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District of Columbia [ Context Data ]

A. Key Context Statistics

General Population	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total children under 18 years	102,959	95,290	114,992	112,281
Race/ethnicity (%)¹
Alaska Native/American Indian	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Asian	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.6	2.7	1.5	N/A
Black	75.8	74.3	74.3	72.4
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0
Hispanic	9.0	9.7	9.9	10.6
White	12.5	13.2	11.9	13.2
Two or more races	N/A	N/A	1.9	1.7
Other	N/A	N/A	0.3	N/A
% Child population in poverty	40.2	24.5	21.4	30.8
% Child population living in metropolitan areas	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Child Welfare	1998	1999	2000	2001
Child maltreatment victims	4,916	2,308	2,911	2,908
Children in foster care on 9/30	3,397	3,466	3,045	3,339
3,054	139	166	319	230

¹ The 2000 Census of the United States includes two new race catagories: (1) Persons of two or more races and (2) Other. Back

B. Child Maltreatment Data (NCANDS)

	Number				Rate
Maltreatment Information Overview	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1998	2000	2001
Children subject of an investigated report alleging child maltreatment	9,862	5,014	7,578	7,332	95.8 per 1,000	52.6 per 1,000	65.9 per 1,000	64.3 per 1,000
Child maltreatment victims²	4,916	2,308	2,911	2,908	47.7 per 1,000	24.2 per 1,000	25.3 per 1,000	25.5 per 1,000
Child fatalities	3	5	5	9	2.9 per 100,000	5.2 per 100,000	4.3 per 100,000	7.9 per 1,000

Age of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Under 1 year	-	12.1	7.8	9.2
1-5 years	-	32.4	30.0	28.2
6-10 years	-	31.0	33.8	31.5
11-15 years	-	17.5	21.7	24.2
16+ years	-	6.8	6.7	6.9
Unknown	-	0.2	-	-
Total %	-	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	-	2,308	2,911	2,908

Race/Ethnicity of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	1.0	0.5	-
Black	-	63.3	68.3	70.6
Hispanic	-	3.3	3.6	2.7
White	-	1.6	1.4	0.5
Two or more races	-	-	-	0.3
Other/Unknown	-	34.5	27.6	26.0
Total %³	-	103.6	101.3	100.0
Number	-	2,308	2,911	2,908

Maltreatment Type of Child Victims (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Emotional abuse	-	3.8	14.7	-
Medical neglect	-	1.2	2.7	-
Neglect	75.9	71.8	68.0	85.2
Physical abuse	8.3	14.4	13.4	17.3
Sexual abuse	1.9	1.7	6.4	3.8
Other	13.9	19.2	25.8	0.3
Unknown	-	18.2	23.4	-
Total %⁴	100.0	130.3	154.5	106.6
Number	4,916	2,308	2,911	2,908

² Children with more than one report of substantiated or indicated maltreatment may be counted more than once. Back
³ Percentages may total more than 100 percent because Hispanics may be counted both by Hispanic ethnicity and by race. Back
⁴ Percentages may total more than 100 percent because children could have been victims of more than one type of maltreatment. Back

C. Children in Foster Care
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

Number of Children	In Care on 10/1	Entered Care	Exited Care	In Care on 9/30	Total Served
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	2,966	1,408	979	3,397	4,374
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	2,894	1,231	659	3,466	4,125
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	2,594	775	315	3,054	3,369
FY2001 (10/1/00-9/30/01)	2,907	822	390	3,339	3,729
Median Length of Stay (Months)
FY1998 (10/1/97-9/30/98)	30.0	N/A	13.0	26.3	N/A
FY1999 (10/1/98-9/30/99)	24.5	N/A	17.2	23.7	N/A
FY2000 (10/1/99-9/30/00)	22.4	N/A	15.8	27.4	N/A
FY2001 (10/1/00-9/30/01)	28.5	N/A	18.7	32.6	N/A

