Statewide Foster Care Dynamics in Georgia

This data collection presents insights into the foster care dynamics in Georgia from October 1998 to September 2020. It includes information on reentries within 12 months, reentries after 12 months, the number of children in care, children removed to foster care, children exiting foster care, and the annualized number of children in the system. The visualizations provide a comprehensive view of the trends and changes in Georgia's foster care system over the years.

• Georgia
• Foster Care
• Dynamics
• Children
• Trends

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1. CII DATA March 12, 2021 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

2. Statewide: Foster Care Dynamics October 1998 through September 2020 by Quarter Reentries w/in 12 Months (max=282; min=53; latest=71) Reentries After 12 Months (max=239; min=49; latest=124) Number of Children in Care (max=14,648; min=7,081; latest=11,489) Children Removed to Foster Care (max=3,434; min=820; latest=1,233) Children Exiting Foster Care (max=3,015; min=763; latest=1,518) 15000 Annualized Number of Children 10000 5000 0 1998Q4 1999Q2 1999Q4 2000Q2 2000Q4 2001Q2 2001Q4 2002Q2 2002Q4 2003Q2 2003Q4 2004Q2 2004Q4 2005Q2 2005Q4 2006Q2 2006Q4 2007Q2 2007Q4 2008Q2 2008Q4 2009Q2 2009Q4 2010Q2 2010Q4 2011Q2 2011Q4 2012Q2 2012Q4 2013Q2 2013Q4 2014Q2 2014Q4 2015Q2 2015Q4 2016Q2 2016Q4 2017Q2 2017Q4 2018Q2 2018Q4 2019Q2 2019Q4 2020Q2

3. Total Georgia children in out-of-home care as of February 25, 2020: 12,826 Total Georgia children in out-of-home care as of January 29, 2021: 11,192

4. Percentage Change in Foster Care Population 9/30/19 9/30/20 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30

5. Total Removals 9/30/19 9/30/20 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0

6. County Rankings: Reentries to Foster Care as Percentage of Removals, October 2019 through September 2020 100 Regions with more than 16,000 children in the population. 80 Reentries (%) 60 40 20 0 Colquitt Hart Henry Statewide Newton Forsyth Clayton Fulton Walton Cobb Troup Bibb Paulding Floyd Glynn DeKalb Montgomery Schley Decatur Banks Pickens Polk Turner Jasper Walker Jenkins Clay Glascock Harris Gilmer Brantley Murray Terrell Towns Stephens Cook Jeff Davis Butts Lamar Miller Putnam Carroll Bartow Randolph Macon Crawford Chattahoochee Dodge Madison Peach White Chattooga Baldwin McDuffie Charlton Pike Gordon Lumpkin Union Washington Pierce Monroe Dade Berrien Worth Ware Catoosa Clinch Crisp Fannin Wilkinson Jefferson Lee Chatham Gwinnett Columbia Cherokee Coweta Clarke Fayette 100 80 Reentries (%) 60 40 20 0 Tift Elbert Stewart Talbot Liberty Lowndes Houston Jones Grady Wilkes Whitfield Richmond Toombs Bleckley Brooks Dooly Early Echols Evans Hancock Jackson Laurens Thomas Twiggs Wilcox Emanuel Habersham Baker Ben Hill Candler Lanier Meriwether Mitchell Pulaski Sumter Tattnall Taylor Telfair Webster Wheeler Hall Spalding Oconee Upson Camden Barrow Heard Dawson Haralson Rabun Wayne Appling Atkinson Bacon Bryan Bulloch Burke Calhoun Coffee Franklin Greene Irwin Johnson Lincoln Long Marion McIntosh Morgan Oglethorpe Quitman Screven Seminole Taliaferro Treutlen Warren Effingham Rockdale Douglas Muscogee Dougherty

7. County Rankings: Median Length of Stay in Foster Care Among All Children Discharged During Latest 12 Months Median Length of Stay (Months) 100 Regions with more than 16,000 children in the population. 80 60 40 20 0 Stewart Tift Colquitt Lowndes Henry Wilkes Wilcox Brooks Pulaski Jeff Davis Jenkins Ben Hill Laurens Brantley Bibb Bleckley Twiggs Evans Polk Jackson Banks Thomas Glynn Toombs Dooly Cook Floyd Stephens Forsyth Richmond Pickens Telfair Candler Wheeler Lamar Meriwether Turner Lanier Sumter Baker Habersham Randolph Irwin Crisp Screven Madison Appling Bulloch McDuffie Chattahoochee Jefferson Haralson Baldwin Lincoln Wayne Macon Lee Bryan Pierce Burke Seminole Crawford Dodge Rabun Johnson Washington Ware Atkinson Franklin Clinch Monroe Oglethorpe Greene Chatham Rockdale Muscogee Douglas Clarke Columbia Dougherty Median Length of Stay (Months) 100 80 60 40 20 0 Talbot Hart Elbert Statewide Liberty Troup Clayton Paulding Walton Houston Fulton Cobb Whitfield DeKalb Newton Montgomery Murray Harris Early Butts Jones Grady Schley Towns Clay Echols Glascock Hancock Miller Mitchell Emanuel Walker Taylor Jasper Decatur Putnam Terrell Tattnall Gilmer Webster Hall Carroll Gordon Wilkinson Treutlen Berrien Morgan Gwinnett Spalding Camden Peach Union McIntosh Catoosa Pike Dade Coffee Barrow Fannin Chattooga Taliaferro Long Worth Charlton Upson Bacon Heard Dawson Lumpkin Bartow White Calhoun Quitman Warren Oconee Marion Effingham Coweta Cherokee Fayette

8. Percentage Achieving Permanency Within 12 Months 9/30/19 9/30/20 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

9. Discharges, 10/19 - 9/20 Reun: 42% Adopt: 22% Relative: 7% Emancip: 10% G-ship: 16%

10. Statewide In Care with Both TPRs on Sept 30, 2019, Permanent within 12 Months 54% In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months on Sept 30, 2020 31% In Non-Relative Care Over 24 Months with both TPRs on Sept 30, 2020 35%

11. Jerry Bruce Georgia Court Improvement Project Director Georgia Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children jerry.bruce@georgiacourts.gov