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
DCPSRegion	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
Service Area 1	111482	na	474	42	6	516	46	6	505	45.2	6	820	184046	16417	6	98588	8794	6	331348	29722	5
Service Area 2	73379	na	614	83	1	638	87	1	610	83	1	1010	222487	30265	1	92970	12647	1	291921	39783	2
Service Area 3	120308	na	414	34	7	379	32	7	401	33.2	7	587	147093	12159	7	105110	8689	7	279148	23203	7
Service Area 4	77112	na	583	75	2	566	73	2	580	75	2	874	212227	27446	2	78220	10116	5	340553	44163	1
Service Area 5	76804	na	488	63	5	416	54	5	432	55.9	5	904	159005	20616	5	78582	10189	4	205273	26727	6
Service Area 6	92825	na	692	74	3	605	65	3.5	619	66.5	3	1054	227724	24471	3	104943	11277	2	311453	33553	3
Service Area 7	112968	na	733	64	4	735	65	3.5	698	61.7	4	1170	255377	22542	4	116396	10274	3	366064	32404	4
Statewide	664878	na	3998	60	na	3855	58	na	3845	57.7	na	6419	1407959	21096	na	674809	10111	na	2125760	31972	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
DCPSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Service Area 1	516	46	6	318858	28443	6	62	5.6	4.5	43	3.9	6	12	1.1	5
Service Area 2	638	87	1	451733	61449	1	52	7.1	2	89	12.1	1	8	1.1	5
Service Area 3	379	32	7	288529	23851	7	62	5.2	6	35	2.9	7	13	1.1	5
Service Area 4	566	73	2	388434	50234	2	38	4.9	7	89	11.5	2	13	1.7	1.5
Service Area 5	416	54	5	257622	33403	5	51	6.6	3	54	7	5	5	0.7	7
Service Area 6	605	65	3.5	438868	47160	3	52	5.6	4.5	104	11.2	3	15	1.6	3
Service Area 7	735	65	3.5	522522	46122	4	82	7.3	1	122	10.8	4	19	1.7	1.5
Statewide	3855	58	na	2666565	39955	na	399	6	na	536	8.1	na	85	1.3	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
DCPSRegion	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
Service Area 1	516	46	6	234/516	45%	2.0	135/516	26%	6	1/516	0%	4	29/516	6%	3	33/516	6%	1.5	69/516	13%	1.5	7/516	1%	2.5	8/516	2%	3
Service Area 2	638	87	1	198/638	31%	6.0	319/638	50%	2	1/638	0%	4	31/638	5%	5	21/638	3%	6.5	58/638	9%	4.5	0/638	0%	5.5	10/638	2%	3
Service Area 3	379	32	7	207/379	55%	1.0	50/379	13%	7	0/379	0%	4	45/379	12%	1	17/379	4%	4.5	36/379	9%	4.5	8/379	2%	1.0	16/379	4%	1
Service Area 4	566	73	2	170/566	30%	7.0	294/566	52%	1	2/566	0%	4	23/566	4%	7	15/566	3%	6.5	54/566	10%	3.0	0/566	0%	5.5	8/566	1%	6
Service Area 5	416	54	5	161/416	39%	5.0	140/416	34%	5	2/416	0%	4	31/416	7%	2	20/416	5%	3.0	55/416	13%	1.5	0/416	0%	5.5	7/416	2%	3
Service Area 6	605	65	3.5	244/605	40%	3.5	248/605	41%	4	3/605	0%	4	29/605	5%	5	23/605	4%	4.5	47/605	8%	6.0	2/605	0%	5.5	9/605	1%	6
Service Area 7	735	65	3.5	295/735	40%	3.5	306/735	42%	3	0/735	0%	4	40/735	5%	5	42/735	6%	1.5	35/735	5%	7.0	6/735	1%	2.5	11/735	1%	6
Statewide	3855	58	na	1,509/3,855	39%	na	1,492/3,855	39%	na	9/3,855	0%	na	228/3,855	6%	na	171/3,855	4%	na	354/3,855	9%	na	23/3,855	1%	na	69/3,855	2%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Care during September 2024 through August 2025			Children Victimized in Care during September 2024 through August 2025			Children Victimized in Care during September 2024 through August 2025 by Parent			Children Victimized in Care during September 2024 through August 2025 by Foster Parent or Facility Staff
DCPSRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Service Area 1	65/820	7.93%	3	28/820	3.41%	1	14/820	1.71%	1	7/820	0.85%	1
Service Area 2	98/1,008	9.72%	1	17/1,008	1.69%	6	4/1,008	0.40%	7	8/1,008	0.79%	2
Service Area 3	31/614	5.05%	7	11/614	1.79%	5	5/614	0.81%	5	3/614	0.49%	4
Service Area 4	49/922	5.31%	6	20/922	2.17%	3	11/922	1.19%	2	2/922	0.22%	7
Service Area 5	56/928	6.03%	4	15/928	1.62%	7	7/928	0.75%	6	4/928	0.43%	5
