Measure C2 - 1: Exits to adoption in less than 24 months: Of all children who were
discharged from foster care to a finalized adoption in the target 12-month period, what percent
was discharged in less than 24 months from the date of the latest removal from home? [National
median = 26.8%, 75th percentile = 36.6%]
Measure C2 - 2: Exits to adoption, median length of stay: Of all children who were
discharged from foster care (FC) to a finalized adoption in the target 12-month period, what was
the median length of stay in FC (in months) from the date of the latest removal from home to the
date of discharge to adoption? [National median = 32.4 months, 75th percentile = 27.3
months]
Component B: Progress Toward Adoption for Children In Foster Care for 17 Months or
Longer.
There are two individual measures.
Measure C2 - 3: Children in care 17+ months, adopted by the end of the year: Of all
children in foster care (FC) on the first day of the target 12-month period, and who were in FC
for 17 continuous months or longer (and who, by the last day of the year shown, were not
discharged from FC with a discharge reason of live with relative, reunify, or guardianship), what
percent was discharged from FC to a finalized adoption by the last day of the year shown?
[National median = 20.2%, 25th percentile = 22.7% (low is "good" for this measure)]
Measure C2 - 4: Children in care 17+ months achieving legal freedom within 6 months: Of
all children in foster care (FC) on the first day of the target 12 month period, and who were in FC
for 17 continuous months or longer, and were not legally free for adoption prior to that day, what
percent became legally free for adoption during the first 6 months of the year shown? Legally
free means that there was a parental rights termination date reported to AFCARS for both mother
and father. This calculation excludes children who, by the end of the first 6 months of the year
shown had discharged from FC to "reunification," "live with relative," or "guardianship."
[National median = 8.8, 75th percentile = 10.9%]
Component C: Progress Toward Adoption of Children Who Are Legally Free for
Adoption. There is one measure for this component. See below.
Measure C2 - 5: Legally free children adopted in less than 12 months: Of all children who
became legally free for adoption in the 12-month period prior to the target 12 month period (i.e.,
there was a parental rights termination date reported to AFCARS for both mother and father),
what percent was discharged from foster care to a finalized adoption in less than 12 months of
becoming legally free? [National median = 45.8%, 75th percentile = 53.7%]
Permanency Composite 3: Permanency for Children and Youth in Foster Care for Long
Periods of Time [Standard: 121.7 or higher].
Scaled scores for this composite incorporate two components.
Component A: Achieving Permanency for Children in Foster Care for Long Periods of
Time.
This component has two measures.
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