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Median Months in Care
Entry Cohort Reunification
Reentries into Care in < 12 Months of Discharge
Trends for the Last 5 Years
Timeliness of Adoptions
Composite Score
Exits to Adoption
Median Months in Care
Children in Care 17+ Months and Adopted in < 12 Months
Children in Care 17+ Months and Legally Free for Adoption in < 6 Months
Children Legally Free for Adoption and Adopted in < 12 Months
Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Composite Score
Children in Care 24+ Months and Discharged to a Permanent Home
Children Legally Free for Adoption and Discharged to a Permanent Home
Children in Care 3+ Years and Discharged to Independent Living or turned 18
Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Composite Score
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Timeliness of Permanency and Reunification
Median Months in Care (Lower Score Preferable)
Median
Total
All
Cities
Counties
Judical Districts
Service Areas
All
Cities
Counties
Judical Districts
Service Areas
Region
Aug-2025
Sep-2025
Oct-2025
Nov-2025
Dec-2025
Jan-2026
Feb-2026
Mar-2026
Apr-2026
May-2026
Jun-2026
Jul-2026
State
10.00
9.90
10.30
10.20
10.40
10.50
10.30
10.50
10.30
10.30
10.30
10.30
Adams County
24.40
24.40
24.40
24.40
16.90
9.30
15.90
9.30
6.30
6.30
6.30
6.30
Ainsworth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Albion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alliance
6.30
6.30
3.10
3.10
3.10
6.30
11.30
6.30
6.30
1.40
1.40
14.60
Antelope County
0.00
0.00
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.70
3.70
17.00
Arthur County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Auburn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Banner County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beatrice
6.00
3.40
1.90
2.50
2.50
5.10
3.40
10.70
14.20
14.20
12.50
10.70
Bellevue
9.80
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.80
10.00
9.80
9.80
9.80
10.00
10.50
9.80
Blaine County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blair
3.90
3.90
3.90
3.90
3.90
3.90
3.90
6.60
8.70
11.50
10.70
7.30
Boone County
-
-
-
-
5.80
5.80
5.80
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
Box Butte County
12.90
12.90
12.90
1.40
1.40
11.60
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
6.40
Boyd County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bridgeport
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broken Bow
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
Brown County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo County
9.00
9.10
11.50
9.80
11.50
9.80
9.80
11.10
10.00
10.00
10.30
10.00
Burt County
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
9.40
9.40
9.40
Butler County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
Cass County
9.40
9.40
7.40
7.40
7.40
7.40
7.40
8.00
8.00
11.20
13.60
13.60
Cedar County
0.00
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Center
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
13.50
6.40
7.90
7.90
7.90
10.90
13.90
Central
9.30
9.20
9.90
9.90
9.90
9.90
9.90
9.90
9.90
9.80
9.30
9.30
Chadron
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
10.30
4.40
5.80
6.10
6.10
6.10
Chase County
13.90
13.90
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Cherry County
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.60
0.00
0.00
0.00
16.30
16.30
16.30
16.30
Cheyenne County
7.80
6.00
9.60
9.60
9.60
4.20
4.20
4.20
2.40
21.00
21.00
11.30
Clay Center
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clay County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Colfax County
5.60
5.10
5.10
8.70
8.70
11.30
11.30
21.20
21.20
21.20
21.20
21.20
Columbus
9.70
12.40
12.30
12.40
12.40
15.90
16.00
15.20
15.40
16.00
15.40
16.00
Cozad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Crete
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cuming County
9.20
9.20
9.20
9.20
7.40
6.90
6.90
9.60
9.60
12.20
12.20
12.00
Custer County
4.60
3.90
4.60
4.60
4.80
5.10
4.80
5.20
5.30
5.70
5.70
12.30
Dakota City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dakota County
32.60
10.70
10.70
11.20
11.20
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
David City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dawes County
9.80
9.80
8.70
8.70
3.00
3.00
10.30
6.30
8.30
10.30
10.30
10.30
Dawson County
9.00
8.40
8.40
9.70
10.90
11.30
11.40
13.70
13.70
13.70
11.30
13.00
Deuel County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dixon County
17.30
17.30
17.30
12.30
22.30
11.90
11.90
11.90
11.90
11.90
11.90
11.90
Dodge County
9.70
8.60
5.80
5.00
5.80
5.10
5.10
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
7.30
Douglas County
13.40
13.20
14.30
14.40
14.30
14.80
14.80
15.60
15.60
15.60
13.80
13.10
Dundy County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eastern
11.60
11.60
12.00
12.00
12.00
13.10
12.60
13.00
12.60
12.60
11.90
11.40
Fairbury
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Falls City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fillmore County
17.70
0.00
0.00
0.00
10.70
10.70
10.70
10.70
10.70
10.70
10.70
10.70
Franklin County
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
11.30
11.30
11.30
11.30
0.00
0.00
Fremont
9.80
9.10
7.40
5.80
7.40
8.30
8.30
