Out-of-Home Care Length of Stay

Source: DCYF. (October 2023). Child welfare priority performance measures [July 2009-June 2021]. infoFamlink.
Notes: Median number of days children are placed in out-of-home care on the last day of the state fiscal year. Episodes of less than seven days are not included, but days spent in any Trial Return Home period are included up to a maximum of 30 days. The cases included in this metric calculation have been changed from those with 60+ days in out-of-home care to those with 7+ days in out-of-home care. The metric has been updated to reflect the new standard, and as a result, medians for all years are lower than previously reported. 
“Median” is the middle number in a list of numbers in value order (for example, lowest to highest). There is an equal probability of falling above or below the median.