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COMPASS
Children's Outcomes Measured in Protection And Safety Statistics

Permanency for Children in Foster Care

Children in Care 3+ Years and Discharged to Independent Living or turned 18 (Lower Score Preferable)

RegionOct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026Feb-2026Mar-2026Apr-2026May-2026Jun-2026Jul-2026Aug-2026Sep-2026
State45.34%44.01%45.48%43.88%44.52%46.11%46.34%48.74%48.68%48.39%47.59%48.20%
Adams County83.33%55.55%50.00%57.14%62.50%62.50%55.55%55.55%55.55%50.00%47.05%35.29%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance0.00%0.00%0.00%---------
Antelope County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County0.00%-----------
Beatrice66.66%55.55%57.89%52.94%41.17%41.17%37.50%33.33%43.75%33.33%33.33%33.33%
Bellevue45.88%52.63%48.03%48.11%42.85%51.04%46.73%50.57%55.05%55.29%51.85%56.71%
Blaine County------------
Blair100.00%-0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Boone County------------
Box Butte County33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%100.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%42.85%50.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow------------
Brown County---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Buffalo County68.96%67.85%64.28%70.37%69.23%68.00%60.86%67.85%60.86%61.90%50.00%46.15%
Burt County-------0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Butler County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%
Cass County12.50%12.50%12.50%12.50%12.50%11.11%18.18%45.45%45.45%41.66%41.66%41.66%
Cedar County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-----
Center100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Central64.00%58.90%61.64%65.67%66.17%63.63%55.69%61.90%60.49%58.75%52.94%50.84%
Chadron----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%0.00%
Chase County------------
Cherry County------------
Cheyenne County75.00%75.00%75.00%66.66%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
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 County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Columbus60.00%51.85%53.57%48.00%52.17%50.00%40.00%33.33%31.57%29.41%42.10%44.44%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County80.00%80.00%80.00%60.00%60.00%60.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Custer County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%75.00%0.00%0.00%
Dakota City------------
Dakota County37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%42.85%42.85%42.85%0.00%0.00%
David City------------
Dawes County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%
Dawson County25.00%20.00%33.33%33.33%42.85%42.85%40.00%37.50%50.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%
Deuel County------------
Dixon County80.00%80.00%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Dodge County55.17%45.83%36.84%40.00%31.81%25.00%31.81%34.78%28.00%20.83%20.00%27.58%
Douglas County41.53%39.32%42.17%40.88%42.71%43.75%46.37%48.60%47.14%47.78%48.17%48.58%
Dundy County------------
Eastern40.15%39.22%41.41%40.76%42.90%43.51%46.16%48.46%46.82%47.77%47.59%48.92%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Franklin County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%
Fremont58.13%63.88%55.55%56.00%51.72%41.66%39.13%43.47%34.78%21.73%18.18%26.92%
Frontier County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
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 County66.66%66.66%66.66%50.00%33.33%60.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%66.66%66.66%66.66%
Garden County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island83.33%78.94%76.47%76.47%76.47%75.00%64.70%73.68%64.70%63.15%58.82%60.00%
Grant County------------
Greeley County------100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Hall County84.61%77.77%80.00%80.00%81.81%75.00%68.42%75.00%76.19%73.68%68.75%78.57%
Hamilton County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%40.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%57.14%57.14%57.14%
Harlan County------------
Hastings64.28%73.33%64.70%50.00%58.33%50.00%58.33%58.33%61.53%58.33%55.55%50.00%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Holdrege---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Holt County33.33%33.33%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%100.00%
Hooker County------------
Howard County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Imperial------------
Jefferson County--100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Johnson County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Judicial District 138.88%38.88%42.10%38.88%40.90%40.00%39.13%36.36%45.45%55.55%55.55%55.55%
Judicial District 240.38%46.55%42.85%44.26%43.33%45.31%44.44%52.30%49.15%50.00%45.61%50.90%
Judicial District 342.57%41.57%43.95%42.69%42.69%50.00%50.58%53.33%51.13%48.23%50.00%48.86%
Judicial District 441.53%39.32%42.17%40.88%42.71%43.75%46.37%48.60%47.14%47.78%48.17%48.58%
Judicial District 562.79%60.37%56.25%52.00%53.06%51.06%48.93%45.45%46.66%43.90%50.00%45.23%
Judicial District 654.54%50.00%44.11%35.29%30.55%26.47%30.55%33.33%28.94%28.20%19.44%25.00%
