Child Welfare Outcomes Report Data Homepage
Child Welfare Outcomes, an annual report to Congress published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides information on state performance in seven categories of outcomes that are widely accepted performance objectives for child welfare practice. The report also includes findings of analyses conducted on performance across states and over time. Users of this data site will be able to explore the outcomes, demographic, and context data contained in the report and generate customized reports by state and year.
The percentage of all children in foster care who experienced maltreatment while in care decreased by 10.3 between 2015 and 2019
Children exiting foster care discharged to a permanent home in 2019
Decline in young children placed in group homes or institutions from 2015 to 2019
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