Substitute Care Questions: Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1992

Substitute Care Questions
Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1992

1994 Reporting States	In Sub Care at Start	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	Children Entering Care	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	New Entrants (1)	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	Children Left Care	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	Children in Care on Last Day	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig
Alabama	4,332	1,256	29.0%	2,774	326	11.8%	2,470	289	11.7%	2,989	382	12.8%	4,117	1,095	26.6%
Alaska	1,455			3,937						3,896			1,496
Arizona	3,618			2,650						2,430			3,909
Arkansas	1,438	590	41.0%	1,215	534	44.0%				1,140			1,630	534	32.8%
California	81,423	44,257	54.4%	30,286	15,701	51.8%	28,193	14,633	51.9%	27,873	12,996	46.6%	83,836	46,962	56.0%
Colorado	4,741			6,634						5,897			4,390
Connecticut	3,992			1,881						1,625			4,252
Delaware	655			658						675			638
D.C.	2,159			898						947			2,152
Florida	10,311			5,179						5,562			9,928
Georgia	16,564	6,791	41.0%	5,454	2,236	41.0%				5,354	2,236	41.8%	16,564	7,122	43.0%
Hawaii	891			852						529			1,214
Idaho	870	177	20.3%	988	93	9.4%				804	16	2.0%	870	177	20.3%
Illinois	23,777			14,001						7,316			29,542
Indiana	8,167			4,233			4,090			3,855			8,529
Iowa	3,568			2,926						2,888			3,606
Kansas	7,103												7,838
Kentucky	6,422			1,963						1,419			6,966
Louisiana	5,469			2,329						2,076			5,722
Maine	1,815			855						726			1,944
Maryland	4,144	1,661	40.1%	1,764	770	43.7%				1,011	196	19.4%	4,781	2,197	46.0%
Massachusetts	13,232			7,658						8,136			13,147
Michigan	11,282			7,978						8,139			11,121
Minnesota	7,309			10,814						10,228			7,895
Mississippi	2,769			1,485			1,485			1,085			3,169
Missouri	7,264	4,512	62.1%	5,685			4,426			5,375			7,710	4,695	60.9%
Montana	1,357												1,691
Nebraska	2,660	1,100	41.4%	2,278						1,723			2,985
Nevada	2,532	744	29.4%				314						2,496
New Hampshire	2,095			1,482						1,380			2,197
New Jersey	8,642						3,110			4,362			8,491
New Mexico	2,042												2,118
New York	64,672	51,308	79.3%	18,602	10,874	58.5%	15,867	9,282	58.5%	20,634	9,542	46.2%	63,078	49,827	79.0%
North Carolina	8,945	2,504	28.0%	3,614						2,511			10,275	2,833	27.6%
North Dakota	692	340	49.1%	720	268	37.2%	313	127	40.6%	644	250	38.8%	768	358	46.6%
Ohio	15,158			13,296						11,478			17,099
Oklahoma	2,391			722						221			2,892
Oregon	4,179			3,745						3,893			4,031
Pennsylvania	17,479			16,383						15,443			18,491
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island	2,479			2,031						1,229			2,796
South Carolina	4,142			3,121						2,736			4,469
South Dakota	607			623						623			674
Tennessee	5,067	2,584	51.0%	2,844	1,450	51.0%	2,559	1,305	51.0%	2,599	1,325	51.0%	5,312	2,709	51.0%
Texas	8,475			6,502						5,012			9,965
Utah	922			99						151			895
Vermont	1,092	692	63.4%	823	409	49.7%	731	360	49.2%	764	272	35.6%	1,150	716	62.3%
Virginia	6,301	2,346	37.2%	3,033	691	22.8%				3,244	570	17.6%	6,095	2,038	33.4%
Washington	8,404	3,113	37.0%	16,436	3,320	20.2%				19,805	4,742	23.9%	8,470	3,216	38.0%
West Virginia	1,997			1,292						639			2,315
Wisconsin	6,484			4,805						4,477			6,812
Wyoming	813												907

Total(2)	414,397	123,975	57.3%	227,548	36,672	43.2%	63,558	25,996	51.9%	215,543	32,527	37.9%	433,438	124,479	58.0%

Reporting States	51	16		47	12		11	6		46	11		51	14

Source: VCIS Survey, Part I, questions 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 5 and 5a.

A blank cell within a row indicates either that the relevant question is not applicable to the state, or that the state did not respond to the question.

New Entrants are children entering substitute care who had had no substitute care placements within the preceding 12 months; New Entrants is a subset of Children Entering Care.
Percentages are based only on those states that responded to the IV-E eligible question.