AFCARS Report - Preliminary FY 2010 Estimates as of June 2011 (18)

AFCARS Report - Preliminary FY 2010 Estimates as of June 2011 (18):

The AFCARS Report
Preliminary FY 2010 Estimates as of June 2011 (18)

SOURCE: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) FY 2010 data (October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010).

NOTES: Data from both the regular and revised AFCARS file submissions received by June 1, 2011 are included in the information below. Missing data are excluded from the distributions presented below. Therefore, the totals within each distribution may not equal the total provided for that subpopulation (e.g. number in care on September 30th may not match the sum across ages for that group).


How many children were in foster care on September 30, 2010? 408,425

What were the ages of the children in foster care?

Mean Age 9.4

Median Age 9.2

Less than 1 Year 6% 24,634

1 Year 7% 30,385

2 Years 7% 28,765

3 Years 6% 24,945

4 Years 5% 21,885

5 Years 5% 19,327

6 Years 4% 17,824

7 Years 4% 16,727

8 Years 4% 15,861

9 Years 4% 15,184

10 Years 4% 14,994

11 Years 4% 14,952

12 Years 4% 15,769

13 Years 4% 17,484

14 Years 5% 20,716

15 Years 6% 26,060

16 Years 8% 31,667

17 Years 8% 33,993

18 Years 3% 10,589

19 Years 1% 3,609

20 Years 1% 2,514


What were the lengths of stay of children in foster care?

Mean Months

25.3

Median Months

14.0

Less than 1 Month

5%

21,147

1 – 5 Months

21%

86,081

6 – 11 Months

19%

75,684

12 – 17 Months

13%

54,231

18 – 23 Months

9%

36,395

24 – 29 Months

7%

28,384

30 – 35 Months

5%

19,026

3 – 4 Years

11%

44,379

5 Years or More

11%

43,083


What were the placement settings of children in foster care?

Pre-Adoptive Home

4%

14,886

Foster Family Home (Relative)

26%

103,943

Foster Family Home (Non-Relative)

48%

194,900

Group Home

6%

25,066

Institution

9%

36,607

Supervised Independent Living

1%

4,050

Runaway

2%

6,563

Trial Home Visit

5%

21,340


What were the case goals of the children in foster care?

Reunify with Parent(s) or Principal Caretaker(s)

51%

202,389

Live with Other Relative(s)

4%

14,092

Adoption

25%

96,772

Long Term Foster Care

6%

24,697

Emancipation

6%

24,131

Guardianship

4%

14,574

Case Plan Goal Not Yet Established

5%

18,102


What was the gender of the children in foster care?

Male

52%

214,354

Female

48%

193,998


What was the race/ethnicity of the children in foster care?

Alaska Native/American Indian

2%

7,839

Asian

1%

2,469

Black

29%

117,610

Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

0%

718

Hispanic (of any race)

21%

84,727

White

41%

165,135

Unknown/Unable to Determine

2%

6,820

Two or more races

5%

21,830

NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation.


How many children entered foster care during FY 2010? 254,375


What were the ages of the children who entered care during FY 2010?

Mean Age

7.7

Median Age

6.7

Less than 1 Year

16%

40,857

1 Year

8%

19,419

2 Years

7%

17,497

3 Years

6%

15,256

4 Years

5%

13,252

5 Years

5%

12,140

6 Years

4%

10,956

7 Years

4%

10,133

8 Years

4%

9,168

9 Years

3%

8,685

10 Years

3%

8,414

11 Years

3%

8,364

12 Years

4%

9,115

13 Years

4%

10,864

14 Years

5%

13,384

15 Years

7%

16,505

16 Years

7%

17,011

17 Years

5%

11,755

18 Years

0%

558

19 Years

0%

94

20 Years

0%

37


What was the race/ethnicity of the children who entered care during FY 2010?

Alaska Native/American Indian

2%

5,072

Asian

1%

1,839

Black

24%

61,375

Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

0%

544

Hispanic (of any race)

21%

51,805

White

45%

113,510

Unknown/Unable to Determine

2%

5,515

Two or more races

5%

13,038

NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation.


