| CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE | |||||||||||
| BY LENGTH OF STAY UPON ENTERING CARE | |||||||||||
| Less Than | 30 to 90 | 3 to 6 | 7 to 12 | 13 to 24 | 25 to 36 | Over 36 | Total | ||||
| County | 30 Days | Days | Months | Months | Months | Months | Months | Children* | |||
| Benton | 46 | 31 | 44 | 36 | 34 | 6 | 26 | 223 | |||
| Carroll | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 38 | |||
| Madison | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | |||
| Washington | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 75 | 30 | 40 | 331 | |||
| Area 1 Total | 93 | 84 | 110 | 107 | 116 | 39 | 71 | 620 | |||
| Crawford | 30 | 11 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 148 | |||
| Franklin | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | |||
| Johnson | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 54 | |||
| Logan | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 48 | |||
| Scott | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Sebastian | 37 | 50 | 40 | 78 | 56 | 32 | 48 | 341 | |||
| Yell | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Area 2 Total | 99 | 79 | 81 | 120 | 107 | 62 | 95 | 643 | |||
| Clark | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 48 | |||
| Garland | 44 | 35 | 45 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 210 | |||
| Hot Spring | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 47 | |||
| Howard | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | |||
| Montgomery | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Perry** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pike | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Polk | 13 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 48 | |||
| Saline | 21 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 85 | |||
| Area 3 Total | 101 | 69 | 78 | 83 | 77 | 38 | 43 | 489 | |||
| Columbia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | |||
| Hempstead | 14 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 82 | |||
| Lafayette | 12 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||
| Little River | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
| Miller | 21 | 21 | 28 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 153 | |||
| Nevada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ouachita | 18 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 78 | |||
| Sevier | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Union | 5 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 18 | 113 | |||
| Area 4 Total | 91 | 75 | 64 | 116 | 102 | 40 | 56 | 544 | |||
| Baxter | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 55 | |||
| Boone | 14 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 54 | |||
| Conway | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 32 | |||
| Faulkner | 19 | 32 | 10 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 111 | |||
| Marion | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 63 | |||
| Newton | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | |||
| Pope | 19 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 109 | |||
| Searcy | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Van Buren | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Area 5 Total | 83 | 77 | 72 | 111 | 79 | 34 | 45 | 501 | |||
| Pulaski | 96 | 143 | 74 | 131 | 162 | 132 | 146 | 884 | |||
| Area 6 Total | 96 | 143 | 74 | 131 | 162 | 132 | 146 | 884 | |||
| *Children who have exited care or how long children have been in care at the end of the state fiscal year. | |||||||||||
| **A supervisor from another county office supervised the staff in the Perry county office. The primary county for the cases appears | |||||||||||
| under the supervisor's county for the reporting period. | |||||||||||
| AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2000 | 3-44 | ||||||||||
| CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE | |||||||||||
| BY LENGTH OF STAY UPON ENTERING CARE | |||||||||||
| Less Than | 30 to 90 | 3 to 6 | 7 to 12 | 13 to 24 | 25 to 36 | Over 36 | Total | ||||
| County | 30 Days | Days | Months | Months | Months | Months | Months | Children* | |||
| Bradley | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 52 | |||
| Calhoun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Cleveland | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Dallas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | |||
| Grant | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 32 | |||
| Jefferson | 92 | 48 | 41 | 62 | 40 | 18 | 38 | 339 | |||
| Lincoln | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 37 | |||
| Lonoke | 8 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 53 | |||
| Prairie | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Area 7 Total | 119 | 86 | 85 | 107 | 88 | 38 | 60 | 583 | |||
| Clay | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 41 | |||
| Craighead | 16 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 84 | |||
| Fulton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 50 | |||
| Greene | 8 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 76 | |||
| Izard | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Lawrence | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |||
| Mississippi | 6 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 68 | |||
| Randolph | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Sharp | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| Area 8 Total | 78 | 68 | 48 | 87 | 75 | 28 | 27 | 411 | |||
| Cleburne | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||
| Crittenden | 13 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 75 | |||
| Cross | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Independence | 11 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 63 | |||
| Jackson | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | |||
| Poinsett | 18 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 65 | |||
| Stone | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| White | 28 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 109 | |||
| Woodruff | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Area 9 Total | 93 | 55 | 73 | 63 | 60 | 23 | 36 | 403 | |||
| Arkansas | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |||
| Ashley | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 70 | |||
| Chicot | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 41 | |||
| Desha | 9 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 54 | |||
| Drew | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 59 | |||
| Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 42 | |||
| Monroe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Phillips | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 45 | |||
| St. Francis | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 63 | |||
| Area 10 Total | 43 | 41 | 57 | 74 | 61 | 36 | 96 | 408 | |||
| State Total | 896 | 777 | 742 | 999 | 927 | 470 | 675 | 5,486 | |||
| *Children who have exited care or how long children have been in care at the end of the state fiscal year. | |||||||||||
| **A supervisor from another county office supervised the staff in the Perry county office. The primary county for the cases appears | |||||||||||
| under the supervisor's county for the reporting period. | |||||||||||
| Source: Children's Reporting Information System (CHRIS) | |||||||||||
| AR DHS Statistical Report SFY 2000 | 3-45 | ||||||||||