Definition

Shows the known latest placement setting for children in foster care on a given day (9/30). Placement settings are the different environments
that children can be placed in while in the foster care system.
Pre-adoptive settings, as well as foster family settings (both relative
and non-relative) are family-based placement settings.  Group homes and
institutions are more restrictive placement settings and are often
referred to as congregate care settings.

Data Source

PPC analysis of AFCARS longitudinal file produced by Public Consulting Group for Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth and Families.

Notes

Totals and percentages are based on those children for whom the placement is known.

S = Suppressed.  Statistics (rates, ratios, percents) are not calculated and displayed for counts less than 10 (or less than 3 for Bayesian/Nearest Neighbor rates). This is due to the unreliability of statistics based on small numbers of events.

Last Updated

2024-04