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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)

RegionMay-2025Jun-2025Jul-2025Aug-2025Sep-2025Oct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026Feb-2026Mar-2026Apr-2026
State44.06%44.69%44.90%44.95%45.04%45.34%44.01%45.48%43.88%44.52%46.11%46.34%
Adams County33.33%33.33%50.00%61.53%75.00%83.33%55.55%50.00%57.14%62.50%62.50%55.55%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%----
Antelope County0.00%0.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%------
Beatrice50.00%44.44%63.63%75.00%76.47%66.66%55.55%57.89%52.94%41.17%41.17%37.50%
Bellevue55.43%54.44%47.36%45.20%46.75%45.88%52.63%48.03%48.11%42.85%51.04%46.73%
Blaine County------------
Blair---100.00%100.00%100.00%-0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Boone County------------
Box Butte County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%100.00%75.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow0.00%0.00%0.00%---------
Brown County--------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Buffalo County30.00%44.82%50.00%50.00%55.55%68.96%67.85%64.28%70.37%69.23%68.00%60.86%
Burt County------------
Butler County100.00%100.00%0.00%16.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cass County62.50%62.50%25.00%25.00%20.00%12.50%12.50%12.50%12.50%12.50%11.11%18.18%
Cedar County100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Center0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Central32.39%42.46%47.50%55.69%60.52%64.00%58.90%61.64%65.67%66.17%63.63%55.69%
Chadron---------0.00%0.00%0.00%
Chase County------------
Cherry County------------
Cheyenne County66.66%66.66%100.00%66.66%66.66%75.00%75.00%75.00%66.66%66.66%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 County100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Columbus63.33%63.33%58.06%59.25%57.69%60.00%51.85%53.57%48.00%52.17%50.00%40.00%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%60.00%60.00%60.00%33.33%
Custer County50.00%50.00%50.00%60.00%60.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Dakota City------------
Dakota County0.00%0.00%0.00%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%37.50%
David City------------
Dawes County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%
Dawson County71.42%60.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%25.00%20.00%33.33%33.33%42.85%42.85%40.00%
Deuel County------------
Dixon County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%80.00%80.00%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Dodge County73.07%65.51%71.42%67.85%62.96%55.17%45.83%36.84%40.00%31.81%25.00%31.81%
Douglas County39.25%40.15%41.47%41.90%42.61%41.53%39.32%42.17%40.88%42.71%43.75%46.37%
Dundy County------------
Eastern39.05%39.21%40.26%39.96%40.90%40.15%39.22%41.41%40.76%42.90%43.51%46.16%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County50.00%50.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Franklin County0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Fremont78.37%73.17%70.27%61.90%62.50%58.13%63.88%55.55%56.00%51.72%41.66%39.13%
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%75.00%71.42%71.42%75.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%50.00%33.33%60.00%50.00%
Garden County----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island58.33%69.56%80.76%84.61%86.36%83.33%78.94%76.47%76.47%76.47%75.00%64.70%
Grant County------------
Greeley County-----------100.00%
Hall County58.33%61.53%66.66%80.00%80.00%84.61%77.77%80.00%80.00%81.81%75.00%68.42%
Hamilton County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%40.00%50.00%
Harlan County------------
Hastings11.11%11.11%33.33%50.00%57.14%64.28%73.33%64.70%50.00%58.33%50.00%58.33%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County-------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Holdrege-0.00%------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Holt County33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%80.00%
Hooker County------------
Howard County0.00%33.33%50.00%50.00%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%
Johnson County0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Judicial District 141.66%38.46%47.36%57.69%52.17%38.88%38.88%42.10%38.88%40.90%40.00%39.13%
Judicial District 250.00%54.71%45.65%45.45%44.18%40.38%46.55%42.85%44.26%43.33%45.31%44.44%
Judicial District 345.16%47.36%45.26%41.05%35.48%42.57%41.57%43.95%42.69%42.69%50.00%50.58%
Judicial District 439.25%40.15%41.47%41.90%42.61%41.53%39.32%42.17%40.88%42.71%43.75%46.37%
Judicial District 568.00%65.95%58.53%52.38%58.53%62.79%60.37%56.25%52.00%53.06%51.06%48.93%
Judicial District 662.85%52.38%52.63%57.89%54.05%54.54%50.00%44.11%35.29%30.55%26.47%30.55%
Judicial District 743.58%41.66%45.00%43.58%47.36%42.50%47.61%52.17%41.02%40.00%39.47%36.11%
