Summary Measures: Children Discharged During April 2024 through March 2025

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Children Discharged
During April 2024 through March 2025

	Total Discharges			Children Discharged for Reunification			Children Discharged for Relative			Children Discharged for Adoption			Children Discharged for Transfer			Children Discharged for Emancipation			Children Discharged for Guardianship			Children Discharged for Runaway			Children Discharged for Death			Children Discharged for Unknown
DFCSDistrict	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
Metro	992/892,921	11.1	3	471/993	47%	2	44/993	4%	3.0	147/993	15%	3	4/993	0%	2	132/993	13%	1.0	189/993	19%	1	1/993	0%	2	4/993	0%	2	0/993	0%	2
North	2,118/897,818	23.6	2	1,007/2,119	48%	1	98/2,119	5%	1.5	540/2,119	25%	2	9/2,119	0%	2	193/2,119	9%	2.5	267/2,119	13%	3	2/2,119	0%	2	2/2,119	0%	2	0/2,119	0%	2
South	1,902/742,606	25.6	1	766/1,903	40%	3	97/1,903	5%	1.5	515/1,903	27%	1	6/1,903	0%	2	166/1,903	9%	2.5	344/1,903	18%	2	3/1,903	0%	2	5/1,903	0%	2	0/1,903	0%	2
Statewide	5,012/2,533,345	19.8	na	2,244/5,015	45%	na	239/5,015	5%	na	1,202/5,015	24%	na	19/5,015	0%	na	491/5,015	10%	na	800/5,015	16%	na	6/5,015	0%	na	11/5,015	0%	na	0/5,015	0%	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2024 through March 2025

	Total Discharges			Median Length of Stay in Foster Care			Median Months from Removal to Reunification Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Relative Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Guardianship Discharge			Median Months from Removal to Adoption Discharge			Median Months from Removal to TPR Among Adoptions During Latest 12 Months			Median Months from TPR to Final Adoption Among Adoptions During Latest 12 Months
DFCSDistrict	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank	Count	months	Rank
Metro	992/892,921	11.1	3	992	14.6	3	471	4.8	3	44	8.7	3	189	13.9	3	147	40.5	1	107	28.8	1	107	12.3	1
North	2,118/897,818	23.6	2	2118	19.2	2	1007	13.6	2	98	10.4	2	267	15.8	2	540	30.2	3	446	20.3	3	446	8.5	3
South	1,902/742,606	25.6	1	1902	22.7	1	766	14.3	1	97	10.8	1	344	18.6	1	515	38.6	2	407	25	2	408	11	2
Statewide	5,012/2,533,345	19.8	na	5012	19.7	na	2244	12.5	na	239	9.6	na	800	16.7	na	1202	34.6	na	960	23.1	na	961	9.6	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2024 through March 2025

	Children Discharged for Reunification			Reunified within 72 Hours			Reunified within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Adoption			Adopted within 24 Months			Adopted within 48 Months
DFCSDistrict	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank
Metro	471/993	47%	2	41/471	9%	1	325/471	69%	1	147/993	15%	3	8/147	5%	3	94/147	64%	2.5
North	1,007/2,119	48%	1	23/1,007	2%	3	458/1,007	45%	3	540/2,119	25%	2	148/540	27%	1	463/540	86%	1.0
South	766/1,903	40%	3	32/766	4%	2	368/766	48%	2	515/1,903	27%	1	60/515	12%	2	329/515	64%	2.5
Statewide	2,244/5,015	45%	na	96/2,244	4%	na	1,151/2,244	51%	na	1,202/5,015	24%	na	216/1,202	18%	na	886/1,202	74%	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2024 through March 2025

	In Care 12+ Months at Age 16, Discharged to Permanence by Age 18			In Care with Both TPRs at Age 16, Discharged to Permanence by Age 18			Adoption Discharges			Non-Permanent Discharges			Non-Permanent Discharges Among Children with Both TPRs			Discharged Runaways Under 18 on March 31 2025
DFCSDistrict	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	per 10K	Rank	Count	Percent	Rank	Count	per 1M	Rank
Metro	22/50	44%	3	2/5	40%	3	147/892,921	1.6	3	141/892,921	1.6	3	3/114	3%	1.5	4	4.5	1
North	61/99	62%	1	14/22	64%	1	540/897,818	6.0	2	206/897,818	2.3	2	13/504	3%	1.5	1	1.1	3
South	59/103	57%	2	11/19	58%	2	515/742,606	6.9	1	180/742,606	2.4	1	9/450	2%	3.0	2	2.7	2
Statewide	142/252	56%	na	27/46	59%	na	1,202/2,533,345	4.7	na	527/2,533,345	2.1	na	25/1,068	2%	na	7	2.8	na

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Children Discharged
During April 2024 through March 2025

	Total Discharges			Children Victimized within 6 Months After Discharge during April 2024 through March 2025			Children Discharged for Reunification April 2023 through March 2024 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Relative April 2023 through March 2024 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Adoption April 2023 through March 2024 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Transfer April 2023 through March 2024 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Emancipation April 2023 through March 2024 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Guardianship April 2023 through March 2024 Reentering within 12 Months			Children Discharged for Runaway April 2023 through March 2024 Reentering within 12 Months
DFCSDistrict	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
Metro	992/892,921	11.1	3	na	na%	na	43/370	11.6%	1	4/41	9.8%	2	0/142	0%	2	0/3	0.0%	2.5	0/129	0.0%	2.5	3/202	1.5%	3	2/7	28.6%	1
North	2,118/897,818	23.6	2	na	na%	na	91/1,009	9.0%	2	5/141	3.5%	3	0/602	0%	2	0/10	0.0%	2.5	0/208	0.0%	2.5	6/357	1.7%	2	0/1	0.0%	2
South	1,902/742,606	25.6	1	na	na%	na	54/851	6.3%	3	11/95	11.6%	1	0/479	0%	2	1/5	20.0%	1.0	1/196	0.5%	1.0	8/318	2.5%	1	0/0	na%	na
Statewide	5,012/2,533,345	19.8	na	na	na%	na	188/2,230	8.4%	na	20/277	7.2%	na	0/1,223	0%	na	1/18	5.6%	na	1/533	0.2%	na	17/877	1.9%	na	2/8	25.0%	na

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