Summary Measures: Children in Foster Care During October 2024 through September 2025

Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children in Region on September 30 2025	AIAN Children on AIAN Lands in Region on September 30 2025	Children in Care on September 30 2024			Children in Care on September 30 2025			Average Daily Children in Care			Total Children Served in Foster Care During October 2024 through September 2025	Total Days Children Spent in Foster Care During October 2024 through September 2025			Total Days Children Spent in Foster Care Away From Family During October 2024 through September 2025			Accumulated Out of Home Placement-Days on September 30 2025
JudicialCircuit	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
Alapaha	14072	na	182	128	4	232	165	3	201	142.1	3	308	72463	51174	3	50634	35758	4	119895	85201	4
Alcovy	55627	na	184	33	38	163	29	40	172	31.2	39	242	63095	11399	40	44738	8083	39	147868	26582	35
Appalachian	15759	na	113	71	15	97	62	16	104	65.6	15	172	38371	24239	15	27168	17162	15	53766	34118	24
Atlanta	225838	na	521	23	46	642	28	41.5	567	25	45	961	205347	9117	45	147931	6568	46	412429	18262	43
Atlantic	49973	na	174	35	36.5	172	34	37	176	35.7	37	269	64323	12986	37	54677	11038	35	109583	21928	38
Augusta	54311	na	462	86	7	512	94	5	500	92.3	6	675	181895	33623	6	130245	24075	6	399978	73646	6
Bell-Forsyth	68395	na	82	12	50.5	79	12	50.5	78	11.4	51	119	28274	4138	51	24398	3571	50	49361	7217	51
Blue Ridge	63511	na	349	55	24	332	52	23	345	54.2	23	520	126106	19871	23	99167	15626	22	234713	36956	22
Brunswick	47833	na	264	56	23	237	50	25	250	52.6	25	352	91770	19250	26	78581	16483	20	198334	41464	20
Chattahoochee	61435	na	527	85	8	549	89	6	550	88.9	7	750	200451	32450	7	150871	24424	5	458683	74662	5
Cherokee	40051	na	194	49	27.5	174	43	32	181	45.2	31	342	66367	16608	31	49828	12469	31	87183	21768	39
Clayton	74441	na	265	35	36.5	288	39	34.5	283	37.9	34.5	412	103172	13733	35	87715	11676	33	229391	30815	28
Cobb	169344	na	448	26	45	392	23	46	419	24.8	46	595	154007	9079	46	124621	7347	44	301144	17783	45
Columbia	40712	na	57	14	49	49	12	50.5	50	12.3	49	78	18525	4562	49	15173	3737	49	29727	7302	50
Conasauga	34728	na	224	64	18.5	165	48	26	194	55.9	22	338	71912	20672	22	57541	16541	19	99986	28791	32
Cordele	11836	na	265	222	1	240	203	1	256	215.8	1	340	94080	79141	1	71991	60560	1	229397	193813	2
Coweta	56088	na	162	29	42	179	32	38	176	31.2	39	255	64076	11425	39	47293	8433	38	102778	18324	42
Dougherty	19188	na	250	129	3	230	120	4	237	122.9	4	286	86973	45075	4	82195	42599	2	419698	218729	1
Douglas	37389	na	153	41	33	153	41	33	149	40.1	33	204	54520	14603	33	42538	11393	34	155353	41550	19
Dublin	16609	na	81	49	27.5	74	45	29.5	82	49.4	27	122	30031	18072	27	22841	13745	27	54007	32517	25
Eastern	63797	na	290	46	31	279	44	31	291	45.8	30	369	106285	16752	30	92881	14640	26	280456	43961	16
Enotah	17370	na	130	75	12.5	135	78	10	130	75.3	10	182	47747	27563	10	38337	22131	9	81444	46888	13
Flint	63553	na	73	12	50.5	85	13	49	74	11.8	50	109	26858	4245	50	22109	3494	51	56394	8874	49
Griffin	56026	na	161	29	42	169	30	39	159	28.5	42	237	58017	10401	42	44473	7973	40	113281	20219	40
Gwinnett	251234	na	380	15	48	345	14	48	369	14.7	48	516	134910	5370	48	108926	4336	48	346687	13799	47
Houston	44622	na	138	31	39	124	28	41.5	133	29.9	41	225	48673	10968	41	35054	7899	41	61970	13888	46
Lookout Mountain	37064	na	297	79	9.5	259	70	11	271	72.7	12	412	99342	26684	12	85497	22965	8	182541	49250	12
Macon	48204	na	279	59	22	258	54	22	276	57.8	20.5	364	101256	21135	20	80498	16803	17	246589	51155	11
Middle	23162	na	180	78	11	154	66	14	172	74.3	11	252	63644	27444	11	43257	18653	13	97493	42092	18
Mountain	24569	na	191	79	9.5	143	58	20	160	65.9	14	247	59543	24440	14	50506	20730	12	107694	43833	17
Northeastern	59419	na	276	47	29	276	46	28	272	45.9	29	410	99417	16854	29	75629	12821	30	174053	29292	30
Northern	26828	na	121	46	31	138	51	24	123	46.2	28	185	44978	16880	28	36189	13581	28	75352	28087	33
Ocmulgee	33113	na	217	65	17	194	59	18	198	59.8	18	327	72179	21752	18	58257	17557	14	128338	38758	21
Oconee	12249	na	122	98	5	100	82	9	116	94.1	5	158	42418	34436	5	28899	23461	7	73382	59909	10
Ogeechee	41456	na	116	29	42	106	26	44	108	26.2	44	160	39543	9621	44	29249	7117	45	76799	18525	41
Pataula	9661	na	49	50	26	61	63	15	57	58.9	19	75	20665	21327	19	11760	12137	32	43219	44736	15
Paulding	47072	na	81	17	47	95	20	47	80	17.1	47	148	29012	6203	47	23797	5088	47	44898	9538	48
Piedmont	45728	na	126	28	44	114	25	45	124	27.6	43	174	45541	10044	43	35411	7810	42	81961	17924	44
Rockdale	23171	na	85	37	35	63	27	43	72	31.2	39	100	26762	11603	38	22062	9565	37	57451	24794	37
Rome	22462	na	102	46	31	102	45	29.5	100	44.8	32	144	36519	16282	32	33958	15140	25	77589	34542	23
South Georgia	20076	na	60	30	40	79	39	34.5	72	36.2	36	119	26219	13111	36	15482	7742	43	52299	26051	36
Southern	55614	na	408	73	14	475	85	8	442	79.3	9	628	160285	28802	9	117488	21111	10	384709	69175	7
Southwestern	19062	na	143	75	12.5	128	67	12.5	138	72.1	13	190	50227	26301	13	29629	15515	23	127922	67108	8
