State Children’s Agency Background Characteristics |
State Children’s Agency Name And Website |
Children’s Agency Divisions |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Child Welfare Adminstrative System |
Source: Child Protection Administration (APHSA) |
Unionized Child Welfare Workers |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Acted Under A Consent Decree In 2012 |
Tip: A consent decree is a settlement from a court order. Although a consent decree may apply to multiple situations, in child welfare a consent decree often results in the courts requiring child welfare systems to comply with specific service delivery requirements. The court maintains oversight of the agency's performance in these required areas. |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Acted Under A Consent Decree In 2006-2011 |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Demographics Of Children In Out-Of-Home Placements |
Number And Percent Of Children In Out-Of Home Placements Compared To Total State Child Population (Yr) |
Source: Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data-repository/child-welfare-financing-state-factsheets-2010.html and are “most current available as of November 2009” |
Total State Population Of Children 18 Years Of Age Or Younger |
Source: Children's Defense Fund 2010 1) Child population: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "Estimates of the Residential Population by Selected Age Groups for the United States, States, and Puerto Rico: July 1, 2008", Calculations by CDF; Children living in poverty and rate of children living in poverty: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2008 American Community Survey, Table B17001. Calculations by CDF. |
Total Number Of Children In Out-Of-Home Placements |
Tip: Children in out of home placement have been removed from their biological family home and are in the care of the child welfare system. Out of home placements include foster homes, kinship homes, and residential care settings. |
Source: Children’s Defense Fund 2010 2) National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect. (2007). National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NDACAN) Child File 2007 [data file], available at http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/index.html |
Percent Of Children In Out-Of-Home Placements |
Source: Calculated from the responses to prior 2 items. |
Number And Percent Of Children In Out-Of-Home Placement By Type Of Placement (Yr) |
Source: NDACAN Foster Care File Dataset 153 (2010) |
Foster Care |
Kinship Foster Care |
Nonkinship Foster Care |
Congregate Care |
Group Home |
Institution |
Other |
Supervised Independent Living |
Runaway |
Trial Home Visit |
Pre-Adoptive |
Home |
Race/Ethnicity Of Children In Foster Care By Percent (Yr) |
Source: NDACAN Foster Care File Dataset 153 (2010) |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
Asian |
Black/African American |
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
White |
Hispanic (Any Race) |
Multiple Races |
State’s Enhanced Models Of Service Delivery In Foster Care |
Levels Of Enhanced Foster Care Available |
Tip: Enhanced foster care is a generic term for the diverse range of enhanced, intensive, specialized, and/or therapeutic models of foster care. |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4 |
Level 5 |
Level 6 |
Therapeutic Foster Care (Or Equivalent) Program Name |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Therapeutic Foster Care Eligibility Criteria |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Therapeutic Foster Care Screening Or Assessment Tool To Determine Child’s Eligibility |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Standards Of Care Differentiating Therapeutic Foster Care From Traditional (Or Regular) Foster Care |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Minimum Hours Of Foster Care Training |
Maximum Number Of Children Allowed In Foster Home |
Required Structured Daily Activity |
Required Counseling |
Required Case Management |
Other Requirements |
Regulatory Definition (State Statue) For Therapeutic Foster Care |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Therapeutic Foster Care Delivery Model |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Number And Percent Of Children In Therapeutic Foster Care As Compared To Total Number Of Children In Foster Care System |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Foster Care By Type Of Placement |
Source: State Child Welfare Interview 2012 |
Foster Care |
Kinship Foster Care |
Tip: “Kinship care is the full time care, nurturing and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, godparents, stepparents, or any adult who has a kinship bond with a child. This definition is designed to be inclusive and respectful of cultural values and ties of affection. It allows a child to grow to adulthood in a family environment.”