Service Area 6	58/1,059	5.48%	5	21/1,059	1.98%	4	12/1,059	1.13%	3	4/1,059	0.38%	6
Service Area 7	96/1,148	8.36%	2	31/1,148	2.70%	2	10/1,148	0.87%	4	7/1,148	0.61%	3
Statewide	453/6,499	6.97%	na	143/6,499	2.20%	na	63/6,499	0.97%	na	35/6,499	0.54%	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
DCPSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Per 1K Days	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Service Area 1	516	46	6	57/62	92%	1.0	350/52,374	6.7	2.0	166/368	45%	6.0	141/368	38%	1.0	61/368	17%	4.0
Service Area 2	638	87	1	41/52	79%	4.5	304/69,068	4.4	6.0	207/420	49%	4.5	149/420	35%	2.5	64/420	15%	5.5
Service Area 3	379	32	7	53/62	85%	2.0	214/25,274	8.5	1.0	114/262	44%	7.0	92/262	35%	2.5	56/262	21%	1.0
Service Area 4	566	73	2	32/38	84%	3.0	178/48,210	3.7	7.0	208/402	52%	3.0	135/402	34%	4.0	59/402	15%	5.5
Service Area 5	416	54	5	35/51	69%	6.0	285/51,699	5.5	4.5	188/336	56%	1.0	101/336	30%	6.0	47/336	14%	7.0
Service Area 6	605	65	3.5	41/52	79%	4.5	284/51,584	5.5	4.5	275/520	53%	2.0	153/520	29%	7.0	92/520	18%	3.0
Service Area 7	735	65	3.5	54/82	66%	7.0	381/61,998	6.1	3.0	216/440	49%	4.5	142/440	32%	5.0	82/440	19%	2.0
Statewide	3855	58	na	313/399	78%	na	1,996/360,207	5.5	na	1,374/2,748	50%	na	913/2,748	33%	na	461/2,748	17%	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
DCPSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Service Area 1	516	46	6	121/516	23%	7.0	0/516	0%	4
Service Area 2	638	87	1	202/638	32%	4.5	0/638	0%	4
Service Area 3	379	32	7	93/379	25%	6.0	0/379	0%	4
Service Area 4	566	73	2	258/566	46%	1.0	0/566	0%	4
Service Area 5	416	54	5	133/416	32%	4.5	0/416	0%	4
Service Area 6	605	65	3.5	260/605	43%	2.0	0/605	0%	4
Service Area 7	735	65	3.5	247/735	34%	3.0	0/735	0%	4
Statewide	3855	58	na	1,314/3,855	34%	na	0/3,855	0%	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
DCPSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Service Area 1	516	46	6	474	12.2	3	516	12.9	3	186/474	39%	6	23/51	45%	6
Service Area 2	638	87	1	614	9.6	7	638	11.2	6	285/614	46%	4	50/90	56%	5
Service Area 3	379	32	7	414	14.8	1	379	18.6	1	124/414	30%	7	14/37	38%	7
Service Area 4	566	73	2	583	12.8	2	566	16.2	2	231/583	40%	5	48/74	65%	4
Service Area 5	416	54	5	488	10.6	6	416	9.6	7	287/488	59%	1	65/96	68%	1
Service Area 6	605	65	3.5	692	10.8	5	605	12.8	4	355/692	51%	2	69/103	67%	2
Service Area 7	735	65	3.5	733	11.6	4	735	11.3	5	355/733	48%	3	90/136	66%	3
Statewide	3855	58	na	3998	11.5	na	3855	12.4	na	1,823/3,998	46%	na	359/587	61%	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
DCPSRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Service Area 1	224/516	43%	3	155/516	30%	2.0	137/516	27%	2.0	28/137	20%	6	53/175	30%	6.0	37/145	26%	6.5	27/67	40%	5
Service Area 2	191/638	30%	6	109/638	17%	7.0	69/638	11%	6.5	28/69	41%	3	80/160	50%	4.0	43/94	46%	3.0	70/117	60%	2
Service Area 3	191/379	50%	1	146/379	39%	1.0	127/379	34%	1.0	19/127	15%	7	40/158	25%	7.0	27/102	26%	6.5	20/84	24%	7
Service Area 4	261/566	46%	2	161/566	28%	3.0	87/566	15%	5.0	29/87	33%	5	82/213	38%	5.0	56/143	39%	5.0	62/159	39%	6
Service Area 5	122/416	29%	7	91/416	22%	4.5	77/416	19%	3.0	36/77	47%	2	94/179	53%	2.5	53/112	47%	2.0	73/126	58%	3
Service Area 6	215/605	36%	4	136/605	22%	4.5	97/605	16%	4.0	36/97	37%	4	87/163	53%	2.5	54/122	44%	4.0	62/98	63%	1
Service Area 7	233/735	32%	5	138/735	19%	6.0	84/735	11%	6.5	46/84	55%	1	139/249	56%	1.0	79/157	50%	1.0	113/199	57%	4
Statewide	1,437/3,855	37%	na	936/3,855	24%	na	678/3,855	18%	na	222/678	33%	na	575/1,297	44%	na	349/875	40%	na	427/850	50%	na

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