Stone Mountain	172118	na	645	38	34	630	37	36	651	37.9	34.5	866	237401	13822	34	185592	10806	36	557664	32400	26
Tallapoosa	19608	na	123	64	18.5	93	47	27	102	52.4	26	183	37700	19365	25	29493	15150	24	62375	31811	27
Tifton	19466	na	177	92	6	171	88	7	171	88.2	8	289	62677	32318	8	40417	20840	11	118772	61015	9
Toombs	10892	na	67	62	21	60	55	21	58	53.4	24	100	21311	19587	24	14224	13073	29	30578	28074	34
Towaliga	17158	na	106	63	20	102	59	18	105	62.2	17	160	38616	22790	17	28384	16751	18	50948	29693	29
Waycross	34099	na	522	154	2	572	168	2	550	161.6	2	737	200297	58832	2	143706	42210	3	436289	127948	3
West Georgia	34668	na	182	54	25	204	59	18	198	57.8	20.5	298	72321	21092	21	55438	16168	21	101412	29252	31
Western	32582	na	217	67	16	219	67	12.5	211	64.6	16	327	77114	23659	16	55813	17123	16	152198	46712	14
Statewide	2543243	na	11021	44	na	10892	43	na	10958	43.1	na	16031	4003235	15770	na	3082561	12143	na	8376031	32934	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children in Care on September 30 2025			Average Monthly Foster Care Costs During October 2024 through September 2025			Children in Congregate Settings on September 30 2025			Children In Care with Both TPRs on September 30 2025			17-Year-Olds In Care with Both TPRs on September 30 2025
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Alapaha	232	165	3	0	0	26	35	24.9	1	9	6.4	17	2	1.4	6
Alcovy	163	29	40	0	0	26	29	5.2	35	20	3.6	30.5	3	0.5	26.5
Appalachian	97	62	16	0	0	26	15	9.5	15	11	7	16	1	0.6	22
Atlanta	642	28	41.5	0	0	26	105	4.6	37	16	0.7	47.5	3	0.1	36.5
Atlantic	172	34	37	0	0	26	27	5.4	34	10	2	42	0	0	45
Augusta	512	94	5	0	0	26	58	10.7	11	5	0.9	46	2	0.4	30.5
Bell-Forsyth	79	12	50.5	0	0	26	15	2.2	47.5	19	2.8	36	1	0.1	36.5
Blue Ridge	332	52	23	0	0	26	49	7.7	20	12	1.9	43	2	0.3	33
Brunswick	237	50	25	0	0	26	58	12.1	9	25	5.2	20.5	2	0.4	30.5
Chattahoochee	549	89	6	0	0	26	44	7.2	23.5	50	8.1	11	6	1	13.5
Cherokee	174	43	32	0	0	26	25	6.2	30	15	3.7	29	0	0	45
Clayton	288	39	34.5	0	0	26	42	5.6	33	17	2.3	39	4	0.5	26.5
Cobb	392	23	46	0	0	26	61	3.6	43.5	24	1.4	44	1	0.1	36.5
Columbia	49	12	50.5	0	0	26	8	2	50.5	3	0.7	47.5	0	0	45
Conasauga	165	48	26	0	0	26	34	9.8	13.5	20	5.8	19	3	0.9	15.5
Cordele	240	203	1	0	0	26	15	12.7	8	15	12.7	4	1	0.8	17.5
Coweta	179	32	38	0	0	26	20	3.6	43.5	27	4.8	23	0	0	45
Dougherty	230	120	4	0	0	26	28	14.6	4	29	15.1	1	0	0	45
Douglas	153	41	33	0	0	26	24	6.4	26.5	11	2.9	35	5	1.3	7.5
Dublin	74	45	29.5	0	0	26	17	10.2	12	4	2.4	38	1	0.6	22
Eastern	279	44	31	0	0	26	40	6.3	28.5	23	3.6	30.5	3	0.5	26.5
Enotah	135	78	10	0	0	26	13	7.5	21	19	10.9	5	2	1.2	10
Flint	85	13	49	0	0	26	13	2	50.5	2	0.3	50	0	0	45
Griffin	169	30	39	0	0	26	24	4.3	38.5	15	2.7	37	0	0	45
Gwinnett	345	14	48	0	0	26	56	2.2	47.5	24	1	45	1	0	45
Houston	124	28	41.5	0	0	26	15	3.4	45	10	2.2	40.5	1	0.2	34
Lookout Mountain	259	70	11	0	0	26	53	14.3	5	39	10.5	6	7	1.9	3.5
Macon	258	54	22	0	0	26	40	8.3	17	50	10.4	7	9	1.9	3.5
Middle	154	66	14	0	0	26	14	6	31	9	3.9	28	1	0.4	30.5
Mountain	143	58	20	0	0	26	18	7.3	22	18	7.3	13.5	0	0	45
Northeastern	276	46	28	0	0	26	47	7.9	19	43	7.2	15	5	0.8	17.5
Northern	138	51	24	0	0	26	31	11.6	10	20	7.5	12	2	0.7	19
Ocmulgee	194	59	18	0	0	26	24	7.2	23.5	30	9.1	9	4	1.2	10
Oconee	100	82	9	0	0	26	8	6.5	25	9	7.3	13.5	2	1.6	5
Ogeechee	106	26	44	0	0	26	10	2.4	46	14	3.4	32	0	0	45
Pataula	61	63	15	0	0	26	2	2.1	49	4	4.1	27	0	0	45
Paulding	95	20	47	0	0	26	19	4	41.5	1	0.2	51	0	0	45
Piedmont	114	25	45	0	0	26	19	4.2	40	19	4.2	26	5	1.1	12
Rockdale	63	27	43	0	0	26	10	4.3	38.5	19	8.2	10	3	1.3	7.5
Rome	102	45	29.5	0	0	26	30	13.4	6	5	2.2	40.5	1	0.4	30.5
South Georgia	79	39	34.5	0	0	26	8	4	41.5	10	5	22	1	0.5	26.5
Southern	475	85	8	0	0	26	35	6.3	28.5	17	3.1	33.5	5	0.9	15.5
Southwestern	128	67	12.5	0	0	26	25	13.1	7	27	14.2	3	6	3.1	1
Stone Mountain	630	37	36	0	0	26	83	4.8	36	9	0.5	49	2	0.1	36.5
Tallapoosa	93	47	27	0	0	26	16	8.2	18	6	3.1	33.5	2	1	13.5
Tifton	171	88	7	0	0	26	30	15.4	3	29	14.9	2	5	2.6	2
Toombs	60	55	21	0	0	26	10	9.2	16	5	4.6	24	0	0	45
Towaliga	102	59	18	0	0	26	10	5.8	32	9	5.2	20.5	1	0.6	22
Waycross	572	168	2	0	0	26	75	22	2	32	9.4	8	4	1.2	10
West Georgia	204	59	18	0	0	26	34	9.8	13.5	22	6.3	18	2	0.6	22
Western	219	67	12.5	0	0	26	21	6.4	26.5	14	4.3	25	2	0.6	22
Statewide	10892	43	na	0	0	na	1542	6.1	na	895	3.5	na	113	0.4	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children in Care on September 30 2025			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
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	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	232	165	3	132/232	57%	41.5	55/232	24%	14.0	6/232	3%	25.0	0/232	0%	26	35/232	15%	27.0	3/232	1%	25.0	1/232	0%	35	0/232	0%	29.5
Alcovy	163	29	40	79/163	48%	49.0	44/163	27%	7.5	8/163	5%	8.5	0/163	0%	26	29/163	18%	10.5	2/163	1%	25.0	1/163	1%	12	0/163	0%	29.5
Appalachian	97	62	16	59/97	61%	35.5	15/97	15%	29.5	4/97	4%	15.0	0/97	0%	26	15/97	15%	27.0	4/97	4%	4.0	0/97	0%	35	0/97	0%	29.5
Atlanta	642	28	41.5	325/642	51%	46.5	174/642	27%	7.5	8/642	1%	43.5	0/642	0%	26	105/642	16%	20.5	13/642	2%	12.5	6/642	1%	12	11/642	2%	1.5
