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

Children Removed to Foster Care
During April 2025 through March 2026

	Total Removals to Foster Care			Average Monthly Removals to Foster Care			Reentries to Foster Care			Reentries to Foster Care within 12 months of Previous Discharge			Discharged within 1 Month of April 2025 through February 2026 Removal			Permanence within 12 months of April 2024 through March 2025 Removal			IV-E Reimbursed in Removal Cohort (excludes latest 6 months)
DCPSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Service Area 1	346	30.9	6	28.8	2.6	6	22/346	6.4%	7	10/346	2.9%	6	38/326	12%	3.0	177/330	54%	2.0	37/163	23%	7
Service Area 2	396	53.9	1.5	33	4.5	1.5	72/396	18.2%	2	48/396	12.1%	1	11/363	3%	5.0	165/413	40%	4.0	76/209	36%	3
Service Area 3	173	14.3	7	14.4	1.2	7	24/173	13.9%	5	11/173	6.4%	3	22/163	13%	2.0	113/250	45%	3.0	22/82	27%	6
Service Area 4	291	37.6	5	24.2	3.1	5	58/291	19.9%	1	11/291	3.8%	5	6/264	2%	6.5	111/329	34%	6.5	50/151	33%	4
Service Area 5	416	53.9	1.5	34.7	4.5	1.5	74/416	17.8%	3	36/416	8.7%	2	53/367	14%	1.0	250/383	65%	1.0	46/166	28%	5
Service Area 6	362	38.9	3	30.2	3.2	3.5	46/362	12.7%	6	18/362	5.0%	4	14/322	4%	4.0	175/459	38%	5.0	88/159	55%	1
Service Area 7	437	38.6	4	36.4	3.2	3.5	70/437	16.0%	4	11/437	2.5%	7	9/384	2%	6.5	144/423	34%	6.5	59/161	37%	2
Statewide	2421	36.3	na	201.8	3	na	366/2,421	15.1%	na	145/2,421	6.0%	na	153/2,189	7%	na	1,135/2,587	44%	na	378/1,091	35%	na

	Total Removals to Foster Care			Removals for Neglect			Removals for Caretaker Drug or Alcohol Use			Removals for Physical Abuse			Removals for Caretaker Inability to Cope			Removals for Inadequate Housing			Removals for Incarceration			Removals for Child Behavior			Removals for Abandonment			Removals for Sexual Abuse
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	Count	Percent	Rank
Service Area 1	346	30.9	6	212/346	61%	7.0	117/346	34%	5.5	33/346	10%	3.0	27/346	8%	7	40/346	12%	7	25/346	7%	5.5	8/346	2%	4.5	32/346	9%	4.0	17/346	5%	3.0
Service Area 2	396	53.9	1.5	296/396	75%	1.5	196/396	49%	1.0	32/396	8%	5.0	56/396	14%	3	57/396	14%	5	33/396	8%	3.5	6/396	2%	4.5	30/396	8%	5.0	8/396	2%	6.5
Service Area 3	173	14.3	7	120/173	69%	5.0	51/173	29%	7.0	11/173	6%	6.5	15/173	9%	6	22/173	13%	6	16/173	9%	2.0	11/173	6%	1.0	18/173	10%	3.0	9/173	5%	3.0
Service Area 4	291	37.6	5	207/291	71%	4.0	137/291	47%	2.0	17/291	6%	6.5	53/291	18%	2	71/291	24%	2	19/291	7%	5.5	6/291	2%	4.5	8/291	3%	7.0	6/291	2%	6.5
Service Area 5	416	53.9	1.5	273/416	66%	6.0	141/416	34%	5.5	56/416	13%	2.0	40/416	10%	5	64/416	15%	4	20/416	5%	7.0	14/416	3%	2.0	25/416	6%	6.0	27/416	6%	1.0
Service Area 6	362	38.9	3	267/362	74%	3.0	148/362	41%	4.0	32/362	9%	4.0	47/362	13%	4	70/362	19%	3	28/362	8%	3.5	9/362	2%	4.5	45/362	12%	1.5	16/362	4%	5.0
Service Area 7	437	38.6	4	328/437	75%	1.5	200/437	46%	3.0	61/437	14%	1.0	117/437	27%	1	111/437	25%	1	45/437	10%	1.0	3/437	1%	7.0	51/437	12%	1.5	21/437	5%	3.0
Statewide	2421	36.3	na	1,703/2,421	70%	na	990/2,421	41%	na	242/2,421	10%	na	355/2,421	15%	na	435/2,421	18%	na	186/2,421	8%	na	57/2,421	2%	na	209/2,421	9%	na	104/2,421	4%	na

	Total Removals to Foster Care			Removals to Non-Relative Foster Care First Setting			Removals to Relative Foster Care First Setting			Removals to Pre-Adoptive Home First Setting			Removals to Group Home First Setting			Removals to Institution First Setting			Removals to Home Visit First Setting			Removals to Runaway First Setting			Removals to ILP First Setting
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	346	30.9	6	44/194	23%	6.5	73/194	38%	5	0/194	0%	4	4/194	2%	3	2/194	1%	5	66/194	34%	1	5/194	3%	1.0	0/194	0%	4.5
Service Area 2	396	53.9	1.5	64/236	27%	4.0	130/236	55%	2	0/236	0%	4	3/236	1%	5	2/236	1%	5	36/236	15%	6	1/236	0%	6.0	0/236	0%	4.5
Service Area 3	173	14.3	7	32/89	36%	1.0	17/89	19%	7	0/89	0%	4	6/89	7%	1	5/89	6%	1	27/89	30%	3	1/89	1%	3.5	1/89	1%	1.0
Service Area 4	291	37.6	5	42/182	23%	6.5	102/182	56%	1	0/182	0%	4	0/182	0%	7	1/182	1%	5	37/182	20%	4	0/182	0%	6.0	0/182	0%	4.5
Service Area 5	416	53.9	1.5	68/266	26%	5.0	96/266	36%	6	1/266	0%	4	11/266	4%	2	2/266	1%	5	82/266	31%	2	5/266	2%	2.0	1/266	0%	4.5
Service Area 6	362	38.9	3	66/220	30%	3.0	108/220	49%	4	0/220	0%	4	3/220	1%	5	3/220	1%	5	39/220	18%	5	1/220	0%	6.0	0/220	0%	4.5
Service Area 7	437	38.6	4	69/220	31%	2.0	113/220	51%	3	0/220	0%	4	3/220	1%	5	5/220	2%	2	26/220	12%	7	3/220	1%	3.5	1/220	0%	4.5
Statewide	2421	36.3	na	385/1,407	27%	na	639/1,407	45%	na	1/1,407	0%	na	30/1,407	2%	na	20/1,407	1%	na	313/1,407	22%	na	16/1,407	1%	na	3/1,407	0%	na