098/3,931	28%	na	943/2,582	37%	na

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