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
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	62452	na	156	25	4	128	20	6	137	22	6	231	50280	8106	6	36309	5853	6	69211	11082	5
Region 2	24266	na	60	25	4	56	23	4.5	62	26	3	97	23010	9574	3	19060	7931	3	29980	12355	4
Region 3	85909	na	352	41	1	352	41	1	339	39.3	1	566	123906	14463	1	79182	9243	1	197233	22958	1
Region 4	117182	na	285	24	6	314	27	3	299	25.2	4	618	108629	9211	4	77053	6534	4	127777	10904	6
Region 5	56979	na	141	25	4	129	23	4.5	134	23.6	5	217	48976	8604	5	34855	6123	5	80484	14125	3
Region 6	50213	na	187	38	2	179	36	2	192	38.3	2	296	70232	14032	2	46129	9216	2	90045	17933	2
Region 7	70637	na	143	20	7	122	17	7	116	16.5	7	237	42775	6069	7	27808	3946	7	49682	7033	7
Statewide	467638	na	1324	28	na	1280	27	na	1280	27.4	na	2262	467808	10015	na	320396	6859	na	644412	13780	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Region 1	128	20	6	0	0	4	11	1.8	7	16	2.6	2	3	0.5	1
Region 2	56	23	4.5	0	0	4	20	8.2	1	2	0.8	7	1	0.4	2.5
Region 3	352	41	1	0	0	4	63	7.3	2	21	2.4	3.5	3	0.3	4
Region 4	314	27	3	0	0	4	39	3.3	5	20	1.7	5	2	0.2	6
Region 5	129	23	4.5	0	0	4	26	4.6	4	16	2.8	1	1	0.2	6
Region 6	179	36	2	0	0	4	31	6.2	3	7	1.4	6	1	0.2	6
Region 7	122	17	7	0	0	4	20	2.8	6	17	2.4	3.5	3	0.4	2.5
Statewide	1280	27	na	0	0	na	210	4.5	na	99	2.1	na	14	0.3	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
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	128	20	6	79/128	62%	1.0	22/128	17%	6.0	0/128	0%	5.5	0/128	0%	4.5	11/128	9%	7	12/128	9%	5.0	0/128	0%	4.5	4/128	3%	5.0
Region 2	56	23	4.5	29/56	52%	2.0	5/56	9%	7.0	0/56	0%	5.5	1/56	2%	1.0	19/56	34%	1	0/56	0%	7.0	1/56	2%	1.0	1/56	2%	6.5
Region 3	352	41	1	163/352	46%	6.5	62/352	18%	5.0	1/352	0%	5.5	0/352	0%	4.5	63/352	18%	3	50/352	14%	1.5	0/352	0%	4.5	13/352	4%	3.5
Region 4	314	27	3	149/314	47%	5.0	64/314	20%	2.5	4/314	1%	2.0	0/314	0%	4.5	39/314	12%	6	45/314	14%	1.5	0/314	0%	4.5	13/314	4%	3.5
Region 5	129	23	4.5	59/129	46%	6.5	24/129	19%	4.0	0/129	0%	5.5	0/129	0%	4.5	26/129	20%	2	14/129	11%	3.0	0/129	0%	4.5	6/129	5%	1.5
Region 6	179	36	2	87/179	49%	3.5	40/179	22%	1.0	2/179	1%	2.0	0/179	0%	4.5	31/179	17%	4	16/179	9%	5.0	0/179	0%	4.5	3/179	2%	6.5
Region 7	122	17	7	60/122	49%	3.5	24/122	20%	2.5	1/122	1%	2.0	0/122	0%	4.5	20/122	16%	5	11/122	9%	5.0	0/122	0%	4.5	6/122	5%	1.5
Statewide	1280	27	na	626/1,280	49%	na	241/1,280	19%	na	8/1,280	1%	na	1/1,280	0%	na	209/1,280	16%	na	148/1,280	12%	na	1/1,280	0%	na	46/1,280	4%	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
DHWRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	19/285	6.67%	6	1/285	0.35%	2	0/285	0.00%	5	1/285	0.35%	1.0
Region 2	10/110	9.09%	1	0/110	0.00%	6	0/110	0.00%	5	0/110	0.00%	4.5
Region 3	16/665	2.41%	7	2/665	0.30%	3	0/665	0.00%	5	0/665	0.00%	4.5
Region 4	47/639	7.36%	4	4/639	0.63%	1	4/639	0.63%	1	0/639	0.00%	4.5
Region 5	19/245	7.76%	3	0/245	0.00%	6	0/245	0.00%	5	0/245	0.00%	4.5
Region 6	25/365	6.85%	5	1/365	0.27%	4	1/365	0.27%	2	0/365	0.00%	4.5
Region 7	23/279	8.24%	2	0/279	0.00%	6	0/279	0.00%	5	0/279	0.00%	4.5