Judicial District 835.71%40.00%43.75%46.15%41.66%25.00%25.00%50.00%42.85%42.85%42.85%55.55%
Judicial District 938.09%50.00%55.55%60.00%64.28%73.80%70.27%68.42%72.97%72.97%71.11%64.28%
Judicial District 1031.81%36.36%44.00%53.57%59.25%60.71%51.51%54.83%58.62%55.55%55.55%48.27%
Judicial District 1154.16%50.00%51.35%48.57%50.00%48.83%48.97%43.18%43.18%45.65%44.44%39.53%
Judicial District 1260.00%51.85%45.83%32.00%31.03%41.93%37.93%48.38%50.00%47.05%58.33%50.00%
Kearney34.88%41.17%38.23%42.85%52.77%57.57%48.57%51.42%67.64%66.66%65.85%52.27%
Kearney County75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%
Keith County60.00%60.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%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 County42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%
Lancaster County45.16%47.36%45.26%41.05%35.48%42.57%41.57%43.95%42.69%42.69%50.00%50.58%
Lavista------------
Lexington57.14%40.00%20.00%20.00%33.33%40.00%28.57%50.00%50.00%66.66%66.66%80.00%
Lincoln51.04%55.88%54.63%50.98%44.32%52.38%52.17%54.16%49.45%48.88%55.78%53.93%
Lincoln County56.66%55.55%64.28%61.53%63.33%63.33%61.76%53.57%53.57%55.17%53.57%45.83%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County30.76%10.00%9.09%9.09%18.18%7.69%26.66%36.84%33.33%34.78%33.33%36.36%
McCook33.33%0.00%0.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%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 County100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City57.89%57.89%31.25%33.33%23.52%11.11%11.11%10.52%10.52%10.52%13.63%17.39%
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%--------
Norfolk50.00%44.00%33.33%30.00%35.00%30.43%34.48%40.00%35.48%34.37%32.14%34.48%
North Platte47.05%48.48%56.25%50.00%52.94%52.94%52.63%41.17%42.42%40.62%40.00%41.37%
Northern57.69%54.54%53.12%54.03%54.62%52.75%52.30%50.40%43.54%40.94%41.17%40.49%
Nuckolls County0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%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%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Omaha35.74%36.16%39.05%39.08%39.86%39.05%36.19%39.81%39.00%42.92%41.90%46.05%
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%---------
Otoe County71.42%71.42%50.00%33.33%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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%
Pierce0.00%-----------
Pierce County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%--0.00%
Platte County71.42%71.42%60.00%60.00%75.00%75.00%62.50%62.50%62.50%62.50%62.50%62.50%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County----------0.00%0.00%
Red Willow County33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Richardson County50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%66.66%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%57.14%40.00%40.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr--0.00%0.00%--------
Sarpy County43.24%50.00%47.36%48.64%50.00%47.61%54.16%49.05%50.98%50.00%52.83%52.00%
Saunders County86.66%81.81%77.77%75.00%75.00%75.00%80.00%80.00%88.88%87.50%66.66%66.66%
Scotts Bluff County57.89%50.00%41.17%33.33%29.41%44.44%37.50%38.88%47.61%45.00%47.61%33.33%
Scottsbluff66.66%57.14%42.10%31.57%33.33%45.45%40.00%58.33%56.66%58.06%70.00%54.16%
Seward75.00%75.00%75.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Seward County57.14%57.14%50.00%0.00%60.00%60.00%37.50%37.50%37.50%0.00%0.00%0.00%
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------------
Sidney50.00%33.33%50.00%33.33%33.33%40.00%40.00%40.00%20.00%42.85%62.50%62.50%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City42.85%37.50%48.00%60.86%59.09%59.09%58.33%56.00%45.83%40.74%46.15%46.66%
Southeast52.03%55.38%52.84%51.47%45.80%48.55%46.87%48.50%44.09%42.06%47.01%45.31%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District44.06%44.69%44.90%44.95%45.04%45.34%44.01%45.48%43.88%44.52%46.11%46.34%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%
Thomas County------------
Thurston County-0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%
Valentine0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%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%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Wayne------------
Wayne County0.00%20.00%42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%50.00%
Webster County------------
West Point0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%------
Western56.33%51.47%48.38%40.62%41.33%45.45%43.20%44.73%47.36%46.75%53.33%49.27%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago------------
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr------------
York0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%40.00%33.33%20.00%20.00%37.50%44.44%
York County64.28%66.66%78.57%80.00%85.71%88.23%88.88%84.61%62.50%68.42%70.00%62.50%