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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb The AFCARS Report Preliminary FY 2006 Estimates as of January 2008 (14) SOURCE: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data submitted for the FY 2006, 10/1/05 through 9/30/06. NOTES: Data from both the regular and revised submissions received by January 16, 2008 are included in the information below. Missing data are not used in the calculation of percentages. Due to rounding, percentages in some tables may not total 100% and numbers in some tables may not equal the total number of children in the population described. There are significant differences between some of the national estimates reported in this FY2006 report and the FY2005 AFCARS Report as of September, 2006. In 2007, California resubmitted foster care data for FY2002 through FY2007, which dramatically changed some of the national estimates. This is because California's revised data excludes groups of children it previously included as being in foster care. These groups did not meet the AFCARS population definition. In addition, the numbers reported for children waiting to be adopted, and whose parental rights have been terminated, is much higher than previously reported. This is because California's revised data more comprehensively identify children with a goal of adoption, and children for whom parental rights had been terminated, both of which are factors in the definition commonly used by the Children's Bureau to identify children waiting to be adopted. How many children were in foster care on September 30, 2006? 510,000 What were the ages of the children in foster care?
What were the lengths of stay in foster care?
What were the placement settings of children in foster care?
What were the case goals of the children in foster care?
What was the gender of the children in foster care?
What was the race/ethnicity of the children in foster care?
NOTE: Using U.S. Bureau of the Census standards, children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many children entered foster care during FY 2006? 303,000 What were the ages of the children who entered care during FY 2006?
What was the race/ethnicity of the children who entered care during FY 2006?
NOTE: Using U.S. Bureau of the Census standards, children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many children exited foster care during FY 2006? 289,000 What were the ages of the children who exited care during FY 2006?
What were the outcomes for the children exiting foster care during FY 2006?
NOTE: Deaths are attributable to a variety of causes including medical conditions, accidents and homicide. What were the lengths of stay of the children who exited foster care during FY 2006?
What was the race/ethnicity of the children who exited care during FY 2006?
NOTE: Using U.S. Bureau of the Census standards, children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many children were waiting to be adopted on September 30, 2006? 129,000 NOTES: Waiting children are identified as children who have a goal of adoption and/or whose parental rights have been terminated. Children 16 years old and older whose parental rights have been terminated and who have a goal of emancipation have been excluded from the estimate. What is the gender distribution of the waiting children?
How many months have the waiting children been in continuous foster care?
What is the racial/ethnic distribution of the waiting children?
NOTE: Using U.S. Bureau of the Census standards, children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How old were the waiting children when they were removed from their parents or caretakers?
Where were the waiting children living on September 30, 2006?
How old were the waiting children on September 30, 2006?
How many children in foster care had their parental rights terminated for all living parents? 79,000 As of September 30, 2006, how many months had elapsed since the parental rights of these foster children were terminated?
How many children were adopted with public agency involvement in FY 2006? 51,000 SOURCE: Adoptions can be reported to the AFCARS adoption database at any time after the adoption has been finalized. This report includes adoptions finalized in FY 2006 reported in regular and revised submissions by January 16, 2008. NOTES: The number of adoptions reported here do not equal the number of adoption discharges reported under foster care exits because the adoptions reported here include adoptions of some children who were not in foster care but received other support from the public agency. Missing data are not used in the calculation of the percentages. What is the gender distribution of the children adopted from the public foster care system?
How old were the children when they were adopted from the public foster care system?
What percentage of the children adopted receive an adoption subsidy?
What is the racial/ethnic distribution of the children adopted from the public foster care system?
NOTE: Using U.S. Bureau of the Census standards, children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation. How many months did it take after termination of parental rights for the children to be adopted?
What is the family structure of the child’s adoptive family?
What was the relationship of the adoptive parents to the child prior to the adoption?
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb |