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Home > Statistics & Research > Analysis of State Child Welfare Data: VCIS Survey Data from 1990 through 1994 > Substitute Care Questions: Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1990

Substitute Care Questions
Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1990

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 4,477 1,356 30.3% 3,183 237 7.4% 2,850 211 7.4% 3,263 387 11.9% 4,397 1,138 25.9%
Alaska 3,229     4,738           4,115     3,852    
Arizona 3,202 900 28.1% 2,966 490 16.5% 1,513 79 5.2% 2,598 278 10.7% 3,589 1,113 31.0%
Arkansas 1,182 378 32.0% 923           860     1,351 465 34.4%
California 76,090 40,450 53.2% 32,502 15,072 46.4% 30,586 14,212 46.5% 29,110 12,326 42.3% 79,482 43,196 54.3%
Colorado 4,077     3,461           4,403     3,892    
Connecticut 3,834 1,744 45.5% 2,102 1,445 68.7% 1,822     1,822 1,243 68.2% 4,121 1,813 44.0%
Delaware 688     669           694     663    
D.C. 2,125     672           484     2,313    
Florida 9,415 4,011 42.6% 5,503 2,250 40.9%       4,105 1,418 34.5% 10,813 5,030 46.5%
Georgia 13,296     6,330           4,447     15,179    
Hawaii 1,583     1,102           1,082     1,659    
Idaho 829 159 19.2% 1,090 130 11.9%       734 6 0.8% 860 160 18.6%
Illinois 18,622     11,438           8,773     20,753    
Indiana 6,636     4,201           3,343     7,492    
Iowa 3,223     3,073           2,871     3,425    
Kansas 3,572     2,952           2,548     3,976    
Kentucky 4,800 1,969 41.0% 3,000     2,593 867 33.4% 2,673 665 24.9% 3,209 1,626 50.7%
Louisiana 5,544     2,089           2,261     5,379    
Maine 1,792 842 47.0% 683 333 48.8%       730 337 46.2% 1,745 838 48.0%
Maryland 3,511 994 28.3% 1,889 709 37.5%       1,286 203 15.8% 4,116 1,501 36.5%
Massachusetts 10,377 2,898 27.9% 8,267           7,071     11,975 3,243 27.1%
Michigan 9,000                       9,000    
Minnesota 6,405     8,920     7,281     8,457     6,868    
Mississippi 2,984     1,243     1,243     1,236     2,991    
Missouri 7,606 2,883 37.9% 5,256 1,373 26.1% 4,964 1,273 25.6% 4,746 1,070 22.5% 8,150 3,295 40.4%
Montana 1,144                       1,224    
Nebraska 2,391     2,075           1,803     2,543    
Nevada 2,237     1,189           860     2,566    
New Hampshire 2,018     1,900           1,804     2,114    
New Jersey 8,759 3,066 35.0% 5,060 1,771 35.0% 3,560 1,246 35.0% 5,184 1,814 35.0% 8,635 3,022 35.0%
New Mexico 1,951 897 46.0%                   1,976 996 50.4%
New York 59,618 47,629 79.9% 23,412 15,832 67.6% 21,399 13,909 65.0% 18,985 8,747 46.1% 63,826 52,847 82.8%
North Carolina 6,696 1,702 25.4% 2,011           1,735     7,505 1,975 26.3%
North Dakota 600 313 52.2% 488           576     620 296 47.7%
Ohio 17,144     11,601           10,797     18,062    
Oklahoma 3,124     806           495     3,435    
Oregon 4,130     4,330           4,129     4,261    
Pennsylvania 16,087 16,087 100.0%                   16,737 16,737 100.0%
Puerto Rico 1,934     678           651     1,961    
Rhode Island 2,347     1,622 213 13.1% 1,370 177 12.9% 1,290 192 14.9% 2,679    
South Carolina 3,286 1,465 44.6%                   3,698 1,282 34.7%
South Dakota 604 261 43.2% 780 173 22.2% 441 116 26.3% 597 158 26.5% 787 276 35.1%
Tennessee 4,352     3,268 1,797 55.0% 2,941 1,617 55.0% 2,629 1,445 55.0% 4,991 2,745 55.0%
Texas 6,792 3,681 54.2% 4,446 2,410 54.2% 1,943 1,053 54.2% 4,002 2,169 54.2% 6,698 3,630 54.2%
Utah 931 407 43.7% 1,292 404 31.3% 827 259 31.3% 1,195 374 31.3% 981 543 55.4%
Vermont 1,032 671 65.0% 716 437 61.0% 633 389 61.5% 686 333 48.5% 1,061 719 67.8%
Virginia 6,042 1,740 28.8% 3,102 869 28.0%       3,100 347 11.2% 6,034 2,152 35.7%
Washington 12,879                         13,302  
West Virginia 1,992     950           950     1,997    
Wisconsin 5,787 2,441 42.2% 4,631 1,455 31.4% 4,459 1,419 31.8% 4,102 1,324 32.3% 6,316 2,677 42.4%
Wyoming 563     500           500     484    
Total(2) 382,539 138,944 56.6% 193,109 47,400 45.8% 90,425 36,827 46.0% 169,782 34,836 37.5% 405,743 153,315 58.1%
Reporting States 52 25   46 19   18 14   46 20   52 26  

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.

  1. 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.

  2. Percentages are based only on those states that responded to the IV-E eligible question.