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Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Composite Score
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Median Months in Care
Children in Care 17+ Months and Adopted in < 12 Months
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Children Legally Free for Adoption and Adopted in < 12 Months
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Children Legally Free for Adoption and Discharged to a Permanent Home
Children in Care 3+ Years and Discharged to Independent Living or turned 18
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2 or Fewer Placements
3 - 4 Placements
5 - 6 Placements
More than 6 Placements
Overall Total
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
State
1076
72.75%
292
19.74%
71
4.80%
40
2.70%
1479
Adams County
5
41.66%
3
25.00%
3
25.00%
1
8.33%
12
Ainsworth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Albion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alliance
6
75.00%
2
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Antelope County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Arthur County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Auburn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Banner County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beatrice
25
89.28%
2
7.14%
1
3.57%
0
0.00%
28
Bellevue
97
70.28%
28
20.28%
10
7.24%
3
2.17%
138
Blaine County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blair
5
55.55%
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
1
11.11%
9
Boone County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Box Butte County
7
87.50%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Boyd County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bridgeport
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broken Bow
1
1.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Brown County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo County
50
73.52%
13
19.11%
4
5.88%
1
1.47%
68
Burt County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Butler County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Cass County
1
50.00%
1
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Cedar County
1
0.50%
1
0.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Center
10
66.66%
5
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
Central
148
72.19%
40
19.51%
10
4.87%
7
3.41%
205
Chadron
3
75.00%
1
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Chase County
0
0.00%
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Cherry County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Cheyenne County
11
78.57%
3
21.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
Clay Center
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clay County
0
0.00%
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Colfax County
3
50.00%
3
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Columbus
50
86.20%
5
8.62%
3
5.17%
0
0.00%
58
Cozad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Crete
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cuming County
5
55.55%
1
11.11%
3
33.33%
0
0.00%
9
Custer County
9
52.94%
7
41.17%
0
0.00%
1
5.88%
17
Dakota City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dakota County
8
80.00%
1
10.00%
1
10.00%
0
0.00%
10
David City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dawes County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Dawson County
27
71.05%
7
18.42%
1
2.63%
3
7.89%
38
Deuel County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dixon County
3
75.00%
0
0.00%
1
25.00%
0
0.00%
4
Dodge County
51
83.60%
9
14.75%
0
0.00%
1
1.63%
61
Douglas County
285
69.17%
87
21.11%
23
5.58%
17
4.12%
412
Dundy County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eastern
343
70.00%
97
19.79%
32
6.53%
18
3.67%
490
Fairbury
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Falls City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fillmore County
4
80.00%
0
0.00%
1
20.00%
0
0.00%
5
Franklin County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Fremont
50
84.74%
7
11.86%
2
3.38%
0
0.00%
59
Frontier County
1
1.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Furnas County
2
50.00%
2
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Gage County
6
75.00%
2
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Garden County
1
25.00%
3
75.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Garfield County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geneva
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gering
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gosper County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Grand Island
58
85.29%
9
13.23%
1
1.47%
0
0.00%
68
Grant County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greeley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hall County
49
80.32%
9
14.75%
1
1.63%
2
3.27%
61
Hamilton County
1
16.66%
3
50.00%
2
33.33%
0
0.00%
6
Harlan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hastings
7
38.88%
5
27.77%
3
16.66%
3
16.66%
18
Hayes County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hebron
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hitchcock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Holdrege
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Holt County
9
81.81%
2
18.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Hooker County
0
0.00%
1
1.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Howard County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Imperial
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jefferson County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Johnson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Judicial District 1
33
94.28%
2
