Substitute Care Questions: Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1994

Substitute Care Questions
Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1994

1994 Reporting States	In Sub Care at Start	Number IV-E Eligible	Percent IV-E Eligibleible	Children Entering Care	Number IV-E Eligible	Percent IV-E Eligible	New Entrants (1)	Number IV-E Eligible	Percent IV-E Eligible	Children Left Care	Number IV-E Eligible	Percent IV-E Eligible	Children in Care on Last Day	Number IV-E Eligible	Percent IV-E Eligible
Alabama	3,903	1,261	32.3%	2,261	478	21.1%	2,031	429	21.1%	2,376	458	19.3%	3,788	1,207	31.9%
Alaska	1,716			1,625							1,465			1,876
Arizona	4,107													4,271
Arkansas	1,915	834	43.6%	2,649						2,190	1,424	65.0%	2,374	1,404	59.1%
California	87,420	48,620	55.6%	33,336	18,443	55.3%	31,124	17,160	55.1%	27,435	13,567	49.5%	93,321	53,496	57.3%
Colorado	5,700													5,957
Connecticut	4,557													4,648
Delaware	707			734						695				746
D.C.	2,401	1,007	41.9%	1,109	398	35.9%	1,047	370	35.3%	1,546	499	32.3%	1,981	914	46.1%
Florida	9,568			4,459							4,743			9,284
Georgia	16,813	7,734	46.0%	11,762	5,528	47.0%					9,959	4,613	46.3%	16,277
Hawaii	1,506			1,179							867			1,818
Idaho	910	253	27.8%	1,203	141	11.7%				668	9	1.3%	918	263	28.6%
Illinois		33,815			11,969							4,623		41,161
Indiana	8,741			4,425			4,311			3,250			9,883
Iowa	3,267			3,193							2,934			3,526
Kansas	4,593													4,501
Kentucky	3,223			3,245							1,898			3,567
Louisiana	5,607														5,831
Maine	2,150													2,236
Maryland	5,239	3,001	57.3%	2,161	1,355	62.7%				942	328	34.8%	6,265	3,905	62.3%
Massachusetts	13,388			8,399			5,905			8,369			13,298
Michigan	10,382			8,086							7,862			10,606
Minnesota	9,700													10,379
Mississippi	2,854			1,354			1,354			1,622			2,854
Missouri	8,294	5,011	60.4%	5,877			4,612			5,544			8,809	5,271	59.8%
Montana	1,600													1,414
Nebraska	3,222	1,317	40.9%	2,381							2,339			3,278
Nevada	2,831													2,440
New Hampshire	2,024			1,471							1,520			1,975
New Jersey	7,673	2,609	34.0%	3,314	1,127	34.0%	3,314	1,127	34.0%	3,870	1,316	34.0%	7,915	2,691	34.0%
New Mexico	2,174	1,739	80.0%	452						449	359	80.0%	2,623	2,099	80.0%
New York	59,658												58,658
North Carolina	11,024	3,873	35.1%	3,980						3,095			11,859	3,783	31.9%
North Dakota	782	382	48.8%	852	388	45.5%	381	171	44.9%	759	325	42.8%	875	445	50.9%
Ohio	15,922													15,922
Oklahoma	2,953			4,926						1,172				6,707
Oregon	4,134			3,791							3,326			4,599
Pennsylvania	18,761			17,014							16,321			19,454
Puerto Rico	1,892														1,930
Rhode Island	2,894			2,270							2,025			3,139
South Carolina	4,484			2,883			2,883			3,040			4,538
South Dakota	674			551						594				631
Tennessee	5,766	2,940	51.0%	3,184	1,624	51.0%	2,865	1,461	51.0%	2,764	1,409	51.0%	6,186	3,155	51.0%
Texas	10,880													11,315
Utah	1,461			1,106							894			1,622
Vermont	1,245	792	63.6%	863	4,62	53.5%	760	410	53.9%	772	326	42.2%	1,336	873	65.3%
Virginia	6,233	2,300	36.9%	3,031	7,26	24.0%				2,849	560	19.7%	6,415	2,300	35.9%
Washington	9,381			22,887						23,032				9,189
West Virginia	2,483														2,483
Wisconsin	8,177	2,339	28.6%	5,966	1,322	22.2%	5,461	1,177	21.6%	5,958	1,451	24.4%	8,185	2,224	27.2%
Wyoming															957

Total(2)	440,804	86,012	49.7%	189,948	31,992	46.3%	66,048	22,305	47.5%	163,767	26,644	42.6%	465,820	84,030	51.6%

Reporting States	51	17		37	12		13	8		37	14		52	15

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 Eligibleible question.