Substitute Care Questions: Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1993

Substitute Care Questions
Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1993

1994 Reporting States	In Sub Care at Start	Number IV-E Eligibility	Percent IV-E Eligibility	Children Entering Care	Number IV-E Eligibility	Percent IV-E Eligibility	New Entrants (1)	Number IV-E Eligibility	Percent IV-E Eligibility	Children Left Care	Number IV-E Eligibility	Percent IV-E Eligibility	Children in Care on Last Day	Number IV-E Eligibility	Percent IV-E Eligibility
Alabama	4,103	1,210	29.5%	2,372	393	16.6%	2,113	350	16.6%	2,568	391	15.2%	3,907	1,147	29.4%
Alaska	1,658			1,745						1,374			2,029
Arizona	3,909			2,853						2,781			4,107
Arkansas	1,630	534	32.8%	1,433	613	42.8%				1,192			1,915	834	43.6%
California	84,777	46,870	55.3%	31,603	16,802	53.2%	29,556	15,721	53.2%	27,235	13,035	47.9%	89,145	50,637	56.8%
Colorado	5,264			6,923						6,487			5,700
Connecticut	4,218													4,557
Delaware	638			663						594			707
D.C.	2,140			1,066						1,061			2,145
Florida	9,928			4,880						5,240			9,568
Georgia	16,781	7,552	45.0%	11,318	5,093	45.0%				10,946	4,926	45.0%	16,947	7,626	45.0%
Hawaii	1,529			1,067						1,022			1,574
Idaho	924	248	26.8%	1,002	136	13.6%				823	13		924	248	26.8%
Illinois	29,572			9,313						5,250			33,815
Indiana	8,389			3,549			3,443			3,187			8,743
Iowa	3,491			2,579						2,659			3,411
Kansas	4,762													4,593
Kentucky	3,153			3,124						1,899			3,363
Louisiana	5,809			2,262						2,464			5,607
Maine	1,944			863						657			2,150
Maryland	4,778	2,196	46.0%	1,660	826	49.8%				852	233	27.3%	5,428	2,695	49.6%
Massachusetts	13,147			7,806						8,024			13,382
Michigan	11,121			7,507						8,246			10,382
Minnesota	7,700			12,500						10,500			9,700
Mississippi	3,292			1,153			1,153			1,152			3,293
Missouri	7,710	4,695	60.9%	5,623			4,418			5,211			8,294	5,011	60.4%
Montana	1,395													1,447
Nebraska	2,985	1,321	44.3%	2,259						2,165			3,229
Nevada	2,496			0						0				2,458
New Hampshire	2,197			1,367						1,540				2,024
New Jersey	8,491			0						0				7,935
New Mexico	2,108													2,097
New York	62,882	49,716	79.1%	17,733	10,959	61.8%	15,020	9,282	61.8%	20,102	9,563	47.6%	61,132	51,053	83.5%
North Carolina	10,275	2,772	27.0%	3,661		0.0%				2,748			11,024	3,152	28.6%
North Dakota	736	342	46.5%	825	395	47.9%	363	169	46.6%	739	323	43.7%	822	414	50.4%
Ohio		16,801			12,320						13,401			15,922
Oklahoma		2,892			1,242						1,181			2,953
Oregon		4,009			3,784						3,674			4,119
Pennsylvania	18,418			16,243						15,670			18,976
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island	2,661			1,025							1,856			2,830
South Carolina	4,369			2,877							2,691			4,482
South Dakota	615			648							648			710
Tennessee	5,218	2,661	51.0%	3,011	1,535	51.0%	2,709	1,382	51.0%	2,394	1,220	51.0%	5,835	2,975	51.0%
Texas	9,965			6,424						5,509			10,880
Utah	1,384			1,199							965			1,465
Vermont	1,156	720	62.3%	895	450	50.3%	795	407	51.2%	816	356	43.6%	1,235	799	64.7%
Virginia	6,095	2,038	33.4%	3,018	840	27.8%				2,864	519	18.1%	6,233	2,300	36.9%
Washington	8,685	3,397	39.1%	16,348	3,189	19.5%				20,094	4,721	23.5%	8,934	3,182	35.6%
West Virginia	2,302			1,366						696			2,483
Wisconsin	7,146			4,746							4,847			7,045
Wyoming	600				97									620
Total(2)	428,248	126,272	57.7%	225,952	41,231	45.2%	59,570	27,311	54.0%	216,024	35,300	39.5%	442,276	132,073	59.6%
Reporting States	51	15		45	12		9	6		46	11			51	14

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 Eligibilityible question.