5.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
35
Judicial District 2
72
72.00%
18
18.00%
9
9.00%
1
1.00%
100
Judicial District 3
184
74.19%
52
20.96%
8
3.22%
4
1.61%
248
Judicial District 4
285
69.17%
87
21.11%
23
5.58%
17
4.12%
412
Judicial District 5
82
76.63%
14
13.08%
9
8.41%
2
1.86%
107
Judicial District 6
72
80.89%
12
13.48%
3
3.37%
2
2.24%
89
Judicial District 7
60
73.17%
14
17.07%
5
6.09%
3
3.65%
82
Judicial District 8
23
69.69%
9
27.27%
0
0.00%
1
3.03%
33
Judicial District 9
99
76.74%
22
17.05%
5
3.87%
3
2.32%
129
Judicial District 10
25
60.97%
7
17.07%
7
17.07%
2
4.87%
41
Judicial District 11
96
69.06%
37
26.61%
2
1.43%
4
2.87%
139
Judicial District 12
45
70.31%
18
28.12%
0
0.00%
1
1.56%
64
Kearney
65
65.65%
24
24.24%
6
6.06%
4
4.04%
99
Kearney County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Keith County
10
83.33%
2
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Keya Paha County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Knox County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Lancaster County
184
74.19%
52
20.96%
8
3.22%
4
1.61%
248
Lavista
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lexington
26
78.78%
4
12.12%
1
3.03%
2
6.06%
33
Lincoln
205
74.81%
58
21.16%
8
2.91%
3
1.09%
274
Lincoln County
48
66.66%
23
31.94%
0
0.00%
1
1.38%
72
Logan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Loup County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Madison County
34
66.66%
12
23.52%
2
3.92%
3
5.88%
51
McCook
9
75.00%
2
16.66%
1
8.33%
0
0.00%
12
McPherson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Merrick County
3
50.00%
1
16.66%
2
33.33%
0
0.00%
6
Morrill County
0
0.00%
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Nance County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nebraska City
12
70.58%
3
17.64%
1
5.88%
1
5.88%
17
Neligh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nemaha County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Niobrara
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Norfolk
38
71.69%
10
18.86%
1
1.88%
4
7.54%
53
North Platte
45
64.28%
25
35.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
70
Northern
208
75.63%
42
15.27%
17
6.18%
8
2.90%
275
Nuckolls County
5
83.33%
1
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
O' Neill
7
87.50%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Ogallala
6
75.00%
2
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Omaha
246
69.88%
69
19.60%
22
6.25%
15
4.26%
352
Omaha Tribe - Nebr
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ord
1
1.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Otoe County
6
60.00%
3
30.00%
1
10.00%
0
0.00%
10
Papillion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pawnee County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pender
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Perkins County
1
1.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Phelps County
3
37.50%
2
25.00%
3
37.50%
0
0.00%
8
Pierce
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pierce County
12
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Platte County
29
87.87%
2
6.06%
2
6.06%
0
0.00%
33
Plattsmouth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polk County
7
87.50%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Red Willow County
7
77.77%
1
11.11%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
9
Richardson County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Rock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rushville
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saline County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Santee Tribe - Nebr
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sarpy County
65
73.86%
14
15.90%
8
9.09%
1
1.13%
88
Saunders County
4
50.00%
1
12.50%
1
12.50%
2
25.00%
8
Scotts Bluff County
19
67.85%
8
28.57%
0
0.00%
1
3.57%
28
Scottsbluff
29
72.50%
10
25.00%
0
0.00%
1
2.50%
40
Seward
27
75.00%
4
11.11%
3
8.33%
2
5.55%
36
Seward County
18
90.00%
0
0.00%
2
10.00%
0
0.00%
20
Sheridan County
2
50.00%
2
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Sherman County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney
10
71.42%
4
28.57%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
Sioux County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
South Sioux City
15
68.18%
2
9.09%
4
18.18%
1
4.54%
22
Southeast
242
75.86%
63
19.74%
10
3.13%
4
1.25%
319
Stanton County
3
1.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
State - Judicial District
1076
72.75%
292
19.74%
71
4.80%
40
2.70%
1479
Tecumseh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tekamah
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thayer County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Thomas County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thurston County
1
50.00%
1
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Valentine
7
87.50%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Valley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wahoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walthill
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Washington County
6
75.00%
0
0.00%
1
12.50%
1
12.50%
8
Wayne
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wayne County
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Webster County
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
1.00%
1
West Point
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Western
134
70.89%
50
26.45%
2
1.05%
3
1.58%
189
Wheeler County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winnebago
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
York
13
56.52%
6
26.08%
4
17.39%
0
0.00%
23
York County
14
82.35%
3
17.64%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17