Age of Children in Foster Care (%)	In Care on 10/1/97	In Care on 10/1/98	In Care on 10/1/99	In Care on 10/1/00	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Entered Care During FY 2000	Entered Care During FY 2001	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 2000	Exited Care During FY 2001	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99	In Care on 9/30/00	In Care on 9/30/01
Under 1 year	2.7	2.0	1.3	1.3	12.0	8.9	12.3	12.5	5.2	3.5	2.9	3.3	2.6	1.8	1.5	1.9
1-5 years	27.7	27.4	21.2	19.9	34.3	27.3	29.9	28.5	33.2	31.1	25.7	22.8	26.1	23.3	20.1	19.2
6-10 years	26.1	28.6	28.7	30.5	21.7	27.8	31.5	26.3	23.4	30.5	27.0	27.4	27.1	29.4	29.6	28.3
11-15 years	22.7	23.3	27.4	28.1	20.7	20.8	20.4	25.7	16.8	14.3	20.3	23.1	23.1	23.7	26.7	28.5
16-18 years	15.3	13.6	15.9	15.2	10.2	12.5	5.8	6.9	10.9	7.3	14.0	9.7	15.5	15.2	15.3	15.5
19+ years	5.4	5.0	5.3	4.9	0.9	2.4	0.1	-	10.3	13.4	5.1	9.0	5.8	6.5	6.2	6.1
Unknown	0.1	-	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	-	0.1	0.2	-	5.1	4.6	-	0.1	0.6	0.5
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,966	2,894	2,594	2,907	1,408	1,231	775	822	979	659	315	390	3,397	3,466	3,054	3,339

Race/Ethnicity of Children in Foster Care (%)⁵	In Care on 10/1/97	In Care on 10/1/98	In Care on 10/1/99	In Care on 10/1/00	Entered Care During FY 1998	Entered Care During FY 1999	Entered Care During FY 2000	Entered Care During FY 2001	Exited Care During FY 1998	Exited Care During FY 1999	Exited Care During FY 2000	Exited Care During FY 2001	In Care on 9/30/98	In Care on 9/30/99	In Care on 9/30/00	In Care on 9/30/01
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	0.2	0.1	-	-	0.4	0.5	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	0.2	0.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	0.2	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.5	-	-	0.3	-	-	0.1	-	-
Black	96.9	97.1	96.7	94.8	96.9	95.0	83.9	78.0	97.0	95.1	88.6	88.5	96.9	96.7	94.3	91.4
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.8	1.9	3.4	2.4	0.7	3.0	2.2	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.3	1.4
White	0.8	-	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	-	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.2	0.3
Two or more races	-	-	0.5	0.5	-	0.3	0.5	0.5	-	-	0.6	1.0	-	0.1	0.5	0.4
Unknown	1.9	1.9	1.6	3.1	1.9	2.6	11.6	18.1	2.1	1.4	7.6	7.4	1.9	2.2	3.5	6.3
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	2,966	2,894	2,594	2,907	1,408	1,231	775	822	979	659	315	390	3,397	3,466	3,054	3,339

⁵ In this and subsequent race/ethnicity tables, data for two or more races may be provided for 1998 and 1999 because of States' resubmissions. However, data for 1998 and 1999 may not capture all children of two or more races and therefore may not be comparable to the 2000 data pertaining to two or more races. Back

D. Children Waiting to Be Adopted
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)⁶

Overview	9/30/98	9/30/99	9/30/00	9/30/01
Children waiting to be adopted	1,005	64	1,086	1,148
Children whose parents' rights have been terminated (TPR)	15	44	-	-

Age of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Under 1 year	1.5	-	1.0	0.5
1-5 years	39.8	18.8	26.9	20.7
6-10 years	43.2	57.8	47.6	44.9
11-15 years	14.4	17.2	23.4	31.5
16+ years	0.8	-	0.7	1.9
Unknown	0.3	6.2	0.4	0.5
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,005	64	1,086	1,148

Race/Ethnicity of Waiting Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Black	97.3	98.4	96.8	96.3
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Hispanic	-	-	1.0	1.0
White	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.4
Two or more races	-	-	0.2	0.2
Unknown	1.4	-	1.7	2.2
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,005	64	1,086	1,148

⁶ Waiting children are children who have a goal of adoption and/or whose parents rights have been terminated. Children 16 years and older with TPR, but with a goal of emancipation, have been excluded from the waiting children and TPR populations. Back

