Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
COMPASS
Children's Outcomes Measured in Protection And Safety Statistics

Permanency for Children in Foster Care

Trends for the Last 5 Years

RegionSep-2020Mar-2021Sep-2021Mar-2022Sep-2022Mar-2023Sep-2023Mar-2024Sep-2024Mar-2025
State158.0152.1149.4149.4151.9156.7157.4161.6155.3153.6
Adams County186.4152.286.599.2111.6164.0176.6159.1156.9106.9
Ainsworth----------
Albion----------
Alliance0.0238.40.0-0.0-0.00.0--
Antelope County0.00.00.00.00.0-0.00.00.00.0
Arthur County----------
Auburn----------
Banner County0.00.0-------0.0
Beatrice143.9112.3115.3117.0143.9207.6182.6188.7195.3199.2
Bellevue165.9130.6133.1202.4106.4143.3159.0166.8155.9154.5
Blaine County----------
Blair0.0---------
Boone County-0.00.00.0--0.00.0--
Box Butte County0.00.00.0-0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Boyd County----------
Bridgeport----------
Broken Bow0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0110.30.0
Brown County-----0.00.0---
Buffalo County170.9167.2187.9171.6157.4184.4165.4148.3151.8154.1
Burt County0.00.00.00.0------
Butler County0.0184.5-0.00.0238.4238.40.0211.40.0
Cass County238.4192.2184.5130.60.0173.7166.5180.9118.060.9
Cedar County0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Center0.0---0.0-0.00.00.00.0
Central185.7166.2158.9166.2156.3172.8155.6168.8177.2156.4
Chadron-----0.0184.50.0--
Chase County0.0---------
Cherry County----------
Cheyenne County-0.00.00.00.00.090.0114.1135.7161.9
Clay Center----------
Clay County0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Colfax County143.9-0.00.00.00.0202.40.00.00.0
Columbus146.0148.4174.1183.3160.2128.497.9139.5182.1184.5
Cozad----------
Crete----------
Cuming County161.90.0238.4-0.00.0238.4166.50.0198.0
Custer County0.00.00.00.00.00.0152.20.044.1156.7
Dakota City----------
Dakota County0.00.00.00.0116.90.0184.5195.30.00.0
David City----------
Dawes County----0.00.0238.40.00.00.0
Dawson County130.6202.4186.2121.5130.4150.7188.1198.0186.0157.4
Deuel County----------
Dixon County0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Dodge County232.0184.5199.2202.4156.1150.2180.3177.8169.4206.9
Douglas County140.9139.4132.3142.4135.2130.5138.6142.5139.7137.8
Dundy County----------
Eastern146.2144.4133.8140.9133.5132.6141.7144.1140.8139.6
Fairbury----------
Falls City----------
Fillmore County0.00.00.00.0-0.00.00.00.00.0
Franklin County0.00.0---0.00.0--0.0
Fremont229.4168.3134.0154.4158.1118.1174.7181.9138.0174.3
Frontier County--0.00.0-0.00.00.00.00.0
Furnas County---0.00.00.0130.60.00.00.0
Gage County85.4121.3211.4161.4184.50.0141.8143.9157.50.0
Garden County0.00.00.00.0------
Garfield County----------
Geneva-0.00.00.00.00.0----
Gering160.3161.6209.0202.3------
Gosper County----------
Grand Island185.3158.5168.1210.5184.6183.0144.0192.4198.0166.4
Grant County----------
Greeley County---0.0------
Hall County196.9151.8141.4204.7221.8192.3156.3188.1164.7135.8
Hamilton County----0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Harlan County----------
Hastings173.70.0160.0162.1123.2147.1179.00.0149.961.4
Hayes County----------
Hebron----------
Hitchcock County----------
Holdrege-------0.00.0-
Holt County130.60.00.0195.3143.90.090.0161.9238.4238.4
Hooker County----------
Howard County0.00.00.00.0--0.00.00.0130.6
Imperial----------
Jefferson County130.30.00.00.00.00.00.00.0--
Johnson County----0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Judicial District 1154.7168.3202.4155.8148.4219.4173.3157.4175.0174.3
Judicial District 2198.7191.7154.4133.1138.6159.6169.8154.0173.1169.6
Judicial District 3153.0140.3145.1147.5158.4174.0169.7163.5173.6178.1
Judicial District 4140.9139.4132.3142.4135.2130.5138.6142.5139.7137.8
Judicial District 5197.9192.2148.1143.5182.7161.5168.5161.7152.1162.9
Judicial District 6161.5132.3152.9139.7121.4117.4151.1171.6163.4202.4
Judicial District 7190.4158.4157.5166.4184.6196.2187.3171.5144.8145.0
