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Population Flow Exhibit 7
Substitute Care Population Flow: Overview With Outcome Rates
1990-1994
| Population |
1990 National Estimate
(N=38) |
1991 National Estimate
(N=37) |
1992 National Estimate
(N=37) |
1993 National Estimate
(N=37) |
1994 National Estimate
(N=31) |
| Children Entering Care |
214,488 |
247,378 |
221,699 |
224,555 |
262,937 |
| Total Children Served |
592,954 |
652,256 |
638,647 |
655,787 |
692,506 |
| Children Exiting Care |
186,779 |
227,718 |
202,780 |
211,046 |
226,577 |
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| 1990 U.S. Census Estimate of the Under 21 Population(1) |
75,738,419 |
76,334,922 |
76,819,276 |
77,546,545 |
78,386,123 |
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| Entry Rate(2) |
36.2% |
37.9% |
34.7% |
34.2% |
38.0% |
| Exit Rate(3) |
31.5% |
34.9% |
31.8% |
32.2% |
32.7% |
| Prevalence Rate(4) |
0.8% |
0.9% |
0.8% |
0.8% |
0.9% |
| Reunification Rate(5) |
67.8% |
57.9% |
58.0% |
57.6% |
66.2% |
| Adoption Rate(6) |
8.0% |
8.4% |
9.4% |
9.3% |
9.1% |
| Emancipation Rate(7) |
6.9% |
6.8% |
6.8% |
7.0% |
6.9% |
| Runaway Rate(8) |
8.3% |
6.9% |
8.3% |
8.4% |
8.6% |
Source: VCIS Survey, Part I, questions 1, 2, 4, 4b, and 5.
The national estimates are based on the number of reporting states indicated in the parentheses.
All outcome categories are also national estimates.
- These data come from the Estimates of the Population of the U.S. and States by Single Year of Age and Sex: July 1, 1991.
- The entry rate is the percent of children entering care out of the total number of children served.
- The exit rate is the percent of children exiting care out of the total number of children served.
- The prevalence rate is the percent of children served out of the 1994 U.S. Census estimate of the number of children under 21.
- The reunification rate is the percent of children with a substitute care outcome of reunification, out of the total number of children leaving care.
- The adoption rate is the percent of children with a substitute care outcome of adoption out of the total number of children leaving care.
- The emancipation rate is the percent of children with a substitute care outcome of emancipation out of the total number of children leaving care.
- The runaway rate is the percent of children with a substitute care outcome of runaway out of the total number of children leaving care.
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