Atlantic	172	34	37	115/172	67%	13.0	22/172	13%	39.5	6/172	3%	25.0	0/172	0%	26	27/172	16%	20.5	1/172	1%	25.0	1/172	1%	12	0/172	0%	29.5
Augusta	512	94	5	315/512	62%	32.0	98/512	19%	21.5	13/512	3%	25.0	0/512	0%	26	58/512	11%	39.5	24/512	5%	1.5	4/512	1%	12	0/512	0%	29.5
Bell-Forsyth	79	12	50.5	49/79	62%	32.0	11/79	14%	34.5	4/79	5%	8.5	0/79	0%	26	15/79	19%	9.0	0/79	0%	42.5	0/79	0%	35	0/79	0%	29.5
Blue Ridge	332	52	23	202/332	61%	35.5	74/332	22%	16.0	3/332	1%	43.5	0/332	0%	26	49/332	15%	27.0	0/332	0%	42.5	0/332	0%	35	4/332	1%	5.0
Brunswick	237	50	25	149/237	63%	27.0	16/237	7%	49.0	10/237	4%	15.0	0/237	0%	26	58/237	24%	2.0	4/237	2%	12.5	0/237	0%	35	0/237	0%	29.5
Chattahoochee	549	89	6	349/549	64%	21.5	144/549	26%	10.0	10/549	2%	35.5	0/549	0%	26	44/549	8%	47.5	0/549	0%	42.5	2/549	0%	35	0/549	0%	29.5
Cherokee	174	43	32	110/174	63%	27.0	31/174	18%	25.5	6/174	3%	25.0	0/174	0%	26	25/174	14%	31.0	0/174	0%	42.5	1/174	1%	12	1/174	1%	5.0
Clayton	288	39	34.5	200/288	69%	7.5	36/288	12%	41.0	0/288	0%	49.5	0/288	0%	26	42/288	15%	27.0	4/288	1%	25.0	6/288	2%	3	0/288	0%	29.5
Cobb	392	23	46	268/392	68%	10.0	54/392	14%	34.5	4/392	1%	43.5	0/392	0%	26	61/392	16%	20.5	2/392	1%	25.0	3/392	1%	12	0/392	0%	29.5
Columbia	49	12	50.5	32/49	65%	17.0	5/49	10%	45.0	2/49	4%	15.0	0/49	0%	26	8/49	16%	20.5	1/49	2%	12.5	1/49	2%	3	0/49	0%	29.5
Conasauga	165	48	26	96/165	58%	39.0	23/165	14%	34.5	5/165	3%	25.0	0/165	0%	26	34/165	21%	5.0	7/165	4%	4.0	0/165	0%	35	0/165	0%	29.5
Cordele	240	203	1	171/240	71%	6.0	44/240	18%	25.5	7/240	3%	25.0	0/240	0%	26	15/240	6%	50.0	3/240	1%	25.0	0/240	0%	35	0/240	0%	29.5
Coweta	179	32	38	113/179	63%	27.0	33/179	18%	25.5	8/179	4%	15.0	0/179	0%	26	20/179	11%	39.5	4/179	2%	12.5	1/179	1%	12	0/179	0%	29.5
Dougherty	230	120	4	181/230	79%	1.0	6/230	3%	51.0	13/230	6%	4.5	0/230	0%	26	28/230	12%	37.0	1/230	0%	42.5	0/230	0%	35	1/230	0%	29.5
Douglas	153	41	33	104/153	68%	10.0	20/153	13%	39.5	4/153	3%	25.0	0/153	0%	26	24/153	16%	20.5	1/153	1%	25.0	0/153	0%	35	0/153	0%	29.5
Dublin	74	45	29.5	39/74	53%	44.0	17/74	23%	15.0	1/74	1%	43.5	0/74	0%	26	17/74	23%	3.0	0/74	0%	42.5	0/74	0%	35	0/74	0%	29.5
Eastern	279	44	31	189/279	68%	10.0	30/279	11%	42.5	9/279	3%	25.0	0/279	0%	26	40/279	14%	31.0	6/279	2%	12.5	5/279	2%	3	0/279	0%	29.5
Enotah	135	78	10	90/135	67%	13.0	22/135	16%	28.0	9/135	7%	2.5	0/135	0%	26	13/135	10%	42.5	0/135	0%	42.5	0/135	0%	35	1/135	1%	5.0
Flint	85	13	49	53/85	62%	32.0	17/85	20%	18.0	1/85	1%	43.5	0/85	0%	26	13/85	15%	27.0	1/85	1%	25.0	0/85	0%	35	0/85	0%	29.5
Griffin	169	30	39	97/169	57%	41.5	43/169	25%	12.0	4/169	2%	35.5	0/169	0%	26	24/169	14%	31.0	1/169	1%	25.0	0/169	0%	35	0/169	0%	29.5
Gwinnett	345	14	48	215/345	62%	32.0	50/345	14%	34.5	17/345	5%	8.5	0/345	0%	26	56/345	16%	20.5	3/345	1%	25.0	3/345	1%	12	1/345	0%	29.5
Houston	124	28	41.5	64/124	52%	45.0	38/124	31%	3.0	6/124	5%	8.5	0/124	0%	26	15/124	12%	37.0	1/124	1%	25.0	0/124	0%	35	0/124	0%	29.5
Lookout Mountain	259	70	11	165/259	64%	21.5	25/259	10%	45.0	5/259	2%	35.5	0/259	0%	26	53/259	20%	7.0	9/259	3%	7.0	0/259	0%	35	2/259	1%	5.0
Macon	258	54	22	164/258	64%	21.5	35/258	14%	34.5	15/258	6%	4.5	0/258	0%	26	40/258	16%	20.5	3/258	1%	25.0	1/258	0%	35	0/258	0%	29.5
Middle	154	66	14	101/154	66%	15.0	31/154	20%	18.0	6/154	4%	15.0	0/154	0%	26	14/154	9%	45.5	0/154	0%	42.5	2/154	1%	12	0/154	0%	29.5
Mountain	143	58	20	103/143	72%	4.5	14/143	10%	45.0	7/143	5%	8.5	0/143	0%	26	18/143	13%	34.0	0/143	0%	42.5	1/143	1%	12	0/143	0%	29.5
Northeastern	276	46	28	176/276	64%	21.5	40/276	14%	34.5	11/276	4%	15.0	0/276	0%	26	47/276	17%	14.0	1/276	0%	42.5	1/276	0%	35	0/276	0%	29.5
Northern	138	51	24	81/138	59%	37.0	19/138	14%	34.5	6/138	4%	15.0	0/138	0%	26	31/138	22%	4.0	0/138	0%	42.5	1/138	1%	12	0/138	0%	29.5
Ocmulgee	194	59	18	139/194	72%	4.5	28/194	14%	34.5	2/194	1%	43.5	0/194	0%	26	24/194	12%	37.0	1/194	1%	25.0	0/194	0%	35	0/194	0%	29.5
Oconee	100	82	9	65/100	65%	17.0	19/100	19%	21.5	5/100	5%	8.5	0/100	0%	26	8/100	8%	47.5	3/100	3%	7.0	0/100	0%	35	0/100	0%	29.5
Ogeechee	106	26	44	67/106	63%	27.0	26/106	25%	12.0	3/106	3%	25.0	0/106	0%	26	10/106	9%	45.5	0/106	0%	42.5	0/106	0%	35	0/106	0%	29.5
Pataula	61	63	15	33/61	54%	43.0	23/61	38%	1.0	0/61	0%	49.5	0/61	0%	26	2/61	3%	51.0	3/61	5%	1.5	0/61	0%	35	0/61	0%	29.5
Paulding	95	20	47	61/95	64%	21.5	14/95	15%	29.5	0/95	0%	49.5	0/95	0%	26	19/95	20%	7.0	1/95	1%	25.0	0/95	0%	35	0/95	0%	29.5
Piedmont	114	25	45	71/114	62%	32.0	20/114	18%	25.5	3/114	3%	25.0	0/114	0%	26	19/114	17%	14.0	1/114	1%	25.0	0/114	0%	35	0/114	0%	29.5
Rockdale	63	27	43	42/63	67%	13.0	5/63	8%	47.5	5/63	8%	1.0	0/63	0%	26	10/63	16%	20.5	0/63	0%	42.5	1/63	2%	3	0/63	0%	29.5
Rome	102	45	29.5	66/102	65%	17.0	4/102	4%	50.0	2/102	2%	35.5	0/102	0%	26	30/102	29%	1.0	0/102	0%	42.5	0/102	0%	35	0/102	0%	29.5
South Georgia	79	39	34.5	37/79	47%	50.0	29/79	37%	2.0	2/79	3%	25.0	0/79	0%	26	8/79	10%	42.5	3/79	4%	4.0	0/79	0%	35	0/79	0%	29.5
Southern	475	85	8	302/475	64%	21.5	132/475	28%	5.0	3/475	1%	43.5	0/475	0%	26	35/475	7%	49.0	1/475	0%	42.5	2/475	0%	35	0/475	0%	29.5
