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

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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
DHWRegion	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	61994	na	194	32	3	134	22	6	156	25.3	6	285	57696	9371	6	40382	6559	6	77534	12507	5
Region 2	24012	na	68	29	5.5	58	24	4.5	63	26.8	3	106	23400	9841	3	18118	7620	3	31751	13223	4
Region 3	85651	na	464	55	1	345	40	2	374	43.8	1	681	138409	16205	1	84766	9924	1	200268	23382	1
Region 4	117998	na	376	31	4	290	25	3	307	25.8	4.5	646	112925	9509	4	81480	6861	5	129373	10964	6
Region 5	56916	na	167	29	5.5	136	24	4.5	147	25.8	4.5	265	53640	9434	5	40542	7130	4	82458	14488	3
Region 6	50037	na	206	41	2	203	41	1	198	39.8	2	367	72550	14547	2	46379	9299	2	83640	16716	2
Region 7	70463	na	183	26	7	122	17	7	139	19.8	7	284	51623	7343	7	32540	4629	7	53200	7550	7
Statewide	467071	na	1658	36	na	1288	28	na	1385	29.7	na	2634	510243	10937	na	344207	7378	na	658224	14093	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Region 1	134	22	6	0	0	4	11	1.8	7	12	1.9	4	2	0.3	3
Region 2	58	24	4.5	0	0	4	15	6.2	2	9	3.7	1	0	0	7
Region 3	345	40	2	0	0	4	67	7.8	1	23	2.7	3	5	0.6	2
Region 4	290	25	3	0	0	4	53	4.5	5	21	1.8	5	1	0.1	6
Region 5	136	24	4.5	0	0	4	29	5.1	4	6	1.1	7	1	0.2	4.5
Region 6	203	41	1	0	0	4	28	5.6	3	7	1.4	6	1	0.2	4.5
Region 7	122	17	7	0	0	4	26	3.7	6	22	3.1	2	5	0.7	1
Statewide	1288	28	na	0	0	na	229	4.9	na	100	2.1	na	15	0.3	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
DHWRegion	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	134	22	6	91/134	68%	1	22/134	16%	5.5	0/134	0%	5.0	1/134	1%	2	10/134	7%	7.0	8/134	6%	6.0	0/134	0%	4.5	2/134	1%	6.0
Region 2	58	24	4.5	33/58	57%	2	9/58	16%	5.5	0/58	0%	5.0	1/58	2%	1	14/58	24%	1.0	1/58	2%	7.0	0/58	0%	4.5	0/58	0%	7.0
Region 3	345	40	2	148/345	43%	7	78/345	23%	2.0	0/345	0%	5.0	0/345	0%	5	67/345	19%	4.0	40/345	12%	1.5	0/345	0%	4.5	12/345	3%	3.5
Region 4	290	25	3	154/290	53%	3	35/290	12%	7.0	2/290	1%	1.5	0/290	0%	5	53/290	18%	5.0	34/290	12%	1.5	1/290	0%	4.5	11/290	4%	1.5
Region 5	136	24	4.5	66/136	49%	5	25/136	18%	4.0	0/136	0%	5.0	0/136	0%	5	29/136	21%	2.5	12/136	9%	3.0	0/136	0%	4.5	4/136	3%	3.5
Region 6	203	41	1	106/203	52%	4	49/203	24%	1.0	0/203	0%	5.0	0/203	0%	5	28/203	14%	6.0	16/203	8%	4.5	0/203	0%	4.5	4/203	2%	5.0
Region 7	122	17	7	54/122	44%	6	25/122	20%	3.0	1/122	1%	1.5	0/122	0%	5	26/122	21%	2.5	10/122	8%	4.5	1/122	1%	1.0	5/122	4%	1.5
Statewide	1288	28	na	652/1,288	51%	na	243/1,288	19%	na	3/1,288	0%	na	2/1,288	0%	na	227/1,288	18%	na	121/1,288	9%	na	2/1,288	0%	na	38/1,288	3%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2024 through September 2025

	Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Care during September 2023 through August 2024			Children Victimized in Care during September 2023 through August 2024			Children Victimized in Care during September 2023 through August 2024 by Parent			Children Victimized in Care during September 2023 through August 2024 by Foster Parent or Facility Staff
DHWRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	16/342	4.68%	6	2/342	0.58%	7.0	2/342	0.58%	7	0/342	0.00%	5
Region 2	1/118	0.85%	7	1/118	0.85%	6.0	1/118	0.85%	3	0/118	0.00%	5
Region 3	58/757	7.66%	3	8/757	1.06%	4.0	5/757	0.66%	6	3/757	0.40%	1
Region 4	51/750	6.80%	5	7/750	0.93%	5.0	5/750	0.67%	5	1/750	0.13%	2
Region 5	27/299	9.03%	2	7/299	2.34%	1.0	7/299	2.34%	1	0/299	0.00%	5
Region 6	40/359	11.14%	1	4/359	1.11%	2.5	3/359	0.84%	4	0/359	0.00%	5
Region 7	25/359	6.96%	4	4/359	1.11%	2.5	4/359	1.11%	2	0/359	0.00%	5
Statewide	218/2,984	7.31%	na	33/2,984	1.11%	na	27/2,984	0.90%	na	4/2,984	0.13%	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Per 1K Days	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	134	22	6	9/11	82%	4.5	55/9,962	5.5	5.0	72/174	41%	5.0	79/174	45%	3.5	23/174	13%	5
Region 2	58	24	4.5	15/15	100%	1.0	25/6,173	4.0	7.0	16/69	23%	7.0	41/69	59%	1.0	12/69	17%	1
Region 3	345	40	2	57/67	85%	3.0	217/31,367	6.9	2.5	217/581	37%	6.0	288/581	50%	2.0	76/581	13%	5
Region 4	290	25	3	42/53	79%	6.0	255/31,676	8.1	1.0	235/554	42%	3.5	248/554	45%	3.5	71/554	13%	5
Region 5	136	24	4.5	28/29	97%	2.0	78/14,641	5.3	6.0	72/171	42%	3.5	71/171	42%	6.0	28/171	16%	2
Region 6	203	41	1	23/28	82%	4.5	171/27,258	6.3	4.0	131/301	44%	2.0	128/301	43%	5.0	42/301	14%	3
Region 7	122	17	7	20/26	77%	7.0	78/11,344	6.9	2.5	97/193	50%	1.0	73/193	38%	7.0	23/193	12%	7
Statewide	1288	28	na	194/229	85%	na	879/132,421	6.6	na	840/2,043	41%	na	928/2,043	45%	na	275/2,043	13%	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	134	22	6	0/134	0%	4	1/134	1%	5.0
Region 2	58	24	4.5	0/58	0%	4	0/58	0%	7.0
Region 3	345	40	2	0/345	0%	4	3/345	1%	5.0
Region 4	290	25	3	0/290	0%	4	3/290	1%	5.0
Region 5	136	24	4.5	0/136	0%	4	6/136	4%	1.0
Region 6	203	41	1	0/203	0%	4	4/203	2%	2.5
Region 7	122	17	7	0/122	0%	4	3/122	2%	2.5
Statewide	1288	28	na	0/1,288	0%	na	20/1,288	2%	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	134	22	6	194	16.5	2	134	13.5	2	62/194	32%	5	7/16	44%	5.0
Region 2	58	24	4.5	68	12.3	5	58	13.9	1	19/68	28%	7	6/13	46%	4.0
Region 3	345	40	2	464	15.7	3	345	12.4	4	165/464	36%	3	27/58	47%	2.5
Region 4	290	25	3	376	9.8	7	290	8	7	161/376	43%	1	22/43	51%	1.0
Region 5	136	24	4.5	167	19.2	1	136	11.4	5	52/167	31%	6	10/25	40%	6.5
Region 6	203	41	1	206	10.9	6	203	9.3	6	69/206	33%	4	6/15	40%	6.5
Region 7	122	17	7	183	12.4	4	122	13.3	3	70/183	38%	2	16/34	47%	2.5
Statewide	1288	28	na	1658	14	na	1288	11.4	na	598/1,658	36%	na	94/204	46%	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
DHWRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	54/134	40%	2	41/134	31%	1.5	35/134	26%	1.5	9/35	26%	3	26/78	33%	5.0	17/53	32%	2	22/57	39%	5.0
Region 2	24/58	41%	1	11/58	19%	4.0	8/58	14%	5.0	3/8	38%	2	9/24	38%	1.0	4/17	24%	6	8/17	47%	4.0
Region 3	133/345	39%	3	93/345	27%	3.0	76/345	22%	3.0	14/76	18%	4	72/202	36%	2.5	50/150	33%	1	47/127	37%	6.5
Region 4	71/290	24%	7	50/290	17%	5.0	41/290	14%	5.0	5/41	12%	6	42/123	34%	4.0	18/64	28%	4	55/114	48%	3.0
Region 5	50/136	37%	4	42/136	31%	1.5	35/136	26%	1.5	6/35	17%	5	33/91	36%	2.5	15/49	31%	3	23/63	37%	6.5
Region 6	50/203	25%	6	32/203	16%	6.0	29/203	14%	5.0	3/29	10%	7	16/53	30%	6.0	6/28	21%	7	31/56	55%	2.0
Region 7	36/122	30%	5	16/122	13%	7.0	15/122	12%	7.0	9/15	60%	1	13/45	29%	7.0	7/26	27%	5	29/50	58%	1.0
Statewide	418/1,288	32%	na	285/1,288	22%	na	239/1,288	19%	na	49/239	21%	na	211/616	34%	na	117/387	30%	na	215/484	44%	na

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