[Source: http://www.cwla.org/programs/kinship/factsheet.htm]
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Nonkinship Foster Care |
Congregate Care |
Tip: Congregate care describes placement settings for children in the child welfare system not living in foster homes or kinship homes; it includes group homes, residential treatment centers, and institutions. |
Group Home |
Institution |
Medicaid-Funded Programs Utilized By Children In Foster Care |
Medicaid And Financing Foster Care |
Source: State Medicaid Interview 2012 |
Mandatory Managed Care Enrollment Of Children In Foster Care |
Tip: Managed care enrollment is a health service financing and delivery model in which Medicaid eligible populations, possibly including children in foster care, receive health services through a health plan that often receives capitated payment arrangements. |
Behavioral Health Carve Out |
Tip: Behavioral health carve out is a health service financing and delivery model in which mental health and substance abuse treatment services are provided by a vendor outside of the usual provider. |
Child Welfare Agencies Enrolled As Medicaid Providers |
State 1915i HCBS Program |
Tip: The 1915i HCBS program is a relatively new Medicaid state plan option that allows states to offer home and community based services to individuals who otherwise would need institutional level of care. |
Payment Of Services For Children In Foster Care Bundled With Title IV-E Funds |
Tip: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act provides states reimbursement from the federal government to help meet costs of providing services to children in foster care and adoption. States must meet specific eligibility requirements of Title IV-E to receive these funds. |
Medicaid Billing For Specific Services For Children In Foster Care |
Source: State Medicaid Interview 2012 |
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) |
Other Inpatient Mental Health Services |
Outpatient Mental Health Services |
Therapeutic Foster Care |
Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMI) |
Tip: Private Nonmedical Institutions (PNMI) provide Residential Child Care as part of the State’s Medicaid program. The facilities provide treatment for children and adolescents and families to help children return to their homes and communities whenever possible and appropriate. |
Rehabilitation Option; Specific Codes For Therapeutic Foster Care |
Tip: Rehabilitation (or rehab option) provides for coverage of services for the maximum reduction of disability and restoration of function. |
Targeted Case Management Option; Specific Codes For Therapeutic Foster Care |
Tip: Targeted Case Management is the provision of case management services to specific groups of Medicaid clients; designed to provide clients with needed services while promoting the cost-effective use of community resources. |
Early And Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, And Treatment (EPSDT) Services Include Therapeutic Foster Care |
Other Special Programs For Children In Foster Care |
Child Welfare Revenue And Expenditures |
Overall Child Welfare Spending: Federal, State And Local Expenditures: Dollars And Percent (Yr) |
Source: Child Trends 2012, “Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010” Appendix A2. |
Federal |
Source: Child Trends 2012, “Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010” Appendix A2. |
State |
Source: Child Trends 2012, “Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010” Appendix A2. |
Local |
Source: Child Trends 2012, “Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010” Appendix A2. |
Child Welfare Spending By Federal Sources Title IV-E : Dollars And Percent (Yr) |
Source: Child Trends 2012, “Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010” Appendix A2. |
Title IV-E |
Tip: Title IV-E of the Social Security Act provides states (tribes and identified territories) reimbursement from the federal government to help meet costs of providing services to children in foster care, transitional independent living and adoption assistance for children with special needs. States must meet specific eligibility requirements. [Source: www.ssa/gov/OP_Home/ssact.title.04.htm]
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Source: Child Trends 2012, “Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010” Appendix A2. |
Title IV-B |
Tip: Title IV-B of the Social Security Act provides funding to states, (tribes and identified territories) for provision of services to children and families. Under IV-B 1 it includes funds to support, preserve or reunite children with their families and under Title IV-B it includes funds for family support, family preservation, time limited family reunification, adoption promotion and support. |
Source: Child Trends 2012, “Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010” Appendix A2. |
Federal Funding Of Foster Care Administration And Training: Dollars And Percent (Yr) |