Southwestern	128	67	12.5	59/128	46%	51.0	35/128	27%	7.5	9/128	7%	2.5	0/128	0%	26	25/128	20%	7.0	0/128	0%	42.5	0/128	0%	35	0/128	0%	29.5
Stone Mountain	630	37	36	400/630	63%	27.0	118/630	19%	21.5	14/630	2%	35.5	0/630	0%	26	83/630	13%	34.0	4/630	1%	25.0	7/630	1%	12	4/630	1%	5.0
Tallapoosa	93	47	27	68/93	73%	3.0	7/93	8%	47.5	2/93	2%	35.5	0/93	0%	26	16/93	17%	14.0	0/93	0%	42.5	0/93	0%	35	0/93	0%	29.5
Tifton	171	88	7	87/171	51%	46.5	47/171	27%	7.5	3/171	2%	35.5	0/171	0%	26	30/171	18%	10.5	3/171	2%	12.5	1/171	1%	12	0/171	0%	29.5
Toombs	60	55	21	30/60	50%	48.0	18/60	30%	4.0	0/60	0%	49.5	0/60	0%	26	10/60	17%	14.0	1/60	2%	12.5	1/60	2%	3	0/60	0%	29.5
Towaliga	102	59	18	70/102	69%	7.5	19/102	19%	21.5	1/102	1%	43.5	0/102	0%	26	10/102	10%	42.5	0/102	0%	42.5	0/102	0%	35	2/102	2%	1.5
Waycross	572	168	2	330/572	58%	39.0	143/572	25%	12.0	17/572	3%	25.0	0/572	0%	26	75/572	13%	34.0	5/572	1%	25.0	2/572	0%	35	0/572	0%	29.5
West Georgia	204	59	18	118/204	58%	39.0	41/204	20%	18.0	5/204	2%	35.5	0/204	0%	26	34/204	17%	14.0	6/204	3%	7.0	0/204	0%	35	0/204	0%	29.5
Western	219	67	12.5	162/219	74%	2.0	24/219	11%	42.5	7/219	3%	25.0	0/219	0%	26	21/219	10%	42.5	5/219	2%	12.5	0/219	0%	35	0/219	0%	29.5
Statewide	10892	43	na	6,793/10,892	62%	na	2,038/10,892	19%	na	301/10,892	3%	na	0/10,892	0%	na	1,542/10,892	14%	na	136/10,892	1%	na	55/10,892	1%	na	27/10,892	0%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Care during October 2023 through September 2024			Children Victimized in Care during October 2023 through September 2024			Children Victimized in Care during October 2023 through September 2024 by Parent			Children Victimized in Care during October 2023 through September 2024 by Foster Parent or Facility Staff
JudicialCircuit	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	7/231	3.03%	40	1/231	0.43%	32.0	0/231	0.00%	33.5	0/231	0.00%	38.0
Alcovy	12/270	4.44%	23	1/270	0.37%	35.5	0/270	0.00%	33.5	1/270	0.37%	16.5
Appalachian	15/226	6.64%	9	5/226	2.21%	2.0	0/226	0.00%	33.5	0/226	0.00%	38.0
Atlanta	49/722	6.79%	7	6/722	0.83%	21.5	0/722	0.00%	33.5	4/722	0.55%	10.0
Atlantic	7/245	2.86%	42	0/245	0.00%	45.5	0/245	0.00%	33.5	0/245	0.00%	38.0
Augusta	28/666	4.20%	27	6/666	0.90%	18.0	2/666	0.30%	9.0	2/666	0.30%	19.0
Bell-Forsyth	5/121	4.13%	28	1/121	0.83%	21.5	0/121	0.00%	33.5	1/121	0.83%	7.0
Blue Ridge	22/565	3.89%	34	1/565	0.18%	39.0	1/565	0.18%	14.0	0/565	0.00%	38.0
Brunswick	10/403	2.48%	45	1/403	0.25%	38.0	0/403	0.00%	33.5	0/403	0.00%	38.0
Chattahoochee	46/684	6.73%	8	4/684	0.58%	26.0	2/684	0.29%	10.0	1/684	0.15%	23.0
Cherokee	24/380	6.32%	11	5/380	1.32%	9.0	1/380	0.26%	13.0	3/380	0.79%	8.0
Clayton	24/386	6.22%	12	5/386	1.30%	10.0	5/386	1.30%	2.0	0/386	0.00%	38.0
Cobb	25/678	3.69%	36	3/678	0.44%	31.0	0/678	0.00%	33.5	3/678	0.44%	13.0
Columbia	5/85	5.88%	15	1/85	1.18%	13.0	1/85	1.18%	3.0	0/85	0.00%	38.0
Conasauga	14/353	3.97%	33	2/353	0.57%	27.5	1/353	0.28%	11.5	0/353	0.00%	38.0
Cordele	7/352	1.99%	48	2/352	0.57%	27.5	1/352	0.28%	11.5	0/352	0.00%	38.0
Coweta	7/258	2.71%	44	1/258	0.39%	33.0	0/258	0.00%	33.5	1/258	0.39%	15.0
Dougherty	5/289	1.73%	49	0/289	0.00%	45.5	0/289	0.00%	33.5	0/289	0.00%	38.0
Douglas	9/202	4.46%	22	2/202	0.99%	17.0	2/202	0.99%	5.0	0/202	0.00%	38.0
Dublin	4/113	3.54%	38	0/113	0.00%	45.5	0/113	0.00%	33.5	0/113	0.00%	38.0
Eastern	21/385	5.45%	17	4/385	1.04%	16.0	0/385	0.00%	33.5	4/385	1.04%	6.0
Enotah	11/215	5.12%	18	0/215	0.00%	45.5	0/215	0.00%	33.5	0/215	0.00%	38.0
Flint	5/116	4.31%	26	1/116	0.86%	19.5	1/116	0.86%	6.0	0/116	0.00%	38.0
Griffin	9/224	4.02%	31	1/224	0.45%	30.0	0/224	0.00%	33.5	1/224	0.45%	12.0
Gwinnett	27/534	5.06%	19	6/534	1.12%	14.0	0/534	0.00%	33.5	1/534	0.19%	22.0
Houston	10/217	4.61%	21	3/217	1.38%	8.0	0/217	0.00%	33.5	3/217	1.38%	4.0
Lookout Mountain	32/464	6.90%	6	8/464	1.72%	4.0	5/464	1.08%	4.0	1/464	0.22%	21.0
Macon	21/343	6.12%	13	5/343	1.46%	7.0	0/343	0.00%	33.5	5/343	1.46%	3.0
Middle	14/251	5.58%	16	0/251	0.00%	45.5	0/251	0.00%	33.5	0/251	0.00%	38.0
Mountain	8/283	2.83%	43	3/283	1.06%	15.0	0/283	0.00%	33.5	3/283	1.06%	5.0
Northeastern	19/440	4.32%	25	3/440	0.68%	23.0	0/440	0.00%	33.5	1/440	0.23%	20.0
Northern	7/181	3.87%	35	3/181	1.66%	6.0	1/181	0.55%	7.0	0/181	0.00%	38.0
Ocmulgee	7/328	2.13%	46	2/328	0.61%	25.0	0/328	0.00%	33.5	0/328	0.00%	38.0
Oconee	11/158	6.96%	3	1/158	0.63%	24.0	0/158	0.00%	33.5	0/158	0.00%	38.0
Ogeechee	6/164	3.66%	37	2/164	1.22%	12.0	0/164	0.00%	33.5	0/164	0.00%	38.0
Pataula	0/78	0.00%	51	0/78	0.00%	45.5	0/78	0.00%	33.5	0/78	0.00%	38.0
Paulding	24/147	16.33%	1	4/147	2.72%	1.0	0/147	0.00%	33.5	3/147	2.04%	1.0
Piedmont	4/199	2.01%	47	0/199	0.00%	45.5	0/199	0.00%	33.5	0/199	0.00%	38.0
Rockdale	15/112	13.39%	2	0/112	0.00%	45.5	0/112	0.00%	33.5	0/112	0.00%	38.0
Rome	7/175	4.00%	32	3/175	1.71%	5.0	0/175	0.00%	33.5	3/175	1.71%	2.0
South Georgia	3/100	3.00%	41	0/100	0.00%	45.5	0/100	0.00%	33.5	0/100	0.00%	38.0
Southern	28/584	4.79%	20	5/584	0.86%	19.5	1/584	0.17%	15.0	2/584	0.34%	18.0
Southwestern	15/217	6.91%	5	1/217	0.46%	29.0	0/217	0.00%	33.5	1/217	0.46%	11.0
