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Substitute Care Exhibit 8D
Primary Reason for Children Entering Substitute Care (Question 2d)
VCIS Survey 1990 to 1994 Qualified Reporting States Totals and National Estimates*

  Question Category  
State
(Trend states preceded by star*)
Most Recent Report Protection Status Offenses Delinq Behavior Handicap Parental Absence Relinq Parent Rights Other Unknown Total
Alabama                    
Alaska                    
Arizona                    
Arkansas 1993 57.9% 17.8% 14.2% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 8.2% 0.0% 1,433
*California 1994 59.7% 0.3% 12.5% 1.9% 22.3% 0.3% 2.9% 0.1% 33,336
Colorado                    
Connecticut                    
Delaware                    
D.C.                    
Florida 1990 88.4% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9.6% 0.2% 5,503
Georgia                    
Hawaii                    
Idaho                    
Illinois                    
Indiana 1993 85.2% 0.7% 0.0% 9.3% 3.0% 0.3% 1.4% 0.1% 3,549
Iowa                    
Kansas                    
Kentucky                    
Louisiana                    
Maine 1990 87.0% 0.0% 11.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 683
*Maryland 1994 78.6% 0.0% 0.0% 5.8% 8.4% 1.6% 0.0% 5.7% 2,161
*Massachusetts 1994 63.4% 15.5% 0.0% 14.6% 0.0% 0.0% 6.5% 0.0% 8,399
Michigan                    
Minnesota 1990 30.6% 3.3% 17.5% 11.1% 21.1% 1.5% 13.3% 1.6% 8,920
*Mississippi 1994 57.8% 3.9% 2.3% 1.5% 31.4% 0.0% 0.3% 2.8% 1,354
Missouri                    
Montana                    
Nebraska                    
Nevada                    
New Hampshire                    
*New Jersey 1994 11.7% 1.1% 3.7% 8.6% 68.7% 2.4% 3.5% 0.2% 3,314
New Mexico                    
New York 1993 12.2% 6.4% 2.5% 4.9% 42.0% 1.2% 27.7% 3.0% 17,733
*North Carolina 1994 85.1% 0.0% 5.0% 0.7% 3.1% 0.0% 6.1% 0.0% 3,980
North Dakota 1992 46.7% 22.6% 11.9% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 7.8% 9.7% 720
Ohio                    
Oklahoma                    
Oregon                    
Pennsylvania                    
Puerto Rico                    
Rhode Island                    
South Carolina                    
South Dakota 1990 99.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 780
*Tennessee 1994 45.2% 30.8% 0.0% 4.2% 13.3% 0.0% 6.6% 0.0% 3,184
Texas 1990 95.3% 0.1% 0.6% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 4,446
Utah 1990 47.4% 3.6% 25.9% 0.0% 20.1% 2.7% 0.3% 0.0% 1,292
*Vermont 1994 42.1% 32.4% 17.4% 0.5% 7.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 863
*Virginia 1994 63.0% 10.2% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 7.2% 12.2% 2.6% 3,031
Washington                    
West Virginia                    
*Wisconsin 1994 67.3% 0.8% 25.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.6% 0.0% 5,966
Wyoming