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COMPASS
Children's Outcomes Measured in Protection And Safety Statistics

Permanency for Children in Foster Care

Children in Care 24+ Months and Discharged to a Permanent Home

RegionFeb-2025Mar-2025Apr-2025May-2025Jun-2025Jul-2025Aug-2025Sep-2025Oct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026
State46.51%46.83%45.38%44.06%44.69%44.90%44.95%45.04%45.34%44.01%45.48%43.88%
Adams County56.25%53.33%45.45%33.33%33.33%50.00%61.53%75.00%83.33%55.55%50.00%57.14%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-
Antelope County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Beatrice66.66%63.63%63.63%50.00%44.44%63.63%75.00%76.47%66.66%55.55%57.89%52.94%
Bellevue56.48%56.38%53.48%55.43%54.44%47.36%45.20%46.75%45.88%52.63%48.03%48.11%
Blaine County------------
Blair------100.00%100.00%100.00%-0.00%0.00%
Boone County------------
Box Butte County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%------
Brown County-----------0.00%
Buffalo County42.30%34.37%32.25%30.00%44.82%50.00%50.00%55.55%68.96%67.85%64.28%70.37%
Burt County------------
Butler County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%16.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cass County58.33%44.44%55.55%62.50%62.50%25.00%25.00%20.00%12.50%12.50%12.50%12.50%
Cedar County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Center0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Central48.10%44.44%40.84%32.39%42.46%47.50%55.69%60.52%64.00%58.90%61.64%65.67%
Chadron------------
Chase County------------
Cherry County------------
Cheyenne County66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%66.66%66.66%75.00%75.00%75.00%66.66%
Clay Center------------
Clay County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Colfax County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Columbus56.00%50.00%67.85%63.33%63.33%58.06%59.25%57.69%60.00%51.85%53.57%48.00%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County62.50%62.50%87.50%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%60.00%
Custer County50.00%60.00%75.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%60.00%60.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Dakota City------------
Dakota County66.66%28.57%16.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%
David City------------
Dawes County0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Dawson County72.72%62.50%71.42%71.42%60.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%25.00%20.00%33.33%33.33%
Deuel County------------
Dixon County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%80.00%80.00%66.66%0.00%
Dodge County72.00%70.83%72.00%73.07%65.51%71.42%67.85%62.96%55.17%45.83%36.84%40.00%
Douglas County41.42%42.67%41.12%39.25%40.15%41.47%41.90%42.61%41.53%39.32%42.17%40.88%
Dundy County------------
Eastern41.59%42.64%40.90%39.05%39.21%40.26%39.96%40.90%40.15%39.22%41.41%40.76%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County66.66%66.66%66.66%50.00%50.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%
Franklin County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Fremont53.84%63.15%63.15%78.37%73.17%70.27%61.90%62.50%58.13%63.88%55.55%56.00%
Frontier County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Furnas County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Gage County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%75.00%71.42%71.42%75.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%50.00%
Garden County-------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island42.85%58.33%63.63%58.33%69.56%80.76%84.61%86.36%83.33%78.94%76.47%76.47%
Grant County------------
Greeley County------------
Hall County42.85%50.00%50.00%58.33%61.53%66.66%80.00%80.00%84.61%77.77%80.00%80.00%
Hamilton County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Harlan County------------
Hastings33.33%11.11%20.00%11.11%11.11%33.33%50.00%57.14%64.28%73.33%64.70%50.00%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County----------0.00%0.00%
Holdrege0.00%---0.00%------0.00%
Holt County100.00%100.00%100.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%75.00%75.00%
Hooker County------------
Howard County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Imperial------------
Jefferson County----------100.00%100.00%
Johnson County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Judicial District 150.00%46.15%46.15%41.66%38.46%47.36%57.69%52.17%38.88%38.88%42.10%38.88%
Judicial District 260.56%55.00%51.85%50.00%54.71%45.65%45.45%44.18%40.38%46.55%42.85%44.26%
Judicial District 354.54%56.14%49.00%45.16%47.36%45.26%41.05%35.48%42.57%41.57%43.95%42.69%
Judicial District 441.42%42.67%41.12%39.25%40.15%41.47%41.90%42.61%41.53%39.32%42.17%40.88%
Judicial District 535.55%50.00%60.41%68.00%65.95%58.53%52.38%58.53%62.79%60.37%56.25%52.00%
Judicial District 675.00%66.66%63.88%62.85%52.38%52.63%57.89%54.05%54.54%50.00%44.11%35.29%
Judicial District 739.47%38.46%40.00%43.58%41.66%45.00%43.58%47.36%42.50%47.61%52.17%41.02%
Judicial District 858.33%66.66%71.42%35.71%40.00%43.75%46.15%41.66%25.00%25.00%50.00%42.85%
Judicial District 942.50%39.13%37.20%38.09%50.00%55.55%60.00%64.28%73.80%70.27%68.42%72.97%
