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Substitute Care Exhibit 25D
Length of Time in Care For Children In Substitute Care (Question 12)
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 Age
*Alabama 1994 4.5% 16.8% 10.7% 9.7% 6.6% 6.3% 5.6% 14.8% 25.0% 0.0% 3,788 25.6
Alaska                          
Arizona                          
Arkansas 1994 5.4% 22.4% 16.4% 12.8% 8.6% 0.0% 13.6% 14.7% 6.0% 0.0% 2,374 14.7
*California 1994 3.3% 14.0% 12.8% 10.1% 8.2% 6.6% 5.6% 16.3% 22.9% 0.2% 93,321 25.3
Colorado                          
Connecticut 1990 2.9% 13.6% 16.0% 12.8% 10.8% 8.8% 7.2% 15.5% 12.3% 0.0% 4,121 20.5
Delaware                          
D.C.                          
Florida 1990 2.6% 15.2% 18.7% 13.4% 10.0% 8.3% 6.5% 12.7% 8.8% 3.7% 10,813 17.2
Georgia 1993 54.5% 10.9% 8.4% 6.1% 4.9% 3.5% 2.6% 5.4% 3.1% 0.5% 16,947 0.9
Hawaii                          
Idaho 1990 1.2% 40.3% 25.8% 12.3% 4.8% 4.3% 2.7% 6.6% 2.0% 0.0% 860 8.0
Illinois                          
Indiana 1994 3.2% 15.8% 15.0% 11.9% 9.3% 8.4% 6.6% 16.6% 13.2% 0.0% 9,883 20.6
Iowa                          
Kansas                          
Kentucky 1990 3.9% 21.3% 18.5% 12.3% 10.4% 6.5% 4.0% 13.2% 9.8% 0.0% 3,209 15.0
Louisiana                          
Maine 1990 0.9% 11.7% 10.4% 10.5% 10.2% 10.8% 6.7% 23.6% 15.2% 0.0% 1745 27.5
*Maryland 1994 3.0% 12.1% 13.7% 9.9% 9.2% 8.8% 7.4% 19.9% 16.0% 0.0% 6,265 25.4
Massachusetts 1994 3.9% 18.0% 16.0% 12.0% 9.5% 6.9% 6.1% 17.8% 9.7% 0.0% 13,298 18.1
Michigan                          
Minnesota 1990 4.7% 24.6% 19.1% 12.4% 8.8% 6.3% 4.8% 10.0% 9.4% 0.0% 6,868 12.8
*Mississippi 1994 2.1% 11.9% 11.9% 10.4% 8.0% 7.5% 7.4% 16.6% 24.1% 0.0% 2,854 28.5
Missouri 1990 1.2% 12.6% 15.9% 14.8% 11.9% 9.6% 7.0% 15.1% 11.8% 0.0% 8,150 20.7
Montana                          
Nebraska 1994 4.0% 19.9% 13.5% 11.8% 9.2% 9.9% 7.3% 14.2% 10.3% 0.1% 3,278 18.6
Nevada 1993 0.0% 0.0% 31.6% 0.0% 32.5% 0.0% 0.0% 20.4% 15.5% 0.0% 2458 21.4
New Hampshire                          
New Jersey 1994 0.0% 36.5% 15.0% 0.0% 19.9% 0.0% 10.9% 10.5% 7.2% 0.0% 7,915 11.4
New Mexico 1994 5.0% 20.0% 44.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0% 5.0% 2623 9.1
New York 1993 2.0% 8.6% 9.7% 7.8% 7.5% 6.8% 6.8% 26.5% 24.3% 0.0% 61,132 36.7
North Carolina 1993 0.0% 41.5% 11.3% 13.9% 15.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 17.5% 0.0% 11,024 10.5
North Dakota 1994 8.3% 26.9% 20.9% 12.5% 7.5% 4.8% 3.9% 7.7% 7.5% 0.0% 875 10.2
Ohio                          
Oklahoma                          
Oregon                          
Pennsylvania                          
Puerto Rico                          
Rhode Island                          
South Carolina                          
South Dakota 1990 20.5% 40.3% 16.4% 8.8% 7.8% 2.4% 1.1% 1.5% 1.1% 0.1% 787 4.7
*Tennessee 1994 5.2% 17.0% 14.2% 12.9% 8.4% 7.6% 5.2% 15.1% 14.4% 0.0% 6,186 18.5
Texas 1990 5.6% 26.1% 18.0% 13.6% 8.9% 7.4% 4.4% 9.0% 7.0% 0.0% 6,698 12.2
Utah                          
*Vermont 1994 6.6% 17.8% 16.6% 13.7% 9.4% 8.5% 6.9% 13.0% 7.6% 0.0% 1,336 15.9
*Virginia 1994 4.2% 15.4% 12.0% 11.6% 9.3% 7.4% 5.6% 16.4% 18.1% 0.0% 6,415 22.4
Washington                          
West Virginia                          
Wisconsin 1994 5.1% 22.8% 19.1% 10.0% 7.5% 4.8% 5.0% 13.5% 12.1% 0.0% 8,185 13.8
Wyoming