E. Children Adopted
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

Age of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Under 1 year	-	0.6	1.6	3.0
1-5 years	49.6	41.0	34.5	23.9
6-10 years	33.8	42.8	44.8	52.2
11-15 years	14.4	13.9	16.3	16.1
16+ years	2.2	1.8	2.8	4.8
Unknown	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	139	166	319	230

Race/Ethnicity of Adopted Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Alaska Native/American Indian	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-
Asian/Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Black	98.6	97.6	96.9	99.6
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
Hispanic	0.7	-	1.6	-
White	0.7	-	0.6	-
Two or more races	-	-	0.3	-
Unknown	-	2.4	0.6	0.4
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	139	166	319	230

District of Columbia [ Outcomes Data ]

1. Reduce Recurrence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect
(NCANDS)

1.1 Recurrence of Maltreatment Within 6 Months (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children without a recurrence	-	-	-	91.7
Children with one or more recurrences	-	-	-	8.3
Total %	-	-	-	100.0
Number	-	-	-	1,353

Bar chart describing Percentage of Children With One or More Recurrences of Maltreatment within 6 months data from Table 1.1 above.

2. Reduce the Incidence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect in Foster Care
(NCANDS, AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database Jan —Sept)

2.1 Maltreatment in Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children maltreated while in foster care	-	-	-	0.33
Children not maltreated while in foster care	-	-	-	99.67
Total %	-	-	-	100.0
Number	-	-	-	3,651

3. Increase Permanency for Children in Foster Care
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

3.1 Exits from Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	16.2	33.8	14.3	14.6
Guardianship	0.9	-	1.3	0.5
Reunification	42.6	44.9	53.0	57.7
Other	18.8	13.5	31.4	27.2
Missing data	21.5	7.7	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	979	659	315	390

Pie Charts describing data from Table 3.1 above.

3.2 Exits of Disabled Children (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	15.4	15.8	34.4	35.1
Guardianship	7.7	-	-	-
Reunification	15.4	21.1	37.5	40.5
Other	30.8	63.2	28.1	24.3
Missing data	30.8	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	13	19	32	37

3.3 Exits of Children Over Age 12 at Entry (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	3.3	21.9	-	2.1
Guardianship	2.8	-	-	-
Reunification	22.0	34.9	17.6	26.8
Other	36.0	33.6	82.4	71.1
Missing data	36.0	9.6	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	214	146	91	97

3.4 Exits to Emancipation (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children age 12 or younger at entry	32.9	43.6	20.0	26.5
Children older than 12 at entry	65.9	56.4	80.0	73.5
Missing data	1.2	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	85	78	25	49

3.5 Exits by Race/Ethnicity (%)	Alaska Native/A.I.				Asian				Asian/Pacific Islander				Black				Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.3	34.4	15.8	16.2	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9	-	1.4	0.6	-	-	-	-
Reunification	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.3	-	-	43.5	45.0	51.6	55.9	-	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0	-	-	33.3	-	-	18.0	13.2	31.2	27.2	-	-	-	-
Missing data	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.3	-	-	21.3	7.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total %	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	-
Number	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	950	627	279	345	-	-	-	-
	Hispanic				White				Unable to Determine				Two or More Races				Missing Data
	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001	1998	1999	2000	2001
Adoption	14.3	10.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	-	9.5	55.6	-	3.4	-	-	50.0	-	-	-	-	-
Guardianship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reunification	-	55.0	71.4	70.0	-	-	50.0	100.0	19.0	22.2	70.8	72.4	-	-	-	50.0	-	-	-	-
Other	14.3	15.0	28.6	30.0	-	-	50.0	-	57.1	22.2	29.2	24.1	-	-	50.0	50.0	-	-	-	-
Missing data	71.4	20.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	100.0	-	-	-	-
Number	7	20	7	10	1	-	2	2	21	9	24	29	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-

4. Reduce Time to Reunification Without Increasing Re-entry
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

4.1 Time to Reunification (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Less than 12 mos.	65.9	62.8	59.9	65.8
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	16.1	13.5	19.8	10.7
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	5.0	5.7	9.6	16.0
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	2.6	4.4	3.6	3.1
48 or more mos.	6.5	13.5	7.2	4.4
Missing data	3.8	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	417	296	167	225

Bar chart describing reunification percentages data in Table 4.1 above.

