Summary Measures: Children in Foster Care During October 2017 through September 2018

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	Children in Region on September 30 2018	AIAN Children on AIAN Lands in Region on September 30 2018	Children in Care on September 30 2017			Children in Care on September 30 2018			Average Daily Children in Care			Total Out of Home Placement-Days on September 30 2018			Total Children Served in Foster Care During October 2017 through September 2018	Total Days Children Spent in Foster Care During October 2017 through September 2018			Total Days Children Spent Out of Home During October 2017 through September 2018
DCSRegion	Count	Count	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Davidson	155351	na	577	38	10.5	626	40	10	605	39.2	10	279631	18000	8	1075	220289	14272	10	216946	14056	10
East	168787	na	1412	84	2	1539	91	2	1466	86.9	2	625235	37043	2	2583	533875	31673	2	524893	31140	2
Hamilton	79156	na	340	43	9	342	43	9	357	45.1	8	195430	24689	7	565	130526	16562	8	129165	16390	8
Knox	101885	na	764	76	3	757	74	5.5	773	76.1	4	295622	29015	6	1371	282131	27798	4	276249	27218	4
Mid Cumberland	341391	na	1156	34	12	1104	32	12	1156	33.9	12	449524	13167	12	2106	423495	12504	12	416063	12285	12
Northeast	104946	na	790	75	4	792	75	4	802	76.4	3	357695	34084	4	1372	293184	27943	3	287841	27434	3
Northwest	56431	na	267	47	7	284	50	7	280	49.5	7	101320	17955	9	557	102388	18120	7	98773	17481	7
Shelby	250469	na	948	38	10.5	950	38	11	940	37.7	11	417469	16667	11	1652	343216	13720	11	342231	13680	11
South Central	95496	na	703	74	5	739	77	3	724	75.9	5	284723	29815	5	1301	263534	27651	5	257934	27063	5
Southeast	75938	na	522	69	6	560	74	5.5	552	72.9	6	268717	35386	3	941	201197	26556	6	198568	26209	6
Southwest	91190	na	402	44	8	397	44	8	396	43.6	9	153543	16838	10	755	145499	15952	9	142573	15632	9
Upper Cumberland	77096	na	757	99	1	803	104	1	800	104	1	306264	39725	1	1433	291574	37880	1	286641	37239	1
Statewide	1598136	na	8638	54	na	8893	56	na	8849	55.6	na	3735173	23372	na	15711	3230908	20285	na	3177877	19952	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	Children in Care on September 30 2018			Average Monthly Foster Care Costs During October 2017 through September 2018			Children in Congregate Settings on September 30 2018			Children In Care with Both TPRs on September 30 2018			17-Year-Olds In Care with Both TPRs on September 30 2018
DCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank
Davidson	626	40	10	1810045	117270	9	147	9.5	7	62	4	9	13	0.8	9
East	1539	91	2	3968120	235415	1	273	16.2	1	244	14.5	1	50	3	2
Hamilton	342	43	9	1012699	128500	8	65	8.2	9.5	47	5.9	7	11	1.4	4.5
Knox	757	74	5.5	1880278	185260	6	137	13.4	4	113	11.1	4	15	1.5	3
Mid Cumberland	1104	32	12	3247060	95872	11	188	5.5	11	124	3.6	10	21	0.6	11.5
Northeast	792	75	4	2255236	214946	4	134	12.8	5	128	12.2	3	12	1.1	7
Northwest	284	50	7	746957	132195	7	46	8.2	9.5	30	5.3	8	4	0.7	10
Shelby	950	38	11	2268412	90676	12	132	5.3	12	62	2.5	11	15	0.6	11.5
South Central	739	77	3	2072745	217479	3	136	14.2	3	69	7.2	6	11	1.2	6
Southeast	560	74	5.5	1426999	188350	5	79	10.4	6	67	8.8	5	11	1.4	4.5
Southwest	397	44	8	920849	100961	10	81	8.9	8	22	2.4	12	8	0.9	8
Upper Cumberland	803	104	1	1710325	222198	2	116	15	2	98	12.7	2	24	3.1	1
