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Agency Department of Social Services (765)
Measure Name Percentage of children who exit from foster care to a permanent living arrangement (reunified with families, placed with relatives, adopted)
Measure Last Modified
05-13-2025 01:57 p.m.
Measure Last Published
09-04-2024 04:33 p.m.
Status
Active
Data Source and Calculation
The data source is the On-line Automated Services Information System (OASIS). This measure is reported monthly and represents the number of children who exit foster care for reasons of reunification with biological family, custody transfer to another relative, or adoption. The results are obtained from the VCWOR (Virginia Child Welfare Outcome Reports) utility ("Children's Services System Transformation Outcomes" report). The result is a rolling 12-month average reported at the end of the quarter.
Enterprise Priorities and Strategies
Initiative Priority Strategy
Health and Family Children and Families Promote strategies that encourage a culture of health through stable housing, access to high-quality health care and proper nutrition.
Associated Service Areas
Service Area Code Service Area Name
46010 Local Staff and Operations
46901 Foster Care Payments
46902 Supplemental Child Welfare Activities
Targets and Baselines
Name Date Result Note
Baseline 06-30-2022 77.6
Short Target 2025 06-30-2025 86.0
Long Target 2027 06-30-2027 86.0
Results
Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Note
2019 76.3 72.8 76.2 76.3
2020 75.6 73.2 74.6 75.6
2021 76.8 80.9 80.8 80.4
2022 79.5 78.7 77.7 77.6 This decrease in exits to permanency may be attributable to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
2023 77.4 76.5 76.6 76.2
2024 75.9 75.5 75.0 74.6
2025 76.0 76.8 77.8
Measure ID 76546006.001.002
Measure Class Agency Key
Measure Type Outcome
Year Type State FY
Preferred Trend Increase
Frequency Quarterly
Statistical Unit % of children exiting Foster Care
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