STATEWIDE AGGREGATE DATA USED IN DETERMINING SUBSTANTIAL
CONFORMITY: COMPOSITES 1 THROUGH 4
Permanency Composite 1: Timeliness and Permanency of Reunification [Standard: 122.6
or Higher]
Scaled scores for this composite incorporate two components.
Component A: Timeliness of Reunification
The timeliness component is composed of three timeliness individual measures.
Measure C1 - 1: Exits to reunification in less than 12 months: Of all children discharged from
foster care (FC) to reunification in the target 12-month period, and who had been in FC for 8
days or longer, what percent was reunified in less than 12 months from the date of the latest
removal from home? (Includes trial home visit adjustment) [National median = 69.9%, 75th
percentile = 75.2%]
Measure C1 - 2: Exits to reunification, median stay: Of all children discharged from foster
care (FC) to reunification in the target 12-month period, and who had been in FC for 8 days or
longer, what was the median length of stay (in months) from the date of the latest removal from
home until the date of discharge to reunification? (This includes trial home visit adjustment)
[National median = 6.5 months, 25th percentile = 5.4 months (low is "good" in this
measure)]
Measure C1 - 3: Entry cohort reunification in < 12 months: Of all children entering foster
care (FC) for the first time in the 6-month period just prior to the target 12-month period, and
who remained in FC for 8 days or longer, what percent was discharged from FC to reunification
in less than 12 months from the date of the latest removal from home? (Includes trial home visit
adjustment) [National median = 39.4%, 75th percentile = 48.4%]
Component B: Permanency of Reunification.
The permanency component has one measure.
Measure C1 - 4: Re-entries to foster care in less than 12 months: Of all children discharged
from foster care (FC) to reunification in the 12-month period prior to the target 12-month period,
what percent re-entered FC in less than 12 months from the date of discharge? [National median
= 15.0%, 25th percentile = 9.9% (low is "good" in this measure)]
Permanency Composite 2: Timeliness of Adoptions [Standard: 106.4 or higher].
Scaled scores for this composite incorporate three components.
Component A: Timeliness of Adoptions of Children Discharged From Foster Care.
There are two individual measures of this component.
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