4.2 Children Who Entered Foster Care (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Children entering care for the first time	56.0	64.7	85.4	86.7
Children re-entering care within 12 mos. of a prior episode	11.8	22.3	3.7	5.7
Children re-entering care more than 12 mos. after a prior episode	5.0	12.8	6.2	5.4
Missing data	27.2	0.2	4.6	2.2
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,408	1,231	775	225

Bar chart describing re-entries into Foster Care within 12 months from data in Table 4.2 above.

5. Reduce Time in Foster Care to Adoption
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

5.1 Time to Adoption (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Less than 12 mos.	17.6	22.9	2.2	5.3
At least 12 mos., but less than 24 mos.	13.8	16.1	13.3	-
At least 24 mos., but less than 36 mos.	5.7	12.1	35.6	15.8
At least 36 mos., but less than 48 mos.	10.1	10.8	17.8	14.0
48 or more mos.	52.8	37.2	31.1	64.9
Missing data	-	0.9	-	-
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	159	223	45	57

Bar Chart describing Percentage of Adoptions Occurring in Less Than 24 or greater than 48 Months of Entry data from Table 5.1 above

6. Increase Placement Stability
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

6.1 Number of Placements by Time in Care (%)	Year	Children With 2 or Fewer Placements	Children With 3 or More Placements	Missing Data	Total %	Number
Less than 12 mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	90.5 94.7 86.5 86.3	9.1 5.3 13.5 13.8	0.3 - - -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	1,510 1,310 820 880
At least 12 mos., but <24 mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	69.5 84.5 75.8 68.6	30.3 15.5 24.2 31.5	0.3 - - -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	704 826 748 531
At least 24 mos., but <36 mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	57.7 71.7 70.9 64.9	41.3 28.3 29.1 35.1	1.0 - - -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	496 537 609 678
At least 36 mos., but <48 mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	50.5 63.3 62.9 63.0	49.2 36.7 37.1 37.1	0.3 - - -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	390 371 337 529
48 or more mos.	1998 1999 2000 2001	39.1 50.0 49.9 46.9	60.9 50.0 50.1 53.1	- - - -	100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0	1,247 1,067 855 1,111
Missing data	1998 1999 2000 2001	85.2 100.0 - -	7.4 - - -	7.4 - - -	100.0 100.0 - -	27 14 - -

Bar chart describing foster care placements over time percentages data from Table 6.1 above.

7. Reduce Placements of Young Children in Group Homes or Institutions
(AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

7.1 Most Recent Placement Settings of Children Who Entered Care During the Fiscal Year and Were Age 12 or Younger at the Time of This Placement (%)	1998	1999	2000	2001
Group homes	8.3	4.2	7.1	24.9
Institutions	11.0	12.5	16.5	20.6
Other settings	80.2	83.3	74.5	52.7
Missing data	0.5	-	2.0	1.8
Total (%)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Number	1,017	814	595	598

District of Columbia [ Federal Comment ]

The following discussion focuses on the District of Columbia?s performance with regard to each of the outcomes assessed in the Child Welfare Outcomes Annual Reports to Congress. The District of Columbia Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) was completed in fiscal year (FY) 2001, and compliance with the national standards was based on data from 1999. The final report for that review is available from Reports and Results of the Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSRs) . A discussion of the implications of CFSR findings for the District of Columbia?s performance on the Report to Congress Outcomes is provided in Child Welfare Outcomes 2000.

The State?s performance is assessed by examining the percent change in the data for each outcome measure from 1999 to 2001. The percent change was calculated using data carried out to the second decimal point. However, with the exception of outcome measure 2.1, the data presented in the Report to Congress are rounded to one decimal for ease of reading the tables (measure 2.1 must be presented as two decimals because the national standard is less than one percent).

Outcome 1. Reduce recurrence of child abuse and/or neglect
In calendar year (CY) 2001, the rate of maltreatment recurrence within 6 months of a prior substantiated report was 8.3 percent, which is higher than the national standard of 6.1 percent or less and is about equal to the national median of 8.0 percent. Change over time cannot be assessed for this measure because the District of Columbia did not report the relevant data to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) in prior years.