Judicial District 1051.51%46.87%46.42%31.81%36.36%44.00%53.57%59.25%60.71%51.51%54.83%58.62%
Judicial District 1153.33%48.88%50.00%54.16%50.00%51.35%48.57%50.00%48.83%48.97%43.18%43.18%
Judicial District 1257.69%57.69%57.69%60.00%51.85%45.83%32.00%31.03%41.93%37.93%48.38%50.00%
Kearney53.84%47.45%40.81%34.88%41.17%38.23%42.85%52.77%57.57%48.57%51.42%67.64%
Kearney County75.00%71.42%85.71%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%
Keith County100.00%100.00%66.66%60.00%60.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%
Keya Paha County------------
Kimball------------
Kimball County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Knox County50.00%50.00%50.00%42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%
Lancaster County54.54%56.14%49.00%45.16%47.36%45.26%41.05%35.48%42.57%41.57%43.95%42.69%
Lavista------------
Lexington70.00%57.14%57.14%57.14%40.00%20.00%20.00%33.33%40.00%28.57%50.00%50.00%
Lincoln59.25%58.47%53.84%51.04%55.88%54.63%50.98%44.32%52.38%52.17%54.16%49.45%
Lincoln County50.00%48.27%50.00%56.66%55.55%64.28%61.53%63.33%63.33%61.76%53.57%53.57%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County33.33%31.25%23.52%30.76%10.00%9.09%9.09%18.18%7.69%26.66%36.84%33.33%
McCook20.00%20.00%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%
McPherson County------------
Merrick County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Morrill County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City62.96%58.33%57.14%57.89%57.89%31.25%33.33%23.52%11.11%11.11%10.52%10.52%
Neligh------------
Nemaha County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Niobrara-----0.00%0.00%-----
Norfolk42.30%42.85%33.33%50.00%44.00%33.33%30.00%35.00%30.43%34.48%40.00%35.48%
North Platte42.85%41.93%39.39%47.05%48.48%56.25%50.00%52.94%52.94%52.63%41.17%42.42%
Northern48.76%51.61%54.33%57.69%54.54%53.12%54.03%54.62%52.75%52.30%50.40%43.54%
Nuckolls County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
O' Neill0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-----0.00%
Ogallala100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%
Omaha38.33%40.07%38.68%35.74%36.16%39.05%39.08%39.86%39.05%36.19%39.81%39.00%
Omaha Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Ord0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%------
Otoe County81.81%81.81%75.00%71.42%71.42%50.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Papillion------------
Pawnee County------------
Pender------------
Perkins County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Phelps County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%66.66%
Pierce---0.00%--------
Pierce County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Platte County16.66%28.57%28.57%71.42%71.42%60.00%60.00%75.00%75.00%62.50%62.50%62.50%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County------------
Red Willow County33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Richardson County33.33%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County50.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%
Santee Tribe - Nebr-----0.00%0.00%-----
Sarpy County56.25%50.00%45.94%43.24%50.00%47.36%48.64%50.00%47.61%54.16%49.05%50.98%
Saunders County41.66%83.33%83.33%86.66%81.81%77.77%75.00%75.00%75.00%80.00%80.00%88.88%
Scotts Bluff County57.89%60.00%60.00%57.89%50.00%41.17%33.33%29.41%44.44%37.50%38.88%47.61%
Scottsbluff66.66%66.66%70.00%66.66%57.14%42.10%31.57%33.33%45.45%40.00%58.33%56.66%
Seward20.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Seward County16.66%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%50.00%0.00%60.00%60.00%37.50%37.50%37.50%
Sheridan County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Sherman County------------
Sidney0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%33.33%50.00%33.33%33.33%40.00%40.00%40.00%20.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City57.14%52.00%58.33%42.85%37.50%48.00%60.86%59.09%59.09%58.33%56.00%45.83%
Southeast60.54%58.82%55.14%52.03%55.38%52.84%51.47%45.80%48.55%46.87%48.50%44.09%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District46.51%46.83%45.38%44.06%44.69%44.90%44.95%45.04%45.34%44.01%45.48%43.88%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Thomas County------------
Thurston County100.00%100.00%100.00%-0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%
Valentine0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%75.00%75.00%
Valley County------------
Wahoo------------
Walthill0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Washington County-------0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%
Wayne------------
Wayne County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%57.14%57.14%
Webster County100.00%-----------
West Point0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Western54.28%51.42%52.17%56.33%51.47%48.38%40.62%41.33%45.45%43.20%44.73%47.36%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago------------
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr------------
York0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%40.00%33.33%20.00%
York County27.27%20.00%64.28%64.28%66.66%78.57%80.00%85.71%88.23%88.88%84.61%62.50%