Statewide	159/2,588	6.14%	na	8/2,588	0.31%	na	5/2,588	0.19%	na	1/2,588	0.04%	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Per 1K Days	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	128	20	6	10/11	91%	2	69/10,531	6.6	5.0	53/183	29%	6.0	107/183	58%	2.0	23/183	13%	3.0
Region 2	56	23	4.5	17/20	85%	4	42/6,390	6.6	5.0	16/91	18%	7.0	58/91	64%	1.0	17/91	19%	1.0
Region 3	352	41	1	51/63	81%	5	248/30,242	8.2	1.0	192/605	32%	4.5	334/605	55%	3.5	79/605	13%	3.0
Region 4	314	27	3	30/39	77%	6	324/43,622	7.4	2.5	258/634	41%	2.0	307/634	48%	6.0	69/634	11%	7.0
Region 5	129	23	4.5	25/26	96%	1	74/10,049	7.4	2.5	95/212	45%	1.0	91/212	43%	7.0	26/212	12%	5.5
Region 6	179	36	2	27/31	87%	3	117/17,670	6.6	5.0	111/295	38%	3.0	148/295	50%	5.0	36/295	12%	5.5
Region 7	122	17	7	15/20	75%	7	67/12,477	5.4	7.0	61/191	32%	4.5	105/191	55%	3.5	25/191	13%	3.0
Statewide	1280	27	na	175/210	83%	na	941/130,981	7.2	na	786/2,211	36%	na	1,150/2,211	52%	na	275/2,211	12%	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	128	20	6	0/128	0%	4	2/128	2%	6.5
Region 2	56	23	4.5	0/56	0%	4	1/56	2%	6.5
Region 3	352	41	1	0/352	0%	4	12/352	3%	5.0
Region 4	314	27	3	0/314	0%	4	11/314	4%	3.5
Region 5	129	23	4.5	0/129	0%	4	13/129	10%	1.0
Region 6	179	36	2	0/179	0%	4	16/179	9%	2.0
Region 7	122	17	7	0/122	0%	4	5/122	4%	3.5
Statewide	1280	27	na	0/1,280	0%	na	60/1,280	5%	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
DHWRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	128	20	6	156	16.3	2	128	12.8	3.5	70/156	45%	3	9/14	64%	4
Region 2	56	23	4.5	60	14.2	4	56	11.9	5	24/60	40%	4	7/9	78%	1
Region 3	352	41	1	352	16.4	1	352	12.8	3.5	134/352	38%	5	17/31	55%	5
Region 4	314	27	3	285	11.7	5	314	8.5	6	152/285	53%	1	16/22	73%	3
Region 5	129	23	4.5	141	16	3	129	14.2	1	50/141	35%	7	13/17	76%	2
Region 6	179	36	2	187	8.4	7	179	13.1	2	68/187	36%	6	1/4	25%	7
Region 7	122	17	7	143	11.4	6	122	6.9	7	75/143	52%	2	12/23	52%	6
Statewide	1280	27	na	1324	12.6	na	1280	11	na	573/1,324	43%	na	75/120	62%	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
DHWRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Region 1	54/128	42%	1	31/128	24%	4.0	24/128	19%	4	6/24	25%	2.0	28/63	44%	5.5	13/34	38%	4	24/62	39%	7
Region 2	21/56	38%	2	17/56	30%	1.0	16/56	29%	1	2/16	12%	6.0	11/18	61%	1.0	7/12	58%	1	12/16	75%	1
Region 3	116/352	33%	4	89/352	25%	3.0	79/352	22%	3	15/79	19%	5.0	74/158	47%	3.0	41/106	39%	3	43/102	42%	5
Region 4	69/314	22%	7	43/314	14%	7.0	40/314	13%	7	9/40	22%	3.5	38/86	44%	5.5	22/63	35%	5	54/104	52%	3
Region 5	48/129	37%	3	34/129	26%	2.0	32/129	25%	2	7/32	22%	3.5	29/64	45%	4.0	20/46	43%	2	24/59	41%	6
Region 6	54/179	30%	5	33/179	18%	5.5	29/179	16%	6	3/29	10%	7.0	12/46	26%	7.0	7/24	29%	6	32/69	46%	4
Region 7	33/122	27%	6	22/122	18%	5.5	22/122	18%	5	12/22	55%	1.0	18/37	49%	2.0	1/18	6%	7	26/48	54%	2
Statewide	395/1,280	31%	na	269/1,280	21%	na	242/1,280	19%	na	54/242	22%	na	210/472	44%	na	111/303	37%	na	215/460	47%	na

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