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Children & Youth

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Source: New York State Office of Children and Family Services

What does this measure?

The annual number of children under age 18 placed in the care of the local Department of Social Services, expressed as a rate per 1,000 youths under 18. Children admitted to foster care may be cared for in congregate care facilities, foster boarding homes, approved relative homes or a supervised independent living program.

Why is this important?

This is an indicator of families' inability to care for their children in a healthy and/or safe environment.

How is our region performing?

In 2020, 1.8 children per 1,000 in our region were admitted to foster care, down from 3.5 in 2000 and below the state rate. Since 2000, the regional rate has consistently hovered above the state rate, with the exception of the years 2007 through 2012 and 2017.

In 2020, Monroe's rate was 1.9 children per 1,000, slightly higher than the region and similar to the surrounding counties. In the surrounding area, the counties with the highest rates of foster care admissions in 2020 were Genesee (2.9), Yates (2.7) and Livingston (2.6). Counties with the lowest rates in 2020 were Wayne (0.7) and Seneca (0.9).

Notes about the data

Capacity limitations and changes in policy (for example, an emphasis on keeping families together) may affect placement decisions and be reflected in a lower rate of children entering foster care. Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the third quarter.

Rate of Foster Care Admissions

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
NYS	3.5	3.4	3.2	2.9	2.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.6
NYS (excluding NYC)	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.5	1.8	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.6
Region	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.2	3.6	3.1	3.4	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.4	1.8
Monroe	3.9	4.1	3.7	3.7	4.2	0.3	4.0	2.7	2.5	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.4	1.9
Surrounding Counties	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.6	7.5	2.5	2.5	2.2	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.5	2.4	3.1	2.6	2.2	2.2	2.0	2.3	1.7
Genesee	3.8	2.6	3.1	2.7	3.5	3.4	2.7	2.4	3.2	2.4	2.1	2.8	3.8	2.9	4.5	4.2	2.5	1.6	3.1	3.8	2.9
Livingston	2.2	1.9	2.5	3.0	2.0	5.0	4.5	3.9	3.5	2.6	2.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	2.3	3.3	2.8	2.9	2.0	2.7	2.6
Ontario	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.2	7.7	1.7	2.2	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.8	1.6	1.7	2.9	1.8	1.6	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.5
Orleans	3.5	4.2	3.7	3.3	4.7	9.2	2.9	4.0	3.3	3.0	2.1	2.7	4.1	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.6	3.7	2.7	4.7	2.0
Seneca	3.3	2.2	3.4	1.3	1.9	11.6	2.8	1.5	2.2	1.0	1.1	2.3	2.5	4.9	5.9	4.1	3.6	3.3	2.6	1.6	0.9
Wayne	2.1	2.0	1.4	1.5	2.2	13.1	1.8	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.4	2.0	2.1	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.7
Wyoming	3.9	2.9	3.0	1.8	1.8	2.0	3.1	2.4	2.1	2.5	2.4	3.7	1.9	2.4	4.8	3.3	2.6	4.2	1.9	2.3	1.2
Yates	2.7	2.6	1.8	4.6	3.3	0.5	2.1	3.1	2.4	1.0	2.4	2.0	5.1	2.7	3.6	2.1	1.2	1.3	1.5	2.9	2.7

Source: New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Notes: Rates are per 1,000 youth under 18.

Number of Foster Care Admissions

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
NYS	16,248	15,743	14,841	13,172	12,241	11,050	13,849	13,137	13,169	12,514	12,173	10,694	10,065	9,548	9,596	8,837	8,375	9,014	8,323	8,087	6,349
NYS (excluding NYC)	7,317	7,294	7,096	6,710	6,825	4,713	6,350	5,868	5,945	5,493	5,253	4,975	4,993	5,033	5,252	4,918	4,625	4,645	4,598	4,575	3,617
Region	1,071	1,065	966	957	1,066	891	983	747	667	603	565	561	607	588	635	569	520	527	568	577	447
Monroe	745	780	682	689	773	52	703	478	425	403	369	341	352	351	330	322	315	323	383	365	294
Surrounding Counties	326	285	284	268	293	839	280	269	242	200	196	220	255	237	305	247	205	204	185	212	153
Genesee	60	40	47	40	51	49	38	34	43	32	28	37	48	36	55	51	30	19	36	44	34
Livingston	33	28	37	44	29	70	62	53	48	34	35	12	24	34	28	39	33	33	22	30	28
Ontario	52	54	55	52	55	193	43	54	31	34	39	43	38	39	67	41	37	43	42	42	32
Orleans	40	48	41	36	51	98	30	41	33	29	20	25	37	31	28	28	30	30	21	36	15
Seneca	27	18	28	11	15	91	22	12	17	8	8	17	18	35	42	29	25	23	18	11	6
Wayne	55	50	34	37	54	316	43	33	36	35	30	43	44	27	26	21	23	17	24	16	14
Wyoming	41	30	30	18	17	19	29	22	19	22	21	31	16	19	38	26	20	32	14	17	9
Yates	18	17	12	30	21	3	13	20	15	6	15	12	30	16	21	12	7	7	8	16	15

Source: New York State Office of Children and Family Services

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