Stone Mountain	66/953	6.93%	4	12/953	1.26%	11.0	5/953	0.52%	8.0	4/953	0.42%	14.0
Tallapoosa	8/182	4.40%	24	0/182	0.00%	45.5	0/182	0.00%	33.5	0/182	0.00%	38.0
Tifton	11/270	4.07%	30	1/270	0.37%	35.5	0/270	0.00%	33.5	1/270	0.37%	16.5
Toombs	5/122	4.10%	29	0/122	0.00%	45.5	0/122	0.00%	33.5	0/122	0.00%	38.0
Towaliga	2/192	1.04%	50	0/192	0.00%	45.5	0/192	0.00%	33.5	0/192	0.00%	38.0
Waycross	27/784	3.44%	39	3/784	0.38%	34.0	0/784	0.00%	33.5	1/784	0.13%	24.0
West Georgia	20/304	6.58%	10	1/304	0.33%	37.0	0/304	0.00%	33.5	0/304	0.00%	38.0
Western	20/330	6.06%	14	7/330	2.12%	3.0	5/330	1.52%	1.0	2/330	0.61%	9.0
Statewide	788/16,281	4.84%	na	126/16,281	0.77%	na	34/16,281	0.21%	na	52/16,281	0.32%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children in Care on September 30 2025			Children Over 12 in Group Settings on September 30 2025			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
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Per 1K Days	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	232	165	3	26/35	74%	49.0	115/18,763	6.1	15.5	56/307	18%	46.0	207/307	67%	4.0	44/307	14%	37.5
Alcovy	163	29	40	25/29	86%	38.5	37/8,940	4.1	39.0	94/319	29%	15.0	156/319	49%	46.5	69/319	22%	3.5
Appalachian	97	62	16	11/15	73%	50.0	51/10,653	4.8	29.5	75/250	30%	11.5	124/250	50%	45.0	51/250	20%	7.5
Atlanta	642	28	41.5	91/105	87%	36.0	377/53,980	7.0	12.0	299/1,097	27%	24.0	542/1,097	49%	46.5	256/1,097	23%	2.0
Atlantic	172	34	37	25/27	93%	19.0	61/15,235	4.0	40.5	56/202	28%	19.0	119/202	59%	21.5	27/202	13%	44.0
Augusta	512	94	5	53/58	91%	23.0	214/33,346	6.4	13.5	218/806	27%	24.0	446/806	55%	33.5	142/806	18%	17.5
Bell-Forsyth	79	12	50.5	15/15	100%	5.0	35/5,823	6.0	18.0	26/87	30%	11.5	49/87	56%	29.0	12/87	14%	37.5
Blue Ridge	332	52	23	45/49	92%	21.5	155/27,469	5.6	21.0	107/464	23%	37.0	279/464	60%	17.5	78/464	17%	24.0
Brunswick	237	50	25	47/58	81%	43.0	74/15,286	4.8	29.5	141/433	33%	6.0	183/433	42%	50.5	109/433	25%	1.0
Chattahoochee	549	89	6	42/44	95%	13.0	174/37,241	4.7	32.0	121/708	17%	49.0	497/708	70%	2.5	90/708	13%	44.0
Cherokee	174	43	32	22/25	88%	33.0	108/21,796	5.0	25.5	89/325	27%	24.0	191/325	59%	21.5	45/325	14%	37.5
Clayton	288	39	34.5	39/42	93%	19.0	230/22,279	10.3	2.0	118/606	19%	43.5	366/606	60%	17.5	122/606	20%	7.5
Cobb	392	23	46	55/61	90%	26.5	164/22,048	7.4	10.0	195/772	25%	32.0	439/772	57%	26.5	138/772	18%	17.5
Columbia	49	12	50.5	7/8	88%	33.0	12/2,543	4.7	32.0	17/64	27%	24.0	37/64	58%	24.5	10/64	16%	29.0
Conasauga	165	48	26	29/34	85%	40.5	81/16,356	5.0	25.5	134/379	35%	4.0	204/379	54%	38.5	41/379	11%	51.0
Cordele	240	203	1	15/15	100%	5.0	56/14,450	3.9	42.5	59/252	23%	37.0	157/252	62%	13.0	36/252	14%	37.5
Coweta	179	32	38	18/20	90%	26.5	70/16,272	4.3	37.0	89/280	32%	7.5	153/280	55%	33.5	38/280	14%	37.5
Dougherty	230	120	4	27/28	96%	10.5	48/4,855	9.9	3.0	68/322	21%	40.5	213/322	66%	5.0	41/322	13%	44.0
Douglas	153	41	33	24/24	100%	5.0	26/6,775	3.8	44.0	41/210	20%	42.0	130/210	62%	13.0	39/210	19%	12.0
Dublin	74	45	29.5	16/17	94%	16.0	29/9,084	3.2	46.0	30/131	23%	37.0	81/131	62%	13.0	20/131	15%	32.0
Eastern	279	44	31	38/40	95%	13.0	100/13,758	7.3	11.0	110/464	24%	34.0	274/464	59%	21.5	80/464	17%	24.0
Enotah	135	78	10	10/13	77%	46.5	44/10,229	4.3	37.0	44/168	26%	28.5	101/168	60%	17.5	23/168	14%	37.5
Flint	85	13	49	13/13	100%	5.0	24/4,850	4.9	27.5	16/89	18%	46.0	62/89	70%	2.5	11/89	12%	48.5
Griffin	169	30	39	22/24	92%	21.5	50/10,165	4.9	27.5	70/225	31%	9.0	123/225	55%	33.5	32/225	14%	37.5
Gwinnett	345	14	48	52/56	93%	19.0	193/17,983	10.7	1.0	178/698	26%	28.5	367/698	53%	41.5	153/698	22%	3.5
Houston	124	28	41.5	15/15	100%	5.0	64/14,136	4.5	34.0	75/255	29%	15.0	133/255	52%	43.0	47/255	18%	17.5
Lookout Mountain	259	70	11	41/53	77%	46.5	140/14,438	9.7	4.0	128/602	21%	40.5	390/602	65%	7.5	84/602	14%	37.5
Macon	258	54	22	34/40	85%	40.5	108/13,281	8.1	7.0	95/408	23%	37.0	249/408	61%	15.0	64/408	16%	29.0
Middle	154	66	14	11/14	79%	45.0	66/12,420	5.3	23.0	69/244	28%	19.0	143/244	59%	21.5	32/244	13%	44.0
Mountain	143	58	20	16/18	89%	30.5	45/7,376	6.1	15.5	69/227	30%	11.5	131/227	58%	24.5	27/227	12%	48.5
Northeastern	276	46	28	44/47	94%	16.0	135/20,989	6.4	13.5	118/448	26%	28.5	252/448	56%	29.0	78/448	17%	24.0
Northern	138	51	24	27/31	87%	36.0	31/8,607	3.6	45.0	54/217	25%	32.0	120/217	55%	33.5	43/217	20%	7.5
Ocmulgee	194	59	18	21/24	88%	33.0	92/19,538	4.7	32.0	70/298	23%	37.0	193/298	65%	7.5	35/298	12%	48.5
Oconee	100	82	9	5/8	62%	51.0	18/6,200	2.9	47.0	39/131	30%	11.5	72/131	55%	33.5	20/131	15%	32.0
Ogeechee	106	26	44	9/10	90%	26.5	16/6,064	2.6	48.0	47/137	34%	5.0	70/137	51%	44.0	20/137	15%	32.0
Pataula	61	63	15	2/2	100%	5.0	7/5,205	1.3	51.0	14/37	38%	1.0	16/37	43%	49.0	7/37	19%	12.0
Paulding	95	20	47	19/19	100%	5.0	49/9,482	5.2	24.0	27/159	17%	49.0	101/159	64%	10.5	31/159	19%	12.0
Piedmont	114	25	45	17/19	89%	30.5	19/7,583	2.5	49.0	52/143	36%	3.0	64/143	45%	48.0	27/143	19%	12.0
Rockdale	63	27	43	8/10	80%	44.0	8/2,025	4.0	40.5	32/112	29%	15.0	61/112	54%	38.5	19/112	17%	24.0
Rome	102	45	29.5	27/30	90%	26.5	51/6,623	7.7	8.5	22/183	12%	51.0	132/183	72%	1.0	29/183	16%	29.0