Source: Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data-repository/child-welfare-financing-state-factsheets-2010.html and are “most current as of November 2009” |
Maintenance Payments |
Source: Green Book 2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Expenditure Data for FY’s 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008; U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Greenbook: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004; and Ursula Gilmore and Elizabeth Oppenheim, Interstate Movement of Children Receiving Adoption Assistance (Washington, D.C.; American Public Human Services Association, 2003). |
Administration & Placement Services |
Source: Green Book 2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Expenditure Data for FY’s 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008; U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Greenbook: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004; and Ursula Gilmore and Elizabeth Oppenheim, Interstate Movement of Children Receiving Adoption Assistance (Washington, D.C.; American Public Human Services Association, 2003). |
Training |
Source: Green Book 2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Expenditure Data for FY’s 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008; U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Greenbook: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004; and Ursula Gilmore and Elizabeth Oppenheim, Interstate Movement of Children Receiving Adoption Assistance (Washington, D.C.; American Public Human Services Association, 2003). |
Data Administration (SACWIS) |
Tip: SACWIS refers to the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System which was a federal funding project offered to states. It began is 1993 and reimbursed states 50 to 75% of their costs for creating an automated data and case management system to help them better collect information and manage workload. |
Source: Green Book 2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Expenditure Data for FY’s 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008; U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Greenbook: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004; and Ursula Gilmore and Elizabeth Oppenheim, Interstate Movement of Children Receiving Adoption Assistance (Washington, D.C.; American Public Human Services Association, 2003). |
Federal Funding In Adoption: Dollars And Percent (Yr) |
Source: Green Book 2008 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Expenditure Data for FY’s 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008; U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Greenbook: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004; and Ursula Gilmore and Elizabeth Oppenheim, Interstate Movement of Children Receiving Adoption Assistance (Washington, D.C.; American Public Human Services Association, 2003). |
Adoption Assistance Payments |
Administration |
Training |
Medicaid Services For Children In Foster Care By The Type Of Service: Number Of Unique Beneficiaries And Total Medicaid Paid (Yr) |
Tip: The Medicaid Statistical Information System MSIS, the source for this data, is the federal CMS data system where states submit Medicaid claims and eligibility data. |
Source: Note: Some data are from different years of Medicaid Statistical Information Systems (MSIS)-Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS). Most current as of 2012. |
In-Patient Mental Health Services Under Age 21 |
Source: Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS). Most current as of 2012. |
Mental Health Facility Services |
Source: Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS). Most current as of 2012. |
Targeted Case Management |
Tip: The provision of case management services to specific groups of Medicaid clients; designed to provide clients with needed services while promoting the cost-effective use of community resources. |
Source: Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS). Most current as of 2012. |
Rehabilitation |
Tip: Rehabilitation (or rehab option) provides for coverage of services for the maximum reduction of disability and restoration of function. |
Source: Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS). Most current as of 2012. |
Therapy |
Source: Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS). Most current as of 2012. |
Foster Care Permanency Outcomes |
Foster Care Entry Rate (Per 1,000 Children In The State Population) |
Source: Administration of Children and Families “Child Welfare Outcomes 2006-2009” |
Children’s Entry Into Foster Care |
Source: Administration of Children and Families “Child Welfare Outcomes 2006-2009” |
Percentage Of Children Entering Foster Care For The First Time |
Percentage Of Children Re-Entering Within 12 Months Of A Prior Episode |
Percentage Of Children Re-Entering More Than 12 Months After A Prior Episode |
Missing Data |
Number Of Children Exiting Foster Care (Yr) |
