Definition

These data are a point-in-time count of children placed in out-of-home care settings on December 31st of each year. Out-of-home placement settings include:

• Foster homes, including receiving homes, family foster homes, treatment foster home and pre-adoptive foster homes

• Unlicensed relative and non-relative homes

• Group homes

• Residential care centers (RCCs)

• Shelter care

• Detention

• Trial reunification

• Supervised independent living

• Hospital/mental health facility

• Missing from out-of-home care

These data may have been influenced by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, starting in 2020.

Data Source

These data are from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families' annual Wisconsin Out-of-Home Care (OHC) Report.

Last Updated

2025-12