South Georgia	79	39	34.5	6/8	75%	48.0	21/8,980	2.3	50.0	26/81	32%	7.5	45/81	56%	29.0	10/81	12%	48.5
Southern	475	85	8	30/35	86%	38.5	156/35,223	4.4	35.0	94/489	19%	43.5	311/489	64%	10.5	84/489	17%	24.0
Southwestern	128	67	12.5	21/25	84%	42.0	29/7,520	3.9	42.5	45/247	18%	46.0	161/247	65%	7.5	41/247	17%	24.0
Stone Mountain	630	37	36	80/83	96%	10.5	293/35,110	8.3	6.0	293/1,127	26%	28.5	611/1,127	54%	38.5	223/1,127	20%	7.5
Tallapoosa	93	47	27	16/16	100%	5.0	37/6,153	6.0	18.0	27/155	17%	49.0	100/155	65%	7.5	28/155	18%	17.5
Tifton	171	88	7	27/30	90%	26.5	95/17,617	5.4	22.0	73/257	28%	19.0	138/257	54%	38.5	46/257	18%	17.5
Toombs	60	55	21	9/10	90%	26.5	24/3,101	7.7	8.5	36/98	37%	2.0	41/98	42%	50.5	21/98	21%	5.0
Towaliga	102	59	18	10/10	100%	5.0	51/8,992	5.7	20.0	40/145	28%	19.0	80/145	55%	33.5	25/145	17%	24.0
Waycross	572	168	2	65/75	87%	36.0	171/39,898	4.3	37.0	168/682	25%	32.0	390/682	57%	26.5	124/682	18%	17.5
West Georgia	204	59	18	32/34	94%	16.0	140/23,153	6.0	18.0	98/365	27%	24.0	218/365	60%	17.5	49/365	13%	44.0
Western	219	67	12.5	20/21	95%	13.0	141/16,844	8.4	5.0	91/330	28%	19.0	176/330	53%	41.5	63/330	19%	12.0
Statewide	10892	43	na	1,379/1,542	89%	na	4,535/776,737	5.8	na	4,353/17,235	25%	na	9,898/17,235	57%	na	2,984/17,235	17%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children in Care on September 30 2025			IV-E Reimbursement Rate, Children In Care on September 30 2025			Long Term Foster Care Plan Goal, Children In Care on September 30 2025
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	232	165	3	0/232	0%	26	6/232	3%	47.5
Alcovy	163	29	40	0/163	0%	26	21/163	13%	3.0
Appalachian	97	62	16	0/97	0%	26	4/97	4%	43.0
Atlanta	642	28	41.5	0/642	0%	26	73/642	11%	9.0
Atlantic	172	34	37	0/172	0%	26	15/172	9%	19.5
Augusta	512	94	5	0/512	0%	26	41/512	8%	25.5
Bell-Forsyth	79	12	50.5	0/79	0%	26	4/79	5%	39.0
Blue Ridge	332	52	23	0/332	0%	26	22/332	7%	31.0
Brunswick	237	50	25	0/237	0%	26	22/237	9%	19.5
Chattahoochee	549	89	6	0/549	0%	26	19/549	3%	47.5
Cherokee	174	43	32	0/174	0%	26	13/174	7%	31.0
Clayton	288	39	34.5	0/288	0%	26	30/288	10%	13.5
Cobb	392	23	46	0/392	0%	26	41/392	10%	13.5
Columbia	49	12	50.5	0/49	0%	26	6/49	12%	6.0
Conasauga	165	48	26	0/165	0%	26	8/165	5%	39.0
Cordele	240	203	1	0/240	0%	26	16/240	7%	31.0
Coweta	179	32	38	0/179	0%	26	14/179	8%	25.5
Dougherty	230	120	4	0/230	0%	26	23/230	10%	13.5
Douglas	153	41	33	0/153	0%	26	20/153	13%	3.0
Dublin	74	45	29.5	0/74	0%	26	7/74	9%	19.5
Eastern	279	44	31	0/279	0%	26	25/279	9%	19.5
Enotah	135	78	10	0/135	0%	26	10/135	7%	31.0
Flint	85	13	49	0/85	0%	26	10/85	12%	6.0
Griffin	169	30	39	0/169	0%	26	13/169	8%	25.5
Gwinnett	345	14	48	0/345	0%	26	33/345	10%	13.5
Houston	124	28	41.5	0/124	0%	26	12/124	10%	13.5
Lookout Mountain	259	70	11	0/259	0%	26	19/259	7%	31.0
Macon	258	54	22	0/258	0%	26	31/258	12%	6.0
Middle	154	66	14	0/154	0%	26	7/154	5%	39.0
Mountain	143	58	20	0/143	0%	26	12/143	8%	25.5
Northeastern	276	46	28	0/276	0%	26	30/276	11%	9.0
Northern	138	51	24	0/138	0%	26	13/138	9%	19.5
Ocmulgee	194	59	18	0/194	0%	26	15/194	8%	25.5
Oconee	100	82	9	0/100	0%	26	3/100	3%	47.5
Ogeechee	106	26	44	0/106	0%	26	3/106	3%	47.5
Pataula	61	63	15	0/61	0%	26	1/61	2%	51.0
Paulding	95	20	47	0/95	0%	26	6/95	6%	35.0
Piedmont	114	25	45	0/114	0%	26	12/114	11%	9.0
Rockdale	63	27	43	0/63	0%	26	4/63	6%	35.0
Rome	102	45	29.5	0/102	0%	26	9/102	9%	19.5
South Georgia	79	39	34.5	0/79	0%	26	8/79	10%	13.5
Southern	475	85	8	0/475	0%	26	19/475	4%	43.0
Southwestern	128	67	12.5	0/128	0%	26	4/128	3%	47.5
Stone Mountain	630	37	36	0/630	0%	26	82/630	13%	3.0
Tallapoosa	93	47	27	0/93	0%	26	7/93	8%	25.5
Tifton	171	88	7	0/171	0%	26	24/171	14%	1.0
Toombs	60	55	21	0/60	0%	26	3/60	5%	39.0
Towaliga	102	59	18	0/102	0%	26	6/102	6%	35.0
Waycross	572	168	2	0/572	0%	26	20/572	3%	47.5
West Georgia	204	59	18	0/204	0%	26	11/204	5%	39.0
Western	219	67	12.5	0/219	0%	26	9/219	4%	43.0
Statewide	10892	43	na	0/10,892	0%	na	866/10,892	8%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children in Care on September 30 2025			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on September 30 2024			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on September 30 2025			Permanence within 12 Months, Children In Care on September 30 2024			Permanence within 12 Months, Children with Both TPRs In Care on September 30 2024
JudicialCircuit	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	232	165	3	182	7.5	51	232	12.4	42	54/182	30%	35.0	9/17	53%	29.5
Alcovy	163	29	40	184	19.6	11	163	18.8	14	61/184	33%	27.5	15/33	45%	38.0
Appalachian	97	62	16	113	14.6	29	97	13.3	37	51/113	45%	9.0	18/24	75%	5.0
Atlanta	642	28	41.5	521	12.5	43	642	12.2	43.5	159/521	31%	32.0	15/28	54%	27.5
Atlantic	172	34	37	174	13.8	37.5	172	16.1	28	65/174	37%	19.5	13/15	87%	1.0
Augusta	512	94	5	462	15.8	23.5	512	16.7	25	98/462	21%	47.5	25/32	78%	2.0
Bell-Forsyth	79	12	50.5	82	16.4	21	79	15.9	29	30/82	37%	19.5	6/13	46%	36.5
Blue Ridge	332	52	23	349	18.1	14.5	332	17	23	113/349	32%	29.5	11/18	61%	22.0