Outcome 2. Reduce the incidence of child abuse and/or neglect in foster care
In CY 2001, the rate of maltreatment of children in foster care by their foster parents or facility staff was 0.33 percent, which is less than the national standard of 0.57 percent or less and the national median of 0.47 percent. Again, change over time cannot be assessed because the District of Columbia did not report the relevant data to NCANDS in prior years.

Outcome 3. Increase permanency for children in foster care
In FY 2001, 72.8 percent of children leaving foster care were discharged to a permanent home (which is less than the national median of 83.3 percent); 75.6 percent of children with a diagnosed disability who exited foster care were discharged to a permanent home (which is less than the national median of 78.4 percent); and 28.9 percent of children exiting foster care who were older than age 12 at the time of entry into care were discharged to a permanent home (which is the lowest percentage reported nationally). In addition, performance with regard to the percentage of children exiting foster care who were discharged from a permanent home declined from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (-7.5 percent change), as did performance related to the percentage of children older than age 12 at entry who were discharged to a permanent home (-49.2 percent change). However, the percentage of children with disabilities who were discharged to a permanent home increased substantially from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (+105.4 percent change). These data suggest that the District of Columbia is not consistently effective in achieving permanency for children in foster care.

The FY 2001 data for outcome 3 also indicate that 26.5 percent of children emancipated from foster care were age 12 or younger at the time of entry, which is lower than the national median of 28.0 percent. Performance on this measure improved from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (-39.1 percent change).

Outcome 4. Reduce time to reunification without increasing re-entry
In FY 2001, the percentage of all reunifications occurring within 12 months of a child?s entry into foster care was 65.8 percent, which is lower than both the national standard of 76.2 percent or more and the national median of 69.2 percent. Performance on this measure did not change substantively from FY 1999 to FY 2001.

The District of Columbia?s performance with regard to reunifications within 12 months of entry into foster care must be balanced by the finding that in FY 2001, the percentage of children re-entering foster care within 12 months of discharge from a prior foster care episode was 5.7, which is less than both the national standard of 8.6 percent or less and the national median of 10.3 percent. It is difficult to assess change in this measure because the data for this measure in FY 1999 indicate a re-entry rate of 22.3 percent. The discrepancy between the FY 1999 data and the FY 2001 data (5.7 percent) may reflect changes in data entry and/or reporting rather than in actual performance.

Outcome 5. Reduce time in foster care to adoption
The District of Columbia?s performance on outcome 5 cannot be assessed for the Federal Comment. The District of Columbia reported 230 finalized adoptions in FY 2001 to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) Adoption Database (Section E of the State Data Pages), but only 57 children were reported to the AFCARS Foster Care Database as having been discharged to a finalized adoption. Consequently, the FY 2001 data pertaining to the percent of adoptions occurring within 24 months of a child?s entry into foster care applies to only 25 percent of the finalized adoptions.

Outcome 6. Increase placement stability
In FY 2001, the percentage of children who were in foster care for less than 12 months and experienced no more than 2 placements was 86.3, which is close to the national standard of 86.7 percent or more, and is greater than the national median of 83.3 percent. However, performance on this measure declined from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (-8.9 percent change).

Outcome 7. Reduce placements of young children in group homes and institutions
In FY 2001, the percentage of children age 12 or younger at entry into foster care who were placed in a group home or institution was 45.5, which is considerably higher than the national median of 8.7 percent and is the highest percentage reported nationally. However, because of the extreme change in this measure from FY 1999 to FY 2001 (+172.2 percent change), there is a possibility that the change is due to data entry or reporting issues rather than to actual performance.

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia [ Context Data ]

A. Key Context Statistics

B. Child Maltreatment Data (NCANDS)

C. Children in Foster Care (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

D. Children Waiting to Be Adopted (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)6

E. Children Adopted (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

District of Columbia [ Outcomes Data ]

1. Reduce Recurrence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect (NCANDS)

2. Reduce the Incidence of Child Abuse and/or Neglect in Foster Care (NCANDS, AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database Jan —Sept)

3. Increase Permanency for Children in Foster Care (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

4. Reduce Time to Reunification Without Increasing Re-entry (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

5. Reduce Time in Foster Care to Adoption (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

6. Increase Placement Stability (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)

7. Reduce Placements of Young Children in Group Homes or Institutions (AFCARS Annual Foster Care Database)