Judicial District 742.50%47.61%52.17%41.02%40.00%39.47%36.11%42.85%40.62%35.48%39.39%42.42%
Judicial District 825.00%25.00%50.00%42.85%42.85%42.85%55.55%62.50%70.00%72.72%62.50%71.42%
Judicial District 973.80%70.27%68.42%72.97%72.97%71.11%64.28%70.83%68.18%67.50%59.37%62.96%
Judicial District 1060.71%51.51%54.83%58.62%55.55%55.55%48.27%48.27%46.42%43.33%38.46%30.76%
Judicial District 1148.83%48.97%43.18%43.18%45.65%44.44%39.53%38.46%53.33%47.22%48.64%50.00%
Judicial District 1241.93%37.93%48.38%50.00%47.05%58.33%50.00%44.44%62.50%66.66%57.89%63.15%
Kearney57.57%48.57%51.42%67.64%66.66%65.85%52.27%59.57%58.13%55.00%50.00%43.33%
Kearney County75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Keith County50.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%66.66%50.00%50.00%50.00%
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%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%
Lancaster County42.57%41.57%43.95%42.69%42.69%50.00%50.58%53.33%51.13%48.23%50.00%48.86%
Lavista------------
Lexington40.00%28.57%50.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%80.00%75.00%100.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%
Lincoln52.38%52.17%54.16%49.45%48.88%55.78%53.93%57.73%55.31%52.74%55.43%50.53%
Lincoln County63.33%61.76%53.57%53.57%55.17%53.57%45.83%43.47%62.96%60.86%62.50%66.66%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County7.69%26.66%36.84%33.33%34.78%33.33%36.36%50.00%52.38%47.36%50.00%55.55%
McCook33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
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 County0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%80.00%80.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City11.11%11.11%10.52%10.52%10.52%13.63%17.39%30.43%34.78%45.83%45.83%38.09%
Neligh------------
Nemaha County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Niobrara------------
Norfolk30.43%34.48%40.00%35.48%34.37%32.14%34.48%33.33%37.50%33.33%39.13%43.47%
North Platte52.94%52.63%41.17%42.42%40.62%40.00%41.37%39.28%57.69%42.10%47.61%50.00%
Northern52.75%52.30%50.40%43.54%40.94%41.17%40.49%40.35%38.05%35.77%35.45%37.71%
Nuckolls County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
O' Neill---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%75.00%0.00%50.00%
Ogallala66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Omaha39.05%36.19%39.81%39.00%42.92%41.90%46.05%48.06%45.11%46.21%46.73%47.61%
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%
Ord------------
Otoe County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%
Pierce------------
Pierce County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%
Platte County75.00%62.50%62.50%62.50%62.50%62.50%62.50%40.00%40.00%40.00%66.66%66.66%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County-----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Red Willow County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Richardson County33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%66.66%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%57.14%40.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr------------
Sarpy County47.61%54.16%49.05%50.98%50.00%52.83%52.00%55.76%52.17%54.54%48.83%56.09%
Saunders County75.00%80.00%80.00%88.88%87.50%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%40.00%40.00%50.00%
Scotts Bluff County44.44%37.50%38.88%47.61%45.00%47.61%33.33%31.81%61.11%64.70%60.00%60.00%
Scottsbluff45.45%40.00%58.33%56.66%58.06%70.00%54.16%51.85%70.00%74.19%60.00%66.66%
Seward0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Seward County60.00%37.50%37.50%37.50%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%50.00%50.00%
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------------
Sidney40.00%40.00%40.00%20.00%42.85%62.50%62.50%50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%100.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City59.09%58.33%56.00%45.83%40.74%46.15%46.66%46.66%42.85%42.85%34.61%34.61%
Southeast48.55%46.87%48.50%44.09%42.06%47.01%45.31%50.37%50.37%49.60%51.56%46.82%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District45.34%44.01%45.48%43.88%44.52%46.11%46.34%48.74%48.68%48.39%47.59%48.20%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Thomas County------------
Thurston County0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%
Valentine0.00%0.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%100.00%
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 County100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Wayne------------
Wayne County42.85%42.85%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%50.00%50.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%
Webster County------------
West Point0.00%-----------
Western45.45%43.20%44.73%47.36%46.75%53.33%49.27%45.58%62.85%59.37%54.41%60.56%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago------------
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr------------
York25.00%40.00%33.33%20.00%20.00%37.50%44.44%44.44%44.44%50.00%47.36%45.00%
York County88.23%88.88%84.61%62.50%68.42%70.00%62.50%62.50%62.50%53.84%50.00%22.22%