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Substitute Care Exhibit 12D
Length of Time in Care For Children Leaving Care (Question 4e)
VCIS Survey 1990 to 1994 Most Recent Data for Reporting States

  Question Category  
State (Trend States preceded by star*) Most Recent Report Less than 1 month 1-5 months 6-11 months 12-17 months 18-23 months 24-29 months 30-35 months 3-4 years 5 + years Unknown Total Median
*Alabama 1994 28.2% 25.8% 11.8% 6.9% 4.0% 3.6% 2.2% 8.4% 9.2% 0.0% 2,376 5.2
Alaska                          
Arizona 1990 54.5% 14.3% 7.9% 5.7% 4.0% 2.9% 2.0% 4.2% 3.8% 0.9% 2,598 0.9
Arkansas 1994 5.0% 24.0% 16.0% 12.0% 8.0% 0.0% 13.0% 0.0% 14.0% 8.2% 2,190 12.5
*California 1994 16.1% 23.8% 15.8% 12.0% 7.3% 4.4% 3.4% 8.3% 8.9% 0.0% 27,435 9.8
Colorado                          
Connecticut 1990 19.3% 24.4% 8.8% 8.7% 8.2% 5.1% 4.3% 10.5% 9.1% 1.6% 1,822 9.8
Delaware                          
D.C. 1994 31.1% 27.9% 14.0% 7.4% 5.0% 3.9% 2.2% 5.2% 3.4% 0.0% 1,546 4.4
Florida 1990 2.5% 9.5% 14.7% 13.5% 10.4% 9.8% 8.3% 16.8% 11.3% 3.2% 4,105 22.7
Georgia 1993 5.3% 17.7% 12.8% 10.9% 9.1% 6.4% 4.8% 6.7% 16.3% 9.9% 10,946 17.0
Hawaii                          
Idaho 1990 0.1% 29.8% 38.8% 18.1% 8.3% 1.9% 0.7% 1.6% 0.5% 0.0% 734 9.1
Illinois                          
Indiana 1993 8.2% 20.0% 16.2% 12.5% 9.0% 6.4% 5.7% 14.5% 7.6% 0.0% 3,187 14.7
Iowa                          
Kansas                          
Kentucky 1990 19.9% 39.8% 14.9% 6.2% 4.5% 2.9% 2.4% 5.5% 4.0% 0.0% 2,673 4.8
Louisiana                          
Maine 1990 24.8% 15.3% 5.6% 6.0% 4.9% 4.1% 4.8% 18.4% 16.0% 0.0% 730 16.2
*Maryland 1994 26.4% 16.5% 6.4% 3.8% 5.2% 4.4% 4.7% 17.9% 14.8% 0.0% 942 13.2
*Massachusetts 1994 18.3% 25.5% 14.0% 8.6% 5.6% 5.0% 4.2% 11.9% 6.9% 0.0% 8,369 8.7
Michigan                          
Minnesota 1990 44.9% 27.8% 11.5% 5.9% 2.9% 1.6% 1.5% 1.8% 2.1% 0.0% 8,457 1.9
*Mississippi 1994 9.1% 21.1% 13.4% 8.9% 8.4% 8.3% 3.9% 12.0% 14.9% 0.0% 1,622 16.3
*Missouri 1994 24.2% 26.1% 12.2% 8.5% 6.7% 4.7% 3.9% 9.0% 4.7% 0.0% 5,544 5.9
Montana                          
Nebraska 1994 23.3% 18.7% 12.4% 10.5% 7.2% 6.8% 4.7% 9.8% 4.9% 1.5% 2,339 9.5
Nevada                          
New Hampshire                          
New Jersey                          
New Mexico                          
New York 1993 13.7% 12.6% 9.2% 8.1% 6.5% 6.2% 5.1% 21.7% 16.7% 0.0% 20,102 23.8
North Carolina 1994 0.0% 22.3% 15.6% 14.8% 11.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 35.6% 0.0% 3,095 16.9
North Dakota 1994 17.3% 38.5% 19.5% 12.1% 5.4% 1.7% 1.1% 3.4% 1.1% 0.0% 759 5.3
Ohio                          
Oklahoma                          
Oregon                          
Pennsylvania                          
Puerto Rico                          
Rhode Island 1990 38.0% 24.0% 17.1% 9.5% 4.0% 2.0% 1.8% 2.6% 1.1% 0.0% 1,290 3.5
South Carolina                          
South Dakota 1990 35.7% 43.6% 14.6% 4.2% 1.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 597 2.6
*Tennessee 1994 12.6% 22.3% 17.9% 13.5% 7.7% 5.3% 3.0% 10.3% 7.3% 0.0% 2,764 11.1
Texas 1990 10.2% 37.2% 22.3% 8.9% 7.0% 3.7% 4.6% 3.6% 2.3% 0.0% 4,002 6.7
Utah 1990 24.7% 24.7% 25.0% 8.4% 8.3% 2.4% 2.4% 2.5% 0.0% 1.6% 1,195 6.0
*Vermont 1994 35.9% 20.2% 10.4% 8.0% 5.8% 3.9% 3.4% 7.4% 5.1% 0.0% 772 4.5
*Virginia 1994 0.8% 13.1% 21.8% 14.1% 8.8% 8.1% 4.2% 14.5% 14.6% 0.0% 2,849 18.2
Washington                          
West Virginia                          
Wisconsin 1994 14.1% 32.2% 15.9% 9.8% 5.4% 3.9% 3.3% 8.0% 7.5% 0.0% 5,958 7.4
Wyoming