Statewide	8893	56	na	23319724	146413	na	1534	9.6	na	1066	6.7	na	195	1.2	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	Children in Care on September 30 2018			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
DCSRegion	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
Davidson	626	40	10	296/626	47%	12.0	86/626	14%	3.0	7/626	1%	9.0	46/626	7%	11.0	101/626	16%	1.0	46/626	7%	6.0	19/626	3%	2.0	25/626	4%	2
East	1539	91	2	913/1,539	59%	7.5	153/1,539	10%	7.5	52/1,539	3%	3.5	175/1,539	11%	1.5	98/1,539	6%	10.5	99/1,539	6%	8.0	20/1,539	1%	8.5	29/1,539	2%	9
Hamilton	342	43	9	208/342	61%	3.5	38/342	11%	5.5	6/342	2%	6.0	29/342	8%	9.0	36/342	11%	2.5	9/342	3%	11.5	5/342	1%	8.5	11/342	3%	5
Knox	757	74	5.5	467/757	62%	1.5	35/757	5%	12.0	26/757	3%	3.5	71/757	9%	5.5	66/757	9%	6.5	65/757	9%	3.5	12/757	2%	3.5	15/757	2%	9
Mid Cumberland	1104	32	12	674/1,104	61%	3.5	76/1,104	7%	11.0	23/1,104	2%	6.0	91/1,104	8%	9.0	97/1,104	9%	6.5	97/1,104	9%	3.5	11/1,104	1%	8.5	35/1,104	3%	5
Northeast	792	75	4	464/792	59%	7.5	91/792	11%	5.5	37/792	5%	1.0	71/792	9%	5.5	63/792	8%	8.0	40/792	5%	9.5	15/792	2%	3.5	11/792	1%	12
Northwest	284	50	7	150/284	53%	10.0	29/284	10%	7.5	1/284	0%	11.5	28/284	10%	3.0	18/284	6%	10.5	46/284	16%	1.0	2/284	1%	8.5	10/284	4%	2
Shelby	950	38	11	528/950	56%	9.0	172/950	18%	2.0	11/950	1%	9.0	41/950	4%	12.0	91/950	10%	4.5	27/950	3%	11.5	47/950	5%	1.0	33/950	3%	5
South Central	739	77	3	441/739	60%	5.5	65/739	9%	9.5	3/739	0%	11.5	58/739	8%	9.0	78/739	11%	2.5	73/739	10%	2.0	9/739	1%	8.5	12/739	2%	9
Southeast	560	74	5.5	345/560	62%	1.5	72/560	13%	4.0	21/560	4%	2.0	48/560	9%	5.5	31/560	6%	10.5	27/560	5%	9.5	7/560	1%	8.5	9/560	2%	9
Southwest	397	44	8	239/397	60%	5.5	35/397	9%	9.5	3/397	1%	9.0	42/397	11%	1.5	39/397	10%	4.5	29/397	7%	6.0	2/397	1%	8.5	8/397	2%	9
Upper Cumberland	803	104	1	382/803	48%	11.0	195/803	24%	1.0	17/803	2%	6.0	70/803	9%	5.5	46/803	6%	10.5	53/803	7%	6.0	10/803	1%	8.5	30/803	4%	2
Statewide	8893	56	na	5,107/8,893	57%	na	1,047/8,893	12%	na	207/8,893	2%	na	770/8,893	9%	na	764/8,893	9%	na	611/8,893	7%	na	159/8,893	2%	na	228/8,893	3%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	Children Investigated for Maltreatment in Care during October 2015 through September 2016			Children Victimized in Care during October 2015 through September 2016			Children Victimized in Care during October 2015 through September 2016 by Parent			Children Victimized in Care during October 2015 through September 2016 by Foster Parent or Facility Staff
DCSRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Davidson	44/944	4.66%	10	5/944	0.53%	10	2/944	0.21%	8.5	0/944	0.00%	7.5
East	139/2,368	5.87%	7	19/2,368	0.80%	6	7/2,368	0.30%	6.0	0/2,368	0.00%	7.5
Hamilton	39/630	6.19%	3	3/630	0.48%	11	0/630	0.00%	11.5	0/630	0.00%	7.5
Knox	86/1,247	6.90%	1	11/1,247	0.88%	5	5/1,247	0.40%	2.0	0/1,247	0.00%	7.5
Mid Cumberland	123/2,104	5.85%	8	19/2,104	0.90%	4	8/2,104	0.38%	3.0	0/2,104	0.00%	7.5
Northeast	83/1,351	6.14%	4	9/1,351	0.67%	8	6/1,351	0.44%	1.0	0/1,351	0.00%	7.5
Northwest	23/591	3.89%	12	4/591	0.68%	7	1/591	0.17%	10.0	0/591	0.00%	7.5
Shelby	92/1,526	6.03%	6	17/1,526	1.11%	3	4/1,526	0.26%	7.0	0/1,526	0.00%	7.5
South Central	57/940	6.06%	5	12/940	1.28%	2	2/940	0.21%	8.5	1/940	0.11%	2.0
Southeast	42/953	4.41%	11	4/953	0.42%	12	3/953	0.31%	5.0	0/953	0.00%	7.5
Southwest	34/662	5.14%	9	4/662	0.60%	9	0/662	0.00%	11.5	2/662	0.30%	1.0