Judicial District 8157.5152.2127.8161.9117.60.0152.9171.0151.3181.7
Judicial District 9184.0168.5174.3187.9192.2190.0161.0164.1157.5143.3
Judicial District 10161.3140.5109.2106.9116.4153.3136.8162.7183.2140.6
Judicial District 11160.6168.3172.6140.3150.5182.5186.0186.5180.0168.5
Judicial District 12147.3162.3210.0229.1229.4218.8168.8214.8196.8177.5
Kearney189.6170.4156.5142.5150.0180.1144.2156.6183.3173.6
Kearney County0.0-0.00.00.00.0--0.00.0
Keith County0.00.00.00.00.0238.40.0-0.00.0
Keya Paha County----------
Kimball----------
Kimball County0.00.0------0.00.0
Knox County0.00.00.0-0.00.0-0.00.00.0
Lancaster County153.0140.3145.1147.5158.4174.0169.7163.5173.6178.1
Lavista----------
Lexington0.00.00.00.090.0154.3184.5143.9147.5151.6
Lincoln148.5145.2148.6135.9156.7172.4165.5152.9175.4181.6
Lincoln County158.0143.1160.1137.3157.5198.5184.5206.4184.5171.0
Logan County----------
Loup County----------
Macy----------
Madison County184.9126.3162.9167.0190.4210.0192.2193.5175.0148.1
McCook0.0--0.00.00.0130.6173.70.00.0
McPherson County----------
Merrick County-----0.00.0--0.0
Morrill County0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Nance County----------
Nebraska City196.9184.5153.4153.4206.0173.7184.5188.1163.0158.6
Neligh----------
Nemaha County0.00.00.00.00.0-0.00.0-0.0
Niobrara0.0---------
Norfolk216.8172.1125.1143.7169.0203.9185.7180.5198.7149.7
North Platte144.3108.8161.0128.9152.5198.5184.5198.5187.5175.8
Northern181.1166.0155.8159.4168.9155.9166.3165.7153.2166.6
Nuckolls County0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
O' Neill0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Ogallala238.4238.4166.50.00.00.0130.60.00.0238.4
Omaha145.5143.5133.9140.4136.3131.4138.8139.6137.4136.8
Omaha Tribe - Nebr------0.0--0.0
Ord---------0.0
Otoe County180.3184.5184.5192.20.00.0116.4101.90.00.0
Papillion----------
Pawnee County----------
Pender0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0---
Perkins County--------0.00.0
Phelps County0.00.0202.40.0202.4216.80.0238.4238.40.0
Pierce0.0--0.0-0.00.00.00.0-
Pierce County--0.00.00.0-0.00.00.00.0
Platte County190.9202.4130.6157.5184.5146.8183.30.0103.5107.3
Plattsmouth----------
Polk County0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0-
Red Willow County0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0166.5
Richardson County195.3130.60.00.00.00.0143.90.00.00.0
Rock County----------
Rushville----------
Saline County238.4211.40.00.00.00.00.00.00.0184.5
Santee Tribe - Nebr0.0---------
Sarpy County202.6194.3141.8125.5131.1161.6171.8153.8176.8175.5
Saunders County0.00.0211.4184.50.00.00.00.00.0179.8
Scotts Bluff County142.9179.6206.0238.4238.4224.9192.2230.1199.2189.2
Scottsbluff----238.4225.7168.3218.4208.4196.6
Seward0.0238.40.00.0-0.00.00.00.0170.9
Seward County207.6171.00.0195.30.00.090.0112.476.4111.0
Sheridan County-------0.00.00.0
Sherman County----------
Sidney103.3------0.00.00.0
Sioux County--0.0-------
South Sioux City166.50.00.00.00.00.0195.3148.8148.5159.6
Southeast153.9144.6147.1138.8159.7175.8169.2159.1179.0179.9
Stanton County0.00.0-0.00.0-----
State - Judicial District158.0152.1149.4149.4151.9156.7157.4161.6155.3153.6
Tecumseh----------
Tekamah----------
Thayer County-----0.0-0.00.00.0
Thomas County----------
Thurston County150.7130.50.00.00.00.00.0--0.0
Valentine---0.0-0.0-0.00.00.0
Valley County----------
Wahoo----------
Walthill------0.0--0.0
Washington County0.049.50.00.00.00.00.00.00.0-
Wayne----------
Wayne County0.0--0.00.00.0130.60.00.00.0
Webster County-0.00.0-0.00.00.00.0--
West Point----0.00.0---0.0
Western166.3161.6187.8170.1172.6192.9175.8188.3177.8172.8
Wheeler County----------
Winnebago0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0---
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0---
York157.40.00.00.00.00.00.00.0130.6130.6
York County0.0--184.5166.50.0168.3192.2184.5152.2