How many children exited foster care during FY 2010? 254,114


What were the ages of the children who exited care during FY 2010?

Mean Age

9.6

Median Age

8.8
Less than 1 Year

5%

11,561

1 Year

7%

18,934

2 Years

8%

19,774

3 Years

7%

17,449

4 Years

6%

14,740

5 Years

5%

13,190

6 Years

5%

11,774

7 Years

4%

10,865

8 Years

4%

10,297

9 Years

4%

9,466

10 Years

3%

8,705

11 Years

3%

8,345

12 Years

3%

8,123

13 Years

3%

8,367

14 Years

4%

9,463

15 Years

5%

11,574

16 Years

6%

14,205

17 Years

9%

22,823

18 Years

7%

18,030

19 Years

1%

3,791

20 Years

1%

2,162


What were the outcomes for the children exiting foster care during FY 2010?


Reunification with Parent(s) or Primary Caretaker(s)

51%

128,913

Living with Other Relative(s)

8%

20,423

Adoption

21%

52,340

Emancipation

11%

27,854

Guardianship

6%

16,208

Transfer to Another Agency

2%

5,114

Runaway

1%

1,504

Death of Child

0%

338

NOTE: Deaths are attributable to a variety of causes, including medical conditions, accidents, and homicide.


What were the lengths of stay of the children who exited foster care during FY 2010?

Mean Months

21.7



Median Months

13.5

Less than 1 Month

13%

32,104

1 – 5 Months

15%

39,080

6 – 11 Months

18%

46,060

12 – 17 Months

14%

35,710

18 – 23 Months

10%

25,605

24 – 29 Months

7%

18,517

30 – 35 Months

5%

12,989

3 – 4 Years

10%

26,529

5 Years or More

7%

17,359


What was the race/ethnicity of the children who exited care during FY 2010?

Alaska Native/American Indian

2%

5,002

Asian

1%

1,890

Black

27%

68,101

Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

0%

590

Hispanic (of any race)

20%

50,974

White

43%

109,169

Unknown/Unable to Determine

2%

4,481

Two or more races

5%

13,177

NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation.


How many children were waiting to be adopted on September 30, 2010? 107,011

NOTES: Waiting children are identified as children who have a goal of adoption and/or whose parental rights have been terminated. Children 16 years old and older whose parents' parental rights have been terminated and who have a goal of emancipation have been excluded from the estimate.


What is the gender distribution of the waiting children?

Male

53%

56,404

Female

47%

50,596


How many months have the waiting children been in continuous foster care?

Mean Months

37.3



Median Months

28.3

Less than 1 Month

0%

455

1 – 5 Months

4%

4,126

6 – 11 Months

9%

9,506

12 – 17 Months

14%

14,748

18 – 23 Months

14%

14,825

24 – 29 Months

13%

13,624

30 – 35 Months

9%

9,538

36 – 59 Months

21%

22,571

60 or more Months

16%

17,618


What is the racial/ethnic distribution of the waiting children?

Alaska Native/American Indian

2%

1,801

Asian

0%

464

Black

29%

30,812

Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

0%

187

Hispanic (of any race)

22%

23,389

White

39%

42,059

Unknown/Unable to Determine

1%

1,457

Two or more races

6%

6,771

NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation.



How old were the waiting children when they were removed from their parents or caretakers?

Mean Age

5.0

Median Age

4.1

Less than 1 Year

25%

26,291

1 Year

9%

9,764

2 Years

8%

8,455

3 Years

7%

7,499

4 Years

7%

7,209

5 Years

6%

6,730

6 Years

6%

6,687

7 Years

6%

6,111

8 Years

5%

5,704

9 Years

5%

4,952

10 Years

4%

4,397

11 Years

4%

3,718

12 Years

3%

3,090

13 Years

2%

2,436

14 Years

2%

1,704

15 Years

1%

963

16 Years

0%

403

17 Years

0%

90


Where were the waiting children living on September 30, 2010?

