TOTAL FOSTER CARE CHILDREN SERVED

When it has been determined that a child is at risk and cannot safely remain in the home of parents/caregivers, the Division of Children and Family Services provides substitute care services for the child. Substitute care provides selective placement in a foster home, therapeutic foster home or residential facility for a planned period of time for a child who has been separated from his birth or legal parents.

	Number of			Number of
Age	Children	Percentage	Permanency Goal	Children	Percentage
Birth - 01 year	583	10.63%	Remain at Home	483	8.81%
02 - 05 years	1,059	19.30%	Return to Parent	3,192	58.19%
06 - 11 years	1,484	27.05%	Relative Placement	273	4.98%
12 - 15 years	1,332	24.28%	Adoption	760	13.85%
16 - 18 years	963	17.55%	Independent Living	416	7.58%
19 - Plus	64	1.17%	Long-Term Out-of-Home	310	5.65%
Unknown	1	0.02%	Guardianship/Custody	43	0.78%
TOTAL	5,486	100.00%	Emancipation	9	0.16%
			TOTAL	5,486	100.00%

	Number of
Gender	Children	Percentage
Male	2,650	48.30%
Female	2,836	51.70%
TOTAL	5,486	100.00%

				Number of
	Total*		Length of Stay	Children	Percentage
Ethnicity	Ethnicity	Percentage	Less than 30 days	896	16.33%
White	3,345	60.61%	30 - 90 days	777	14.16%
Black	1,986	35.98%	03 - 06 months	742	13.53%
AIAN¹	5	0.09%	07 - 12 months	999	18.21%
ASIAN²	17	0.31%	13 - 24 months	927	16.90%
NAPI³	25	0.45%	25 - 36 months	470	8.57%
Unable to Determine	141	2.56%	Over 36 months	675	12.30%
TOTAL	5,519	100.00%	TOTAL	5,486	100.00%

* In August of 1999, the CHRIS information system was enhanced to meet the new federal race and ethnicity guidelines. These guidelines allow the selection of more than one ethnicity per child.

1 Includes Native American, Alaskan Native, and American Indian.

2 Includes Indochinese, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese.

3 Includes Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander.

Source: Children's Reporting Information System (CHRIS)

AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2000

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