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Agency Department of Social Services (765)
Measure Name Percentage of foster care children who are placed with families
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
<p>Data are derived from the On-line Automated Services Information System (OASIS). The measure result is obtained from the Virginia Child Welfare Outcome Report (VCWOR) utility, specifically, the monthly Children's Services System Transformation Outcomes (CSSTO) report. The result is the number of foster care children in family-based placements divided by the total numer of foster care children in all placements for the reporting period. "Family-based placements" include non-finalized adoptive homes, trial home visits, relative foster families, and non-relative foster families. Children in privately run therapeutic foster homes are also included in this measure. To obtain a result for the quarter, the value reported in the last month's report for the quarter is used.</p>
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 74.1 Baseline taken after the start of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Short Target 2025 06-30-2025 80.0
Long Target 2027 06-30-2027 85.0
Results
Year Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Note
2019 81.73 81.30 81.60 81.30
2020 81.90 82.80 82.80 83.70
2021 83.30 75.20 75.40 74.80 Decline in family-based placements may be due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
2022 74.26 74.63 74.28 74.10
2023 74.00 74.17 73.66 72.90
2024 71.90 72.50 72.30 71.90
2025 72.10 72.70 72.40
Measure ID 76546901.001.002
Measure Class Other Agency
Measure Type Output
Year Type State FY
Preferred Trend Increase
Frequency Quarterly
Statistical Unit percentage of children in foster care
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