Pre-Adoptive Home

13%

13,603

Foster Family Home (Relative)

22%

23,739

Foster Family Home (Non-Relative)

55%

58,681

Group Home

4%

3,872

Institution

5%

5,814

Supervised Independent Living

0%

84

Runaway

0%

466

Trial Home Visit

1%

622


How old were the waiting children on September 30, 2010?

Mean Age

8.1


Median Age

7.4

Less than 1 Year

4%

3,795

1 Year

8%

9,070

2 Years

9%

9,746

3 Years

8%

8,551

4 Years

7%

7,408

5 Years

6%

6,582

6 Years

6%

6,025

7 Years

5%

5,627

8 Years

5%

5,519

9 Years

5%

5,333

10 Years

5%

5,260

11 Years

5%

5,115

12 Years

5%

5,057

13 Years

5%

5,050

14 Years

5%

5,095

15 Years

5%

5,452

16 Years

4%

4,637

17 Years

3%

3,689


How many children in foster care on the last day of the year had their parental rights terminated for all living parents? 64,084


As of September 30, 2010, how many months had elapsed since the parental rights of these foster children were terminated?

Mean Months

24.3

Median Months

12.5

How many children were adopted with public agency involvement in FY 2010? 52,891

SOURCE: Adoptions can be reported to the AFCARS adoption database at any time after the adoption has been finalized. This report includes adoptions finalized in FY 2010 reported in regular and revised submissions by June 1, 2011.

NOTES: The number of adoptions reported here do not equal the number of adoption discharges reported under foster care exits because the adoptions reported here include adoptions of some children who were not in foster care but received other support from the public agency. Missing data are not used in the calculation of the percentages.


What is the gender distribution of the children adopted from the public foster care system?

Male

51%

26,750

Female

49%

26,132


How old were the children when they were adopted from the public foster care system?

Mean Age

6.4

Median Age

5.2


Less than 1 Year

2%

1,126

1 Year

11%

5,823

2 Years

14%

7,461

3 Years

12%

6,103

4 Years

9%

4,833

5 Years

8%

4,182

6 Years

7%

3,587

7 Years

6%

3,107

8 Years

5%

2,813

9 Years

5%

2,531

10 Years

4%

2,183

11 Years

4%

1,981

12 Years

3%

1,702

13 Years

3%

1,528

14 Years

2%

1,190

15 Years

2%

973

16 Years

2%

903

17 Years

1%

675

18 Years

0%

151

19 Years

0%

25

20 Years

0%

7


What percentage of the children adopted receive an adoption subsidy?

Yes

90%

47,553

No

10%

5,257


What is the racial/ethnic distribution of the children adopted from the public foster care system?

Alaska Native/American Indian

3%

1,822

Asian

0%

219

Black

24%

12,795

Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

0%

94

Hispanic (of any race)

21%

11,192

White

43%

22,764

Unknown/Unable to Determine

1%

536

Two or more races

7%

3,464

NOTE: All races exclude children of Hispanic origin. Beginning in FY 2000, children could be identified with more than one race designation.


How many months did it take after termination of parental rights for the children to be adopted?

Mean Months

13.7


Median Months

9.9

Less than 1 Month

3%

1,389

1 – 5 Months

25%

12,778

6 – 11 Months

33%

17,075

12 – 17 Months

18%

9,067

18 – 23 Months

9%

4,498

24 – 29 Months

5%

2,464

30 – 35 Months

3%

1,481

3 – 4 Years

4%

2,177

5 Years or More

2%

813


What is the family structure of the child's adoptive family?

Married Couple

67%

34,973

Unmarried Couple

2%

1,140

Single Female

28%

14,465

Single Male

3%

1,392


What was the relationship of the adoptive parents to the child prior to the adoption?

Non-Relative

15%

7,383

Foster Parent

53%

26,308

Stepparent

0%

49

Other Relative

32%

15,714

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb
Preliminary Estimates for FY 2010 as of June 2011 (18).