Upper Cumberland	104/1,525	6.82%	2	21/1,525	1.38%	1	5/1,525	0.33%	4.0	0/1,525	0.00%	7.5
Statewide	866/14,841	5.84%	na	128/14,841	0.86%	na	43/14,841	0.29%	na	3/14,841	0.02%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	Children in Care on September 30 2018			Children Over 12 in Group Settings on September 30 2018			Placement Moves During First 12 Months In Care per 1,000 Child-Days			Placements Moves Toward Permanency			Lateral Placements Moves			Placements Moves Away from Permanency
DCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Per 1K Days	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Davidson	626	40	10	131/147	89%	8.0	870/62,374	13.9	1	202/475	43%	10.0	189/475	40%	7.0	84/475	18%	1.0
East	1539	91	2	236/273	86%	11.5	1,358/162,619	8.4	5	473/1,041	45%	8.5	456/1,041	44%	3.0	112/1,041	11%	9.5
Hamilton	342	43	9	60/65	92%	6.0	277/33,577	8.2	7	87/233	37%	12.0	110/233	47%	2.0	36/233	15%	3.5
Knox	757	74	5.5	122/137	89%	8.0	708/90,150	7.9	8	259/573	45%	8.5	234/573	41%	4.5	80/573	14%	5.5
Mid Cumberland	1104	32	12	168/188	89%	8.0	1,385/125,542	11.0	2	462/935	49%	4.5	350/935	37%	9.5	123/935	13%	7.5
Northeast	792	75	4	115/134	86%	11.5	585/85,553	6.8	11	279/571	49%	4.5	229/571	40%	7.0	63/571	11%	9.5
Northwest	284	50	7	43/46	93%	5.0	287/38,229	7.5	10	145/235	62%	1.0	68/235	29%	12.0	22/235	9%	11.0
Shelby	950	38	11	126/132	95%	3.0	1,002/91,546	10.9	3	235/624	38%	11.0	301/624	48%	1.0	88/624	14%	5.5
South Central	739	77	3	118/136	87%	10.0	682/77,815	8.8	4	268/573	47%	6.5	214/573	37%	9.5	91/573	16%	2.0
Southeast	560	74	5.5	76/79	96%	1.0	432/57,094	7.6	9	191/403	47%	6.5	161/403	40%	7.0	51/403	13%	7.5
Southwest	397	44	8	77/81	95%	3.0	407/49,006	8.3	6	162/318	51%	2.0	129/318	41%	4.5	27/318	8%	12.0
Upper Cumberland	803	104	1	110/116	95%	3.0	609/98,110	6.2	12	281/566	50%	3.0	198/566	35%	11.0	87/566	15%	3.5
Statewide	8893	56	na	1,382/1,534	90%	na	8,602/971,615	8.9	na	3,044/6,547	46%	na	2,639/6,547	40%	na	864/6,547	13%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	Children in Care on September 30 2018			IV-E Reimbursement Rate, Children In Care on September 30 2018			Long Term Foster Care Plan Goal, Children In Care on September 30 2018
DCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Davidson	626	40	10	236/626	38%	10.0	19/626	3%	6.0
East	1539	91	2	647/1,539	42%	3.5	41/1,539	3%	6.0
Hamilton	342	43	9	146/342	43%	1.0	13/342	4%	3.0
Knox	757	74	5.5	300/757	40%	6.5	19/757	3%	6.0
Mid Cumberland	1104	32	12	347/1,104	31%	12.0	16/1,104	1%	12.0
Northeast	792	75	4	330/792	42%	3.5	18/792	2%	9.5
Northwest	284	50	7	108/284	38%	10.0	13/284	5%	1.0
Shelby	950	38	11	365/950	38%	10.0	40/950	4%	3.0
South Central	739	77	3	287/739	39%	8.0	15/739	2%	9.5
Southeast	560	74	5.5	238/560	42%	3.5	12/560	2%	9.5
Southwest	397	44	8	159/397	40%	6.5	9/397	2%	9.5
Upper Cumberland	803	104	1	341/803	42%	3.5	34/803	4%	3.0
Statewide	8893	56	na	3,504/8,893	39%	na	249/8,893	3%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	Children in Care on September 30 2018			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on September 30 2017			Median Length of Stay, Children In Care on September 30 2018			Permanency within 12 Months, Children In Care on September 30 2017			Permanency within 12 Months, Children with Both TPRs In Care on September 30 2017