Source: Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data-repository/child-welfare-financing-state-factsheets-2010.html and are “most current available as of November 2009”, 4) Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005. Tables 3.1, 4.1, 5.1. |
Percent Of Children Moving To A Permanent Home (Yr) |
Source: Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data-repository/child-welfare-financing-state-factsheets-2010.html and are “most current available as of November 2009”, 4) Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005. Tables 3.1, 4.1, 5.1. |
Family Reunification |
Adoption |
Median Length Of Stay In Foster Care (Months) |
Source: Green Book 2008 House Ways and Means Committee |
Percent Of Children In Foster Care By Treatment Goal On Last Day Of Fiscal Year |
Source: Green Book 2008 House Ways and Means Committee |
Reunite With Parent(s) |
Reunite With Relative(s) |
Adoption |
Long-Term Foster Care |
Emancipation |
Guardianship |
Not Yet Established |
Total Number Of Above Children In Foster Care |
Percent Of Children In Foster Care By Placement Setting On Last Day Of Fiscal Year |
Source: Green book 2008 House Ways and Means Committee |
Pre-Adoptive Home |
Kinship Foster Care |
Nonkinship Foster Care |
Group Home |
Institution |
Supervised Independent Living |
Runaway |
Trial Home Visit |
Other |
Total Number Of Above Children In Foster Care |
Percent Of Children With Special Needs Status Adopted (Yr) |
Source: Green Book 2008 House Ways and Means Committee |
Child Outcomes Of Permanency: Source – Child And Family Services Review And Statewide Assessments |
Source: All data come from most recent CFSR as of 2011 |
CFSR Timeliness & Permanency Of Reunification Composite Score [Standard=122.6 Or >] |
Source: Child and Family Services Review-CFSR as of 2011 |
Timeliness Of Reunification [Component A] |
Exits To Reunification In <12 Months (%) |
Exits To Reunification, Median Stay (Months) |
Entry Cohort Reunification In <12 Months (%) |
CFSR Timeliness Of Adoptions Composite Score [Standard 106.4 Or >] |
Source: Child and Family Services Review-CFSR as of 2011 |
Timeliness Of Adoptions Of Children Discharged From Foster Care [Component A] |
Exits To Adoption In < 24 Months (%) |
Exits To Adoption, Mean Length Of Stay (Months) |
Permanency For Children And Youth In Foster Care For Long Periods Of Time [Permanency Component 3] Standard: 121.7 Or> |
Source: Child and Family Services Review-CFSR as of 2011 |
Achieving Permanency For Children In Foster Care For Long Periods Of Time [Component A] Standard 121.7 Or > |
Exits To Permanency Prior To 18th Birthday For Children In Care For 24> Months (%) |
Exits To Permanency For Children With Termination Of Parental Rights (TPR) (%) |
Growing Up In Foster Care [Component B] |
Children Emancipated Who Were In Foster Care For 3 Years Or > (%) |
Placement Stability [Permanency Composite 4] Standard: 101.5 Or > |
Source: Child and Family Services Review-CFSR as of 2011 |
Two Or Fewer Placement Settings For Children In Foster Care <12 Months (%) |
Two Or Fewer Placement Settings For Children In Foster Care For 12 To 24 Months (%) |
Two Or Fewer Placement Settings For Children In Foster Care For 24+ Months (%) |
Children In Foster Care Well-Being Outcomes Assessed By State In Addition To CSFR Measurses |
Educational Outcomes |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Physical Health Outcomes |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Mental Health Outcomes |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Other |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
State Key Initiatives And Innovative Programs Or Practices In Foster Care |
Trauma Treatment Key Initiative |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Program Name |
Funding Source |
Evidence-Based Or Evidence-Informed |
National Innovation Or Model For Other States |
Family-Finding Key Initiative |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Program Name |
Funding Source |
Evidence-Based Or Evidence-Informed |
National Innovation Or Model For Other States |
Aging-Out-Of-Foster Care Key Initiatives |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Program Name |
Funding Source |
Evidence-Based Or Evidence-Informed |
National Innovation Or Model For Other States |
Psychotropic Drugs Key Initiatives |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Program Name |
Funding Source |
Evidence-Based Or Evidence-Informed |
National Innovation Or Model For Other States |
Behavioral Health Services Key Initiatives |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Program Name |
Funding Source |
Evidence-Based Or Evidence-Informed |
National Innovation Or Model For Other States |
Cross-System Data Sharing Arrangements |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Program Name |
Funding Source |
Evidence-Based Or Evidence-Informed |
National Innovation Or Model For Other States |
Other Funded Key Initiatives |
Source: State Child Welfare Interviews 2012 |
Program Name |
Funding Source |
Evidence-Based Or Evidence-Informed |
National Innovation Or Model For Other States |