Summary Measures: Children Removed to Foster Care During October 2023 through September 2024

Children Removed to Foster Care
During October 2023 through September 2024

	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 October 2023 through August 2024 Removal			Permanence within 12 months of October 2022 through September 2023 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	296	25.9	6	24.7	2.2	6	20/296	6.8%	7	4/296	1.4%	7	14/276	5%	3.0	20/100	20%	5	0/135	0%	4
Service Area 2	411	56.4	1	34.2	4.7	1	63/411	15.3%	3	16/411	3.9%	4	9/385	2%	6.5	51/222	23%	4	0/175	0%	4
Service Area 3	231	19.2	7	19.2	1.6	7	59/231	25.5%	1	14/231	6.1%	2	34/219	16%	1.0	32/129	25%	3	0/103	0%	4
Service Area 4	332	43.3	4	27.7	3.6	4	46/332	13.9%	4	11/332	3.3%	5	5/298	2%	6.5	50/281	18%	6	0/142	0%	4
Service Area 5	378	49.3	3	31.5	4.1	3	70/378	18.5%	2	24/378	6.3%	1	50/351	14%	2.0	59/218	27%	1	0/174	0%	4
Service Area 6	472	51	2	39.3	4.2	2	61/472	12.9%	5	28/472	5.9%	3	12/450	3%	5.0	53/200	26%	2	0/212	0%	4
Service Area 7	405	35.7	5	33.8	3	5	48/405	11.9%	6	11/405	2.7%	6	15/393	4%	4.0	41/303	14%	7	0/178	0%	4
Statewide	2525	37.9	na	210.4	3.2	na	367/2,525	14.5%	na	108/2,525	4.3%	na	139/2,372	6%	na	306/1,453	21%	na	0/1,119	0%	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	296	25.9	6	210/296	71%	5	72/296	24%	6	38/296	13%	4	30/296	10%	7.0	37/296	12%	7	20/296	7%	5.0	27/296	9%	1.0	16/296	5%	5	14/296	5%	5.0
Service Area 2	411	56.4	1	282/411	69%	6	229/411	56%	1	34/411	8%	7	67/411	16%	3.5	85/411	21%	3	32/411	8%	4.0	6/411	1%	7.0	27/411	7%	3	9/411	2%	7.0
Service Area 3	231	19.2	7	143/231	62%	7	49/231	21%	7	35/231	15%	2	27/231	12%	5.0	34/231	15%	6	23/231	10%	2.0	11/231	5%	3.0	38/231	16%	1	17/231	7%	2.5
Service Area 4	332	43.3	4	254/332	77%	1	152/332	46%	4	45/332	14%	3	54/332	16%	3.5	64/332	19%	4	29/332	9%	3.0	22/332	7%	2.0	10/332	3%	7	23/332	7%	2.5
Service Area 5	378	49.3	3	274/378	72%	4	116/378	31%	5	61/378	16%	1	42/378	11%	6.0	59/378	16%	5	20/378	5%	6.5	9/378	2%	5.5	18/378	5%	5	10/378	3%	6.0
Service Area 6	472	51	2	347/472	74%	3	226/472	48%	3	54/472	11%	5	101/472	21%	2.0	129/472	27%	1	24/472	5%	6.5	11/472	2%	5.5	23/472	5%	5	31/472	7%	2.5
Service Area 7	405	35.7	5	308/405	76%	2	215/405	53%	2	39/405	10%	6	112/405	28%	1.0	107/405	26%	2	64/405	16%	1.0	13/405	3%	4.0	46/405	11%	2	27/405	7%	2.5
Statewide	2525	37.9	na	1,818/2,525	72%	na	1,059/2,525	42%	na	306/2,525	12%	na	433/2,525	17%	na	515/2,525	20%	na	212/2,525	8%	na	99/2,525	4%	na	178/2,525	7%	na	131/2,525	5%	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	296	25.9	6	93/296	31%	3.5	90/296	30%	5.0	1/296	0%	4.5	9/296	3%	5	22/296	7%	1.5	76/296	26%	2.0	5/296	2%	1.5	0/296	0%	4.5
Service Area 2	411	56.4	1	122/411	30%	5.5	195/411	47%	2.5	1/411	0%	4.5	17/411	4%	3	11/411	3%	7.0	65/411	16%	6.0	0/411	0%	5.5	0/411	0%	4.5
Service Area 3	231	19.2	7	104/231	45%	1.0	26/231	11%	7.0	0/231	0%	4.5	32/231	14%	1	14/231	6%	3.0	49/231	21%	3.0	5/231	2%	1.5	1/231	0%	4.5
Service Area 4	332	43.3	4	68/332	20%	7.0	169/332	51%	1.0	3/332	1%	1.0	9/332	3%	5	24/332	7%	1.5	57/332	17%	4.5	1/332	0%	5.5	1/332	0%	4.5
Service Area 5	378	49.3	3	112/378	30%	5.5	95/378	25%	6.0	0/378	0%	4.5	18/378	5%	2	15/378	4%	5.0	132/378	35%	1.0	4/378	1%	3.0	2/378	1%	1.0
Service Area 6	472	51	2	156/472	33%	2.0	222/472	47%	2.5	2/472	0%	4.5	16/472	3%	5	17/472	4%	5.0	56/472	12%	7.0	1/472	0%	5.5	2/472	0%	4.5
Service Area 7	405	35.7	5	124/405	31%	3.5	186/405	46%	4.0	0/405	0%	4.5	8/405	2%	7	15/405	4%	5.0	69/405	17%	4.5	1/405	0%	5.5	2/405	0%	4.5
Statewide	2525	37.9	na	779/2,525	31%	na	983/2,525	39%	na	7/2,525	0%	na	109/2,525	4%	na	118/2,525	5%	na	504/2,525	20%	na	17/2,525	1%	na	8/2,525	0%	na