Region 5

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Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester

Total Number of Children in Care on June 30, 2003 = 3,624

Sex

Male

1,928

53.2%

Female

1,696

46.8%


Age

Under 2 Years

273

7.5%

2-5 Years

554

15.3%

6-9 Years

541

14.9%

10-13 Years

700

19.3%

14-17 Years

1,255

34.6%

Over 17 Years

301

8.4%

Mean Age

11.38

Ethnicity

White

1,263

34.9%

Black

1,597

44.1%

Hispanic

405

11.2%

Asian

2

0.1%

Interracial

160

4.4%

Other

36

1.0%

Unknown

47

1.3%

None

114

3.0%


Years in Care

Under 2 Years

1,919

53.0%

2-5 Years

1,256

34.7%

6-9 Years

305

8.4%

10-13 Years

97

2.7%

14-17 Years

45

1.2%

Over 17 Years

2

< 0.1%

Mean Yrs. in Care

2.82

Type of Facility

Institution

878

24.2%

Fost. Board Home

1,831

50.5%

Group Residence

98

2.7%

Group Home

263

7.3%

AOBH

34

0.9%

Adoptive Home

167

4.6%

Approved Relative

289

8.0%

Other

64

1.8%


Permanency Planning Goal

Discharge to Parent/Legal Guard.

1,826

50.4%

Discharge to PRP

59

1.6%

Discharge to Independent Living

439

12.1%

Discharge to Adoption

950

26.2%

Discharge to Adult Cust. Care

57

1.6%

To Prevent Placement

90

2.5%

To Prevent Return to Placement

47

1.3%

Indep Living- Unaccomp Refugee

7

0.2%

Protect Child

41

1.1%

No Goal

108

3.0%

Free For Adoption - 462 Total

Free For Adoption

628

17.3%

Discharge Goal Not Adopt.

156

24.8%

Adoptive Home Approved

43

6.8%

Child Placed

196

31.2%

Free > 1 Year - No Family

110

17.5%

Not Free/Goal Adoption

478

13.2%

Family Interest in Adoption

15

3.1%


Number of Movements
in Past Years

l

1 Year
3 Years

0

1,921

53.0%

553

15.3%

1

1,108

30.6%

1,555

42.9%

2

371

10.3%

775

21.4%

3-5

195

5.4%

584

16.1%

6 or more

28

0.7%

157

4.3%

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