Total Children Removed From Household (2022–2024)

Definition

Total children removed from the household
is the total number of children that the Department of Child Services (DCS) has
withdrawn from the care of a parent, guardian, or custodian within a household.
Indiana DCS will remove a child from a household if:

1. A reasonable person would believe the child’s physical or
   mental condition is seriously impaired or seriously endangered due to injury by
   the act or omission of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian; or

2. The child’s physical or mental condition is seriously
   impaired or seriously endangered as a result of the inability, refusal, or
   neglect of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian to supply the child with
   necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision; and

3. The coercive intervention of the court is needed to
   protect the child.

Data Source

Indiana Department of Child Services

Last Updated

2025-06