Brunswick	237	50	25	264	20.1	10	237	21.8	7	86/264	33%	27.5	22/43	51%	31.5
Chattahoochee	549	89	6	527	16.8	19.5	549	19.3	13	152/527	29%	37.0	18/63	29%	48.0
Cherokee	174	43	32	194	14.5	30	174	10.5	48	106/194	55%	2.0	30/44	68%	14.5
Clayton	288	39	34.5	265	15.1	26.5	288	17.4	22	55/265	21%	47.5	2/21	10%	51.0
Cobb	392	23	46	448	16	22	392	18	19	153/448	34%	25.5	20/37	54%	27.5
Columbia	49	12	50.5	57	14.3	31	49	15.8	30.5	20/57	35%	23.0	9/12	75%	5.0
Conasauga	165	48	26	224	10.9	46	165	12.2	43.5	120/224	54%	3.0	16/22	73%	8.5
Cordele	240	203	1	265	24.1	4	240	25.3	2	73/265	28%	38.0	13/23	57%	25.0
Coweta	179	32	38	162	13.9	34.5	179	13.7	34	61/162	38%	17.0	15/25	60%	23.0
Dougherty	230	120	4	250	61.5	1	230	55.4	1	35/250	14%	51.0	16/32	50%	33.0
Douglas	153	41	33	153	18.1	14.5	153	19.4	12	35/153	23%	45.5	10/18	56%	26.0
Dublin	74	45	29.5	81	22.5	5	74	11.4	47	35/81	43%	10.0	8/11	73%	8.5
Eastern	279	44	31	290	21.7	6	279	24.3	4	55/290	19%	50.0	13/27	48%	34.5
Enotah	135	78	10	130	12.4	44	135	15.8	30.5	40/130	31%	32.0	15/21	71%	10.5
Flint	85	13	49	73	21.6	7	85	20.4	11	17/73	23%	45.5	2/3	67%	17.0
Griffin	169	30	39	161	15.8	23.5	169	16.3	26	48/161	30%	35.0	14/20	70%	12.0
Gwinnett	345	14	48	380	20.8	8	345	24.2	5	103/380	27%	39.5	13/38	34%	44.0
Houston	124	28	41.5	138	14.1	32	124	10.3	49	83/138	60%	1.0	15/23	65%	19.0
Lookout Mountain	259	70	11	297	13.8	37.5	259	18.3	18	104/297	35%	23.0	18/47	38%	42.0
Macon	258	54	22	279	19.5	12	258	21.7	8	76/279	27%	39.5	17/52	33%	46.0
Middle	154	66	14	180	13.9	34.5	154	13.3	37	76/180	42%	12.5	16/21	76%	3.0
Mountain	143	58	20	191	15.1	26.5	143	21.4	9	81/191	42%	12.5	24/35	69%	13.0
Northeastern	276	46	28	276	13.8	37.5	276	15.2	32	103/276	37%	19.5	26/51	51%	31.5
Northern	138	51	24	121	13.1	42	138	13.3	37	32/121	26%	41.0	8/15	53%	29.5
Ocmulgee	194	59	18	217	14.9	28	194	11.5	46	109/217	50%	4.5	38/61	62%	20.5
Oconee	100	82	9	122	13.3	40	100	16.2	27	48/122	39%	16.0	3/7	43%	39.0
Ogeechee	106	26	44	116	24.6	2	106	17.8	20	43/116	37%	19.5	21/31	68%	14.5
Pataula	61	63	15	49	17.8	16	61	12.8	40.5	10/49	20%	49.0	5/7	71%	10.5
Paulding	95	20	47	81	16.9	18	95	8.7	50	34/81	42%	12.5	2/3	67%	17.0
Piedmont	114	25	45	126	10.8	47	114	18.5	15	43/126	34%	25.5	14/33	42%	40.0
Rockdale	63	27	43	85	14	33	63	22.3	6	26/85	31%	32.0	6/22	27%	49.0
Rome	102	45	29.5	102	16.8	19.5	102	18.4	16.5	31/102	30%	35.0	6/9	67%	17.0
South Georgia	79	39	34.5	60	13.2	41	79	7.8	51	29/60	48%	6.0	2/9	22%	50.0
Southern	475	85	8	408	24.3	3	475	17.6	21	100/408	25%	43.0	14/29	48%	34.5
Southwestern	128	67	12.5	143	17.1	17	128	25.1	3	46/143	32%	29.5	12/36	33%	46.0
Stone Mountain	630	37	36	645	15.5	25	630	20.5	10	164/645	25%	43.0	15/24	62%	20.5
Tallapoosa	93	47	27	123	13.8	37.5	93	16.8	24	61/123	50%	4.5	6/13	46%	36.5
Tifton	171	88	7	177	10.1	48	171	11.9	45	81/177	46%	7.5	10/27	37%	43.0
Toombs	60	55	21	67	8.2	50	60	12.9	39	31/67	46%	7.5	1/3	33%	46.0
Towaliga	102	59	18	106	8.5	49	102	13.5	35	44/106	42%	12.5	9/12	75%	5.0
Waycross	572	168	2	522	20.4	9	572	18.4	16.5	133/522	25%	43.0	52/70	74%	7.0
West Georgia	204	59	18	182	11.9	45	204	14.3	33	64/182	35%	23.0	7/18	39%	41.0
Western	219	67	12.5	217	18.8	13	219	12.8	40.5	90/217	41%	15.0	11/19	58%	24.0
Statewide	10892	43	na	11021	16.3	na	10892	17	na	3,567/11,021	32%	na	706/1,317	54%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	In Care Over 18 Months on September 30 2025			In Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2025			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2025			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months with Both TPRs on September 30 2025			In Care Over 18 Months on September 30 2024 Permanent within 12 Months			In Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2024 Permanent within 12 Months			Entering 18th Month In Care during October 2023 through September 2024 Permanent within 12 Months
JudicialCircuit	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Alapaha	62/232	27%	51.0	53/232	23%	45.0	50/232	22%	45.5	9/50	18%	29.0	21/63	33%	27.5	17/52	33%	19.5	10/30	33%	39.0
Alcovy	82/163	50%	18.5	76/163	47%	7.5	68/163	42%	9.0	17/68	25%	19.0	29/97	30%	31.5	21/77	27%	31.5	15/42	36%	34.5
Appalachian	33/97	34%	43.5	28/97	29%	33.5	28/97	29%	30.5	8/28	29%	18.0	20/42	48%	7.0	15/34	44%	6.0	26/41	63%	3.0
Atlanta	229/642	36%	40.5	177/642	28%	36.0	159/642	25%	38.5	14/159	9%	44.0	47/214	22%	46.5	36/166	22%	42.5	26/107	24%	48.0
Atlantic	75/172	44%	29.0	44/172	26%	39.5	41/172	24%	41.5	8/41	20%	26.0	33/77	43%	10.0	26/65	40%	11.0	13/37	35%	36.0
Augusta	239/512	47%	25.0	181/512	35%	27.0	167/512	33%	24.5	4/167	2%	51.0	50/217	23%	44.0	37/179	21%	44.5	32/82	39%	29.5
Bell-Forsyth	36/79	46%	26.5	29/79	37%	25.0	26/79	33%	24.5	13/26	50%	3.0	14/35	40%	14.5	7/14	50%	3.5	8/24	33%	39.0
Blue Ridge	164/332	49%	21.5	136/332	41%	17.5	119/332	36%	16.5	8/119	7%	45.5	61/176	35%	23.5	37/118	31%	23.0	51/109	47%	19.5
Brunswick	133/237	56%	9.0	111/237	47%	7.5	109/237	46%	5.5	20/109	18%	29.0	44/147	30%	31.5	26/112	23%	41.0	28/83	34%	37.0
Chattahoochee	291/549	53%	12.0	218/549	40%	19.0	181/549	33%	24.5	43/181	24%	21.0	73/245	30%	31.5	50/190	26%	33.0	47/119	39%	29.5
