Substitute Care Questions: Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1991

Substitute Care Questions
Substitute Care Statistical Flow Data with Title IV-E Eligibility, 1991

1994 Reporting States	In Sub Care at Start	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	Children Entering Care	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	New Entrants (1)	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	Children Left Care	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig	Children in Care on Last Day	Number IV-E Elig	Percent IV-E Elig
Alabama	4,392	1,258	28.6%	3,037	295	9.7%	2,738	270	9.9%	3,089	383	12.4%	4,340	1,104	25.4%
Alaska	1,711			1,371						1,166			1,942
Arizona	3,379			2,429						2,235			3,618
Arkansas	1,229	415	33.8%	1,095	367	33.5%				1,154			1,438	590	41.0%
California	80,157	42,889	53.5%	30,02	14,380	47.9%	28,03	14,633	52.2%	29,43	13,170	44.7%	80,744	44,099	54.6%
Colorado	5,242			5,599						5,322			5,519
Connecticut	3,871			1,975						1,658			4,202
Delaware	633			719						727			655
D.C.
Florida	9,502			5,144						4,411			10,235
Georgia	15,179			4,000									15,500
Hawaii	1,686			1,149						1,225			1,600
Idaho	860	160	18.6%	969	96	9.9%				838	7	0.8%	760	186	24.5%
Illinois	20,753			12,001						7,774			23,776
Indiana	7,445			4,295			4,166			3,505			8,225
Iowa	4,277			1,958						1,485			4,609
Kansas	6,413												7,112
Kentucky	6,747			3,000						2,673			6,422
Louisiana	5,370			2,481						2,052			5,799
Maine	1,771			708						665			1,814
Maryland	3,666	1,206	32.9%	1,575	652	41.4%				971	160	16.5%	4,148	1,663	40.1%
Massachusetts	11,975			8,551						7,741			13,232
Michigan	10,788			8,071						7,577			11,282
Minnesota	6,868			10,756						9,726			7,898
Mississippi	2,774			1,272			1,272			1,216			2,830
Missouri	6,785			5,527			4,427			5,066			7,264	4,512	62.1%
Montana	1,283												1,494
Nebraska	2,543	1,074	42.2%	1,921						1,808			2,660
Nevada	2,431			476									2,532	744	29.4%
New Hampshire	2,076			1,479						1,460			2,095
New Jersey	9,003			0			3,387						8,642
New Mexico	1,976			1,723									2,304
New York	63,630	51,171	80.4%	21,002	2,080	57.5%	17,768	0,217	57.5%	19,693	8,655	43.9%	64,872	48,400	74.6%
North Carolina	7,505	1,959	26.1%	3,131						2,286			8,945	2,378	26.6%
North Dakota	679	345	50.8%	688	261	37.9%	299	129	43.1%	629	238	37.8%	738	368	49.9%
Ohio	16,279			12,458						11,433			17,298
Oklahoma	3,435			892						524			3,803
Oregon	4,256			4,043						4,303			3,996
Pennsylvania	16,978			16,160						15,630			17,508
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island	3,128			950						565			3,311
South Carolina	3,678			2,622						2,281			4,118
South Dakota	590			636						613			613
Tennessee	4,810	2,453	51.0%	3,133	1,597	51.0%	2,819	1,437	51.0%	2,720	1,387	51.0%	5,223	2,663	51.0%
Texas	7,631			5,161						4,616			7,200
Utah	1,396			1,171						1,162			1,405
Vermont	1,064	707	66.4%	733	410	55.9%	659	362	54.9%	712	312	43.8%	1,083	692	63.9%
Virginia	6,341	2,207	34.8%	3,112	794	25.5%				3,219	559	17.4%	6,297	2,206	35.0%
Washington	6,957	2,637	37.9%	20,587	4,462	21.7%	845	51	6.0%	20,295	4,505	22.2%	7,026	2,417	34.4%
West Virginia	1,997														1,997
Wisconsin	6,652	2,587	38.9%	5,028	1,472	29.3%	4,693	1,321	28.1%	4,479	1,435	32.0%	7,201	2,613	36.3%
Wyoming	634			400						429			605
Total(2)	400,425	111,068	58.3%	225,214	36,866	40.5%	71,111	28,420	49.1%	200,572	30,811	35.8%	417,930	114,635	56.6%
Reporting States	50	14		47	12		12	8		43	11		50	15

Source: VCIS Survey, Part I, questions 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 5 and 5a.

A blank cell within a row indicates either that the relevant question is not applicable to the state, or that the state did not respond to the question.

New Entrants are children entering substitute care who had had no substitute care placements within the preceding 12 months; New Entrants is a subset of Children Entering Care.
Percentages are based only on those states that responded to the IV-E eligible question.