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Report to Congress on Adoption and Other Permanency Outcomes for Children in
Foster Care: Focus on Older Children
Table 1 - Findings on the Outcomes, Indicators, and National Standards
Number and Percent of the 50 States and Two Territories Achieving Substantial Conformity with the Seven Outcome Measures, Number and Percent Receiving a Rating of "Strength" on the 23 Indicators (Items), and Number and Percent Meeting National Standards.
| Outcomes and Indicators | Number (%) Achieving Substantial Conformity | Number (%) Receiving a Rating of "Strength" |
Number (%) Meeting National Standards* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety Outcome 1-Children are first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect | 6 (11.5) | blank cell | blank cell |
| Item 1: Timeliness of investigations | blank cell | 21 (40.4) | blank cell |
| Item 2: Repeat maltreatment | blank cell | 17 (32.7) | 17 (32.7) |
| Safety Outcome 2 - Children are safely maintained in their homes when possible | 6 (11.5) | blank cell | blank cell |
| Item 3: Services to prevent removal | blank cell | 21 (40.4) | blank cell |
| Item 4: Risk of harm | blank cell | 17 (32.7) | blank cell |
| Permanency Outcome 1- Children have permanency and stability in their living situations | No | blank cell | blank cell |
| Item 5: Foster care re-entry | blank cell | 26 (50.0) | 26 (50.0) |
| Item 6: Stability of foster care placements | blank cell | 5 (9.6) | 14 (26.9) |
| Item 7: Permanency goal for child | blank cell | 5 (9.6) | blank cell |
| Item 8: Reunification, guardianship and placement with relatives (for FY 02-04). Independent living services (for FY 2001) | blank cell | 12 (23.1) | 19 (36.5) |
| Item 9: Adoption | blank cell | 6 (11.5) | 15 (28.8) |
| Item 10: Other planned living arrangement | blank cell | 17 (32.7) | blank cell |
| Permanency Outcome 2 - The continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved | 7 (13.5) | blank cell | blank cell |
| Item 11: Proximity of placement | blank cell | 49 (94.2) | blank cell |
| Item 12: Placement with siblings | blank cell | 36 (69.2) | blank cell |
| Item 13: Visiting with parents and siblings in foster care | blank cell | 16 (30.8) | blank cell |
| Item 14: Preserving connections | blank cell | 21 (40.4) | blank cell |
| Item 15: Relative placement | blank cell | 21 (40.4) | blank cell |
| Item 16: Relationship of child in care with parents | blank cell | 21 (40.4) | blank cell |
| Well Being Outcome 1 - Families have enhanced capacity to provide for children's needs | 0 | blank cell | blank cell |
| Item 17: Needs/services of child, parents, and foster parents | blank cell | 1 (1.9) | blank cell |
| Item 18: Child/family involvement in case planning | blank cell | 5 (9.6) | blank cell |
| Item 19: Worker visits with child | blank cell | 13 (25.0) | blank cell |
| Item 20: Worker visits with parents | blank cell | 7 (13.5) | blank cell |
| Well Being Outcome 2 - Children receive services to meet their educational needs | 16 (30.8) | blank cell | blank cell |
| Item 21: Educational needs of child | blank cell | 16 (30.8) | blank cell |
| Well Being Outcome 3 - Children receive services to meet their physical and mental health needs are met | 1 (1.9) | blank cell | blank cell |
| Item 22: Physical health of child | blank cell | 20 (38.5) | blank cell |
| Item 23: Mental health of child | blank cell | 4 (7.7) | blank cell |
* Meeting the national standard for maltreatment in foster care was part of the assessment of substantial conformity with Safety Outcome 1. However, there was no specific item corresponding to maltreatment in foster care because the incidence is very low and it was determined that cases selected for the sample would rarely involve maltreatment in foster care. back
Source: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/cwmonitoring/results/genfindings04/ch1.htm
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