Cherokee	50/174	29%	50.0	38/174	22%	47.5	34/174	20%	47.5	8/34	24%	21.0	42/80	52%	4.0	35/65	54%	2.0	29/53	55%	8.0
Clayton	138/288	48%	23.5	108/288	38%	23.5	102/288	35%	19.0	15/102	15%	35.5	20/123	16%	50.0	14/101	14%	51.0	13/51	25%	45.5
Cobb	196/392	50%	18.5	151/392	39%	21.0	137/392	35%	19.0	17/137	12%	40.5	58/197	29%	35.5	40/134	30%	26.0	46/125	37%	33.0
Columbia	22/49	45%	28.0	20/49	41%	17.5	20/49	41%	11.0	3/20	15%	35.5	8/20	40%	14.5	5/15	33%	19.5	7/17	41%	26.5
Conasauga	63/165	38%	36.5	40/165	24%	42.5	39/165	24%	41.5	8/39	21%	24.5	22/59	37%	21.0	12/41	29%	28.5	22/38	58%	5.0
Cordele	139/240	58%	7.0	123/240	51%	4.5	111/240	46%	5.5	13/111	12%	40.5	49/170	29%	35.5	40/136	29%	28.5	26/81	32%	41.0
Coweta	66/179	37%	38.5	48/179	27%	38.0	46/179	26%	36.5	20/46	43%	7.0	27/64	42%	11.0	13/35	37%	13.5	26/53	49%	15.5
Dougherty	186/230	81%	1.0	174/230	76%	1.0	168/230	73%	1.0	29/168	17%	31.0	28/188	15%	51.0	28/183	15%	49.5	0/23	0%	51.0
Douglas	77/153	50%	18.5	65/153	42%	14.0	61/153	40%	12.0	10/61	16%	33.0	14/79	18%	49.0	11/75	15%	49.5	8/17	47%	19.5
Dublin	29/74	39%	34.5	28/74	38%	23.5	26/74	35%	19.0	1/26	4%	48.0	14/46	30%	31.5	11/39	28%	30.0	9/22	41%	26.5
Eastern	178/279	64%	2.0	144/279	52%	2.5	131/279	47%	4.0	21/131	16%	33.0	30/160	19%	48.0	21/128	16%	48.0	13/70	19%	49.0
Enotah	56/135	41%	32.0	34/135	25%	41.0	32/135	24%	41.5	10/32	31%	16.0	24/53	45%	8.0	22/44	50%	3.5	22/37	59%	4.0
Flint	44/85	52%	13.5	36/85	42%	14.0	31/85	36%	16.5	1/31	3%	49.5	11/38	29%	35.5	7/28	25%	35.0	5/20	25%	45.5
Griffin	72/169	43%	30.0	60/169	36%	26.0	55/169	33%	24.5	10/55	18%	29.0	19/69	28%	38.5	13/55	24%	38.5	13/33	39%	29.5
Gwinnett	214/345	62%	3.0	176/345	51%	4.5	169/345	49%	2.0	22/169	13%	37.5	48/207	23%	44.0	43/180	24%	38.5	14/77	18%	50.0
Houston	42/124	34%	43.5	30/124	24%	42.5	30/124	24%	41.5	9/30	30%	17.0	25/48	52%	4.0	16/34	47%	5.0	25/49	51%	13.0
Lookout Mountain	133/259	51%	15.5	82/259	32%	30.5	77/259	30%	29.0	29/77	38%	11.5	48/122	39%	16.5	30/84	36%	15.5	38/81	47%	19.5
Macon	158/258	61%	4.0	118/258	46%	9.0	108/258	42%	9.0	43/108	40%	9.0	39/150	26%	40.0	27/121	22%	42.5	24/66	36%	34.5
Middle	59/154	38%	36.5	53/154	34%	28.0	50/154	32%	27.0	8/50	16%	33.0	28/72	39%	16.5	19/56	34%	18.0	23/53	43%	24.0
Mountain	86/143	60%	5.5	61/143	43%	10.5	54/143	38%	14.5	12/54	22%	23.0	43/83	52%	4.0	25/60	42%	8.5	27/50	54%	9.0
Northeastern	113/276	41%	32.0	87/276	32%	30.5	79/276	29%	30.5	30/79	38%	11.5	36/103	35%	23.5	26/73	36%	15.5	35/75	47%	19.5
Northern	51/138	37%	38.5	36/138	26%	39.5	34/138	25%	38.5	13/34	38%	11.5	14/43	33%	27.5	11/35	31%	23.0	17/30	57%	6.5
Ocmulgee	69/194	36%	40.5	56/194	29%	33.5	53/194	27%	34.5	20/53	38%	11.5	41/101	41%	12.5	33/80	41%	10.0	24/62	39%	29.5
Oconee	46/100	46%	26.5	33/100	33%	29.0	28/100	28%	32.5	6/28	21%	24.5	19/50	38%	19.0	15/36	42%	8.5	12/32	38%	32.0
Ogeechee	52/106	49%	21.5	41/106	39%	21.0	33/106	31%	28.0	8/33	24%	21.0	28/68	41%	12.5	22/60	37%	13.5	12/44	27%	43.0
Pataula	20/61	33%	46.5	17/61	28%	36.0	16/61	26%	36.5	1/16	6%	47.0	9/24	38%	19.0	7/22	32%	21.0	8/14	57%	6.5
Paulding	31/95	33%	46.5	20/95	21%	49.5	15/95	16%	50.0	1/15	7%	45.5	15/39	38%	19.0	5/25	20%	46.0	19/37	51%	13.0
Piedmont	63/114	55%	10.5	34/114	30%	32.0	32/114	28%	32.5	15/32	47%	4.5	18/50	36%	22.0	9/36	25%	35.0	14/29	48%	17.0
Rockdale	38/63	60%	5.5	30/63	48%	6.0	30/63	48%	3.0	17/30	57%	1.0	10/35	29%	35.5	5/27	19%	47.0	8/15	53%	10.5
Rome	52/102	51%	15.5	43/102	42%	14.0	43/102	42%	9.0	5/43	12%	40.5	11/47	23%	44.0	9/33	27%	31.5	16/37	43%	24.0
South Georgia	26/79	33%	46.5	17/79	22%	47.5	17/79	22%	45.5	8/17	47%	4.5	8/24	33%	27.5	5/21	24%	38.5	6/14	43%	24.0
Southern	237/475	50%	18.5	198/475	42%	14.0	163/475	34%	21.5	16/163	10%	43.0	59/250	24%	41.5	50/208	24%	38.5	42/127	33%	39.0
Southwestern	70/128	55%	10.5	66/128	52%	2.5	50/128	39%	13.0	23/50	46%	6.0	20/71	28%	38.5	19/64	30%	26.0	18/35	51%	13.0
Stone Mountain	361/630	57%	8.0	262/630	42%	14.0	239/630	38%	14.5	8/239	3%	49.5	67/298	22%	46.5	48/230	21%	44.5	33/134	25%	45.5
Tallapoosa	45/93	48%	23.5	40/93	43%	10.5	40/93	43%	7.0	5/40	12%	40.5	17/51	33%	27.5	10/32	31%	23.0	19/39	49%	15.5
Tifton	56/171	33%	46.5	39/171	23%	45.0	34/171	20%	47.5	14/34	41%	8.0	13/54	24%	41.5	10/40	25%	35.0	15/34	44%	22.0
Toombs	21/60	35%	42.0	14/60	23%	45.0	14/60	23%	44.0	5/14	36%	14.0	9/16	56%	1.0	9/14	64%	1.0	1/4	25%	45.5
Towaliga	33/102	32%	49.0	20/102	20%	51.0	15/102	15%	51.0	8/15	53%	2.0	14/26	54%	2.0	6/16	38%	12.0	23/29	79%	1.0
Waycross	295/572	52%	13.5	222/572	39%	21.0	192/572	34%	21.5	25/192	13%	37.5	96/280	34%	25.0	77/221	35%	17.0	37/122	30%	42.0
West Georgia	83/204	41%	32.0	43/204	21%	49.5	38/204	19%	49.0	12/38	32%	15.0	24/49	49%	6.0	7/23	30%	26.0	34/51	67%	2.0
Western	85/219	39%	34.5	61/219	28%	36.0	59/219	27%	34.5	11/59	19%	27.0	51/115	44%	9.0	41/95	43%	7.0	36/68	53%	10.5
Statewide	5,199/10,892	48%	na	4,021/10,892	37%	na	3,653/10,892	34%	na	684/3,653	19%	na	1,568/5,135	31%	na	1,128/4,012	28%	na	1,075/2,722	39%	na

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