Foster Care

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Definition: This indicator reports the number of children, by age, in foster care.

Data source:

U.S. DHHS, Administration for Children Youth and Families, Child Welfare Outcomes Data. Main data site is here. New Hampshire specific data is here. Scroll to see data from Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), Foster Care File. The Foster Care file includes but is not limited to numbers entering and exiting foster care; their outcomes, ages, race/ethnicity, and associated lengths of time in care

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Data Indicators by Category

  • Family
  •  Child Population by Age and Race
  •  Household Composition
  •  Family Structure
  •  Educational Attainment of Families
  • School
  •  Children Enrolled in Kindergarten
  •  Statewide Assessments
  • Early Learning
  •  Cost of Child Care
  •  Child Care Cost Burden
  •  Child Care Program Staff Salaries
  •  Licensed Child Care Capacity
  •  Head Start and Early Head Start
  •  Head Start Programs Map
  •  Children Enrolled in Preschool
  • Work
  •  Job Change Due to Child Care Problems
  •  Median Income of Families with Children
  •  Living Wage
  •  Labor Force and Unemployment
  •  Unemployment Insurance Claimants
  • Housing
  •  Home Ownership
  •  Rental Costs
  •  Purchase Price of Homes
  •  Homeless Children
  • Health
  •  Health Insurance Status
  •  Birth Data
  •  Maternal Health
  •  Developmental Screening
  •  Immunizations
  •  Oral Health
  •  Child Maltreatment
  • Family Supports
  •  Home Visiting
  •  Home Visiting Agencies by Program Type
  •  Family Resource Centers
  •  Parents Experiencing Aggravation From Parenting
  • Social/Economic Factors
  •  Food Insecurity
  •  Child Poverty
  •  Children in Low Income Families
  •  Children in Low Income Working Families
  • Community Health
  •  Access to Clinical Care
  •  Access to Mental Health Services
  •  Access to Needed Health Services
  •  Childhood Lead Exposure
  • Child & Family Programs
  •  Foster Care
  •  Medicaid and CHIP
  •  School Meals
  •  SNAP
  •  TANF
  •  WIC