DCSRegion	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Davidson	626	40	10	577	9.6	4	626	10	7	147/577	25%	12.0	15/57	26%	12.0
East	1539	91	2	1412	8.9	6.5	1539	10	7	474/1,412	34%	6.0	133/258	52%	2.5
Hamilton	342	43	9	340	12.5	1	342	14	1	100/340	29%	11.0	27/62	44%	7.5
Knox	757	74	5.5	764	8.4	10	757	8.4	10	328/764	43%	2.0	58/113	51%	4.0
Mid Cumberland	1104	32	12	1156	8.2	11	1104	10	7	385/1,156	33%	7.0	48/127	38%	10.0
Northeast	792	75	4	790	8.6	8.5	792	10.8	3	292/790	37%	4.0	60/126	48%	5.0
Northwest	284	50	7	267	10.9	3	284	6.8	12	117/267	44%	1.0	10/28	36%	11.0
Shelby	950	38	11	948	8.9	6.5	950	11.2	2	294/948	31%	10.0	31/74	42%	9.0
South Central	739	77	3	703	6.8	12	739	10.4	5	225/703	32%	8.5	43/82	52%	2.5
Southeast	560	74	5.5	522	11	2	560	10.7	4	169/522	32%	8.5	42/92	46%	6.0
Southwest	397	44	8	402	9.2	5	397	8.6	9	146/402	36%	5.0	25/40	62%	1.0
Upper Cumberland	803	104	1	757	8.6	8.5	803	8.2	11	296/757	39%	3.0	55/124	44%	7.5
Statewide	8893	56	na	8638	8.8	na	8893	9.8	na	2,973/8,638	34%	na	547/1,183	46%	na

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Children in Foster Care
During October 2017 through September 2018

	In Care Over 18 Months on September 30 2018			In Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2018			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2018			In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months with Both TPRs on September 30 2018			In Care Over 18 Months on September 30 2017 Permanent within 12 Months			In Care Over 24 Months on September 30 2017 Permanent within 12 Months			Entering 18th Month In Care during October 2016 through September 2017 Permanent within 12 Months
DCSRegion	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Davidson	199/626	32%	2.5	125/626	20%	3.0	106/626	17%	4.5	45/106	42%	6	28/159	18%	12.0	23/96	24%	12.0	18/130	14%	12.0
East	381/1,539	25%	7.0	233/1,539	15%	8.0	224/1,539	15%	7.0	113/224	50%	3	147/353	42%	3.0	90/223	40%	4.0	145/342	42%	2.5
Hamilton	137/342	40%	1.0	97/342	28%	1.0	90/342	26%	1.0	31/90	34%	10	38/117	32%	10.5	28/86	33%	8.0	24/82	29%	11.0
Knox	182/757	24%	8.5	99/757	13%	11.5	96/757	13%	9.0	44/96	46%	4	75/169	44%	1.5	46/111	41%	3.0	63/149	42%	2.5
Mid Cumberland	293/1,104	27%	6.0	190/1,104	17%	6.0	183/1,104	17%	4.5	73/183	40%	8	95/277	34%	9.0	60/190	32%	9.0	92/248	37%	7.5
Northeast	220/792	28%	5.0	140/792	18%	5.0	134/792	17%	4.5	60/134	45%	5	67/184	36%	7.5	32/115	28%	11.0	79/158	50%	1.0
Northwest	65/284	23%	10.5	42/284	15%	8.0	36/284	13%	9.0	22/36	61%	1	33/81	41%	4.0	16/47	34%	7.0	23/65	35%	9.5
Shelby	274/950	29%	4.0	184/950	19%	4.0	160/950	17%	4.5	38/160	24%	11	79/249	32%	10.5	48/163	29%	10.0	94/245	38%	5.0
South Central	168/739	23%	10.5	100/739	14%	10.0	90/739	12%	11.5	32/90	36%	9	52/136	38%	5.0	29/76	38%	5.0	45/128	35%	9.5
Southeast	181/560	32%	2.5	115/560	21%	2.0	100/560	18%	2.0	41/100	41%	7	67/153	44%	1.5	46/109	42%	1.5	45/123	37%	7.5
Southwest	95/397	24%	8.5	58/397	15%	8.0	50/397	13%	9.0	11/50	22%	12	35/96	36%	7.5	28/66	42%	1.5	27/71	38%	5.0
Upper Cumberland	173/803	22%	12.0	106/803	13%	11.5	98/803	12%	11.5	50/98	51%	2	66/179	37%	6.0	42/120	35%	6.0	79/209	38%	5.0
Statewide	2,368/8,893	27%	na	1,489/8,893	17%	na	1,367/8,893	15%	na	560/1,367	41%	na	782/2,153	36%	na	488/1,402	35%	na	734/1,950	38%	na

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