Region 4

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Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington

Total Number of Children in Care on June 30, 2003 = 1,856

Sex

Male

1,056

56.9%

Female

800

43.1%

Age

Under 2 Years

113

6.1%

2-5 Years

274

14.8%

6-9 Years

230

12.4%

10-13 Years

404

21.8%

14-17 Years

746

40.2%

Over 17 Years

89

4.7%

Mean Age

11.62

Ethnicity

White

1,327

71.5%

Black

351

18.9%

Hispanic

61

3.3%

Asian

1

0.1%

Interracial

76

4.1%

Other

9

0.5%

Unknown

13

0.7%

None

18

0.9%


Years in Care

Under 2 Years

1158

62.4%

2-5 Years

541

29.1%

6-9 Years

95

5.1%

10-13 Years

47

2.5%

14-17 Years

15

0.9%

Over 17 Years

0

0%

Mean Yrs. in Care

2.29
Type of Facility

Institution

687

37.0%

Fost. Board Home

742

40.0%

Group Residence

68

3.7%

Group Home

84

4.5%

AOBH

35

1.9%

Adoptive Home

154

8.3%

Approved Relative

46

2.5%

Other

40

2.1%


Permanency Planning Goal

Discharge to Parent/Legal Guard.

1,134

61.1%

Discharge to PRP

27

1.5%

Discharge to Independent Living

170

9.2%

Discharge to Adoption

148

18.8%

Discharge to Adult Cust. Care

18

1.0%

To Prevent Placement

84

4.5%

To Prevent Return to Placement

20

1.1%

Indep Living- Unaccomp Refugee

2

0.1%

Protect Child

23

1.2%

No Goal

30

1.5%
Free For Adoption - 462 Total

Free For Adoption

398

21.4%

Discharge Goal Not Adopt.

124

31.2%

Adoptive Home Approved

23

5.8%

Child Placed

159

39.9%

Free > 1 Year - No Family

58

14.6%

Not Free/Goal Adoption

74

4.0%

Family Interest in Adoption

5

6.8%

Number of Movements
in Past Years

l
1 Year
3 Years

0

807

43.5%

229

12.3%

1

696

37.5%

847

45.6%

2

227

12.2%

408

22.0%

3-5

114

6.1%

325

17.5%

6 or more

12

0.7%

47

2.6%
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12/17/03