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Children Removed to Foster Care
During April 2024 through March 2025
| 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 April 2024 through February 2025 Removal | Permanence within 12 months of April 2023 through March 2024 Removal | IV-E Reimbursed in Removal Cohort (excludes latest 6 months) |
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| DFCSDistrict | Count | per 10K | Rank | Count | per 10K | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank | Count | Percent | Rank |
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| Metro | 1162 | 13 | 3 | 96.8 | 1.1 | 3 | 161/1,162 | 13.9% | 2 | 72/1,162 | 6.2% | 1 | 123/1,069 | 12% | 1 | 309/963 | 32% | 1.5 | 0/568 | 0% | 2 |
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| North | 1743 | 19.4 | 2 | 145.2 | 1.6 | 2 | 263/1,743 | 15.1% | 1 | 68/1,743 | 3.9% | 3 | 96/1,567 | 6% | 2 | 654/2,054 | 32% | 1.5 | 0/825 | 0% | 2 |
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| South | 2260 | 30.4 | 1 | 188.3 | 2.5 | 1 | 258/2,260 | 11.4% | 3 | 92/2,260 | 4.1% | 2 | 110/2,052 | 5% | 3 | 461/1,843 | 25% | 3.0 | 0/1,080 | 0% | 2 |
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| Statewide | 5165 | 20.4 | na | 430.4 | 1.7 | na | 682/5,165 | 13.2% | na | 232/5,165 | 4.5% | na | 329/4,688 | 7% | na | 1,424/4,860 | 29% | na | 0/2,473 | 0% | na |
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Children Removed to Foster Care
During April 2024 through March 2025
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Metro | 1162 | 13 | 3 | 460/1,162 | 40% | 1.0 | 215/1,162 | 19% | 3 | 151/1,162 | 13% | 1 | 90/1,162 | 8% | 2.5 | 138/1,162 | 12% | 3 | 165/1,162 | 14% | 2 | 123/1,162 | 11% | 1 | 268/1,162 | 23% | 1 | 27/1,162 | 2% | 3.0 |
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| North | 1743 | 19.4 | 2 | 583/1,743 | 33% | 2.5 | 893/1,743 | 51% | 1 | 154/1,743 | 9% | 2 | 139/1,743 | 8% | 2.5 | 322/1,743 | 18% | 2 | 283/1,743 | 16% | 1 | 141/1,743 | 8% | 2 | 142/1,743 | 8% | 2 | 51/1,743 | 3% | 1.5 |
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| South | 2260 | 30.4 | 1 | 744/2,260 | 33% | 2.5 | 985/2,260 | 44% | 2 | 176/2,260 | 8% | 3 | 193/2,260 | 9% | 1.0 | 524/2,260 | 23% | 1 | 207/2,260 | 9% | 3 | 146/2,260 | 6% | 3 | 134/2,260 | 6% | 3 | 65/2,260 | 3% | 1.5 |
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| Statewide | 5165 | 20.4 | na | 1,787/5,165 | 35% | na | 2,093/5,165 | 41% | na | 481/5,165 | 9% | na | 422/5,165 | 8% | na | 984/5,165 | 19% | na | 655/5,165 | 13% | na | 410/5,165 | 8% | na | 544/5,165 | 11% | na | 143/5,165 | 3% | na |
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Children Removed to Foster Care
During April 2024 through March 2025
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Metro | 1162 | 13 | 3 | 381/675 | 56% | 2 | 254/675 | 38% | 2 | 0/675 | 0% | 2 | 0/675 | 0% | 2 | 32/675 | 5% | 2 | 0/675 | 0% | 2 | 8/675 | 1% | 1.5 | 0/675 | 0% | 2 |
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| North | 1743 | 19.4 | 2 | 587/925 | 63% | 1 | 283/925 | 31% | 3 | 0/925 | 0% | 2 | 0/925 | 0% | 2 | 49/925 | 5% | 2 | 1/925 | 0% | 2 | 5/925 | 1% | 1.5 | 0/925 | 0% | 2 |
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| South | 2260 | 30.4 | 1 | 715/1,330 | 54% | 3 | 547/1,330 | 41% | 1 | 1/1,330 | 0% | 2 | 0/1,330 | 0% | 2 | 64/1,330 | 5% | 2 | 1/1,330 | 0% | 2 | 2/1,330 | 0% | 3.0 | 0/1,330 | 0% | 2 |
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| Statewide | 5165 | 20.4 | na | 1,683/2,930 | 57% | na | 1,084/2,930 | 37% | na | 1/2,930 | 0% | na | 0/2,930 | 0% | na | 145/2,930 | 5% | na | 2/2,930 | 0% | na | 15/2,930 | 1% | na | 0/2,930 | 0% | na |
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