National Capita
l Region
ANNUAL REP
ORT
FOSTER
CARE
2013
Who is in Foster Care
And Why
January February March April May June July August September October November December0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
Child Protective Services
2013 calls received 2012 calls received 2011 calls received2013 calls accepted 2012 calls accepted 2011 calls accepted
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
46014394
41533816
3349
2961
Children in Foster Care (as of 12/31)
under 1 year old4%
1 - 5 years old18%
6 - 10 years old15%
11 - 15 years old22%
16 and above42%
Children in Foster Care - by Age12/31/2013
Agency Foster Home28%
Private Foster Home25%
RelativeKinship
10%
Congregate Care14%
Pre-Adoptive Home
7%
Trial Home Visit6%
Independent Living
7%
Runaway1%
Other2%
Placement Type (as of 12/31)
GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN on 12/31/2013
Inside Jurisdiction Outside Jurisdiction
With Relative
Without Relative
With Relative
Without Relative
District of Columbia11% 34% 10% 46%
Frederick County 17% 46% 1% 36%
Montgomery County19% 46% 6% 29%
Prince George's County3% 57% 1% 39%
Charles County 25% 50% 0% 25%
City of Alexandria12% 12% 8% 68%
Arlington County11%
61%1%
27%Fairfax County
3% 59% 2% 36%Loudoun County
7% 47% 5% 41%Prince William County
3% 59% 5% 33%
Licensed Vacant 0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
1914
761
Agency Foster Homes
40% of all agency homes were vacant on 12/31/2013
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Overall Waiting ; 158
Teens Waiting ; 110
Waiting Children 12/31/2013
7 out of 10 waiting children are teenagers
The Relationship between APPLA and Emancipating youth
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Emancipation 301 359 411 372 340 336
APPLA NaN NaN NaN NaN 673 583
50
150
250
350
450
550
650
750
301
359411
372340 336
673
583
EmancipationAPPLA
Data Unavailable Data Unavailable Data Unavailable Data Unavailable
Takeaways
1. Greater support of programs that provide older youth with educational, employment, and housing assistance, and strengthen the recruitment of lifelong connections or mentors.
2. Continued focus on recruiting outstanding foster parents for teenagers, special needs children and large sibling groups so our children can remain in families rather than congregate care.
3. Advocate for kinship care financial assistance to relatives who receive their kin/children from foster care in Virginia.
4. Support the use of Wednesday’s Child to attract families for older teenagers before they age-out of the system.
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