5.20
5.20
5.20
5.20
7.60
Frontier County
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Furnas County
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Gage County
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
14.20
14.20
14.20
14.20
14.20
Garden County
4.20
5.40
9.70
9.70
9.70
9.70
8.10
22.00
22.00
22.00
22.00
22.00
Garfield County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geneva
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gering
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gosper County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Grand Island
9.90
11.60
11.90
11.90
11.90
13.10
12.70
11.60
11.60
9.90
8.60
8.50
Grant County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greeley County
-
-
-
-
6.20
6.20
6.20
6.20
17.10
17.10
17.10
17.10
Hall County
9.90
9.90
11.60
9.90
11.60
11.60
10.80
9.90
10.80
11.60
8.90
8.90
Hamilton County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.00
0.00
Harlan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hastings
24.40
24.40
24.40
16.90
16.90
7.30
15.90
5.40
6.30
7.80
7.80
7.80
Hayes County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hebron
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hitchcock County
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
16.80
8.90
Holdrege
11.50
11.50
11.50
10.20
11.50
10.90
10.90
10.90
10.90
1.70
1.70
1.70
Holt County
3.20
3.20
3.20
5.90
5.90
3.40
5.90
10.40
10.10
10.10
10.10
10.40
Hooker County
14.60
14.60
14.60
14.60
14.60
14.60
14.60
14.60
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Howard County
0.00
3.90
3.90
3.90
2.70
3.40
3.90
4.10
4.10
4.10
4.10
4.20
Imperial
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jefferson County
10.30
10.30
10.30
12.90
12.90
12.90
12.90
18.70
18.70
26.30
26.30
0.00
Johnson County
18.10
18.10
18.10
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Judicial District 1
8.00
8.30
9.70
7.80
7.80
11.10
7.80
11.10
12.30
12.30
10.30
10.30
Judicial District 2
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.00
9.20
9.50
9.00
9.00
8.70
9.80
9.80
9.50
Judicial District 3
9.40
9.40
9.40
9.40
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
Judicial District 4
13.40
13.20
14.30
14.40
14.30
14.80
14.80
15.60
15.60
15.60
13.80
13.10
Judicial District 5
8.10
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.20
8.30
8.30
9.70
8.30
9.70
9.40
10.00
Judicial District 6
10.10
9.60
7.40
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.30
6.90
6.90
6.90
7.30
8.20
Judicial District 7
8.50
11.00
11.00
11.60
12.20
10.20
10.30
10.10
10.20
10.70
11.10
11.10
Judicial District 8
4.60
4.30
4.60
4.60
4.60
4.80
5.10
5.80
6.10
8.00
8.00
10.10
Judicial District 9
9.70
9.90
11.60
9.90
11.50
10.10
9.90
9.90
10.10
10.30
10.00
9.80
Judicial District 10
9.30
7.00
7.00
9.00
9.30
9.00
10.60
9.10
7.40
6.70
6.70
6.70
Judicial District 11
11.20
10.20
10.90
11.30
11.40
11.50
11.70
11.50
10.70
10.60
10.70
11.40
Judicial District 12
7.80
7.80
8.10
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
6.50
6.20
7.70
10.30
Kearney
9.00
9.00
9.30
9.80
9.80
9.30
9.80
9.80
9.80
11.30
11.30
11.30
Kearney County
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
28.00
17.30
5.00
5.00
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.30
Keith County
8.80
7.10
7.10
7.10
7.10
7.10
8.80
8.80
8.80
6.00
6.00
7.20
Keya Paha County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball County
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Knox County
1.00
1.00
15.70
15.70
15.70
17.60
17.60
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.30
3.30
Lancaster County
9.40
9.40
9.40
9.40
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.20
Lavista
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lexington
9.00
8.40
8.40
11.10
11.30
11.90
12.30
13.10
12.70
13.10
12.20
13.00
Lincoln
9.40
10.20
10.10
9.80
11.00
9.50
10.10
10.10
10.20
10.80
10.60
10.20
Lincoln County
14.70
14.70
14.10
14.10
14.00
12.50
12.40
11.80
11.10
11.50
11.80
12.50
Logan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Loup County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Madison County
6.40
6.90
6.40
6.60
7.70
6.90
6.40
7.90
7.90
7.90
13.90
16.10
McCook
13.70
13.70
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
15.50
10.10
10.10
10.10
10.00
10.00
McPherson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Merrick County
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
6.20
6.20
9.20
13.20
13.20
Morrill County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Nance County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nebraska City
9.40
9.40
11.10
11.10
11.10
11.10
11.10
7.40
8.00
9.50
10.30
10.30
Neligh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nemaha County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
10.30
10.30
10.30
10.30
Niobrara
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-
-
-
-
Norfolk
10.80
10.80
12.00
13.30
15.80
12.10
11.10
9.50
10.10
9.30
6.90
5.50
North Platte
14.60
14.10
14.00
14.00
14.00
12.00
11.80
11.80
10.70
10.70
11.70
12.20
Northern
9.40
9.30
8.70
8.40
8.40
8.40
8.30
9.20
8.90
8.40
8.30
8.90
Nuckolls County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
O' Neill
1.80
1.80
3.30
3.90
4.60
5.20
5.50
5.70
10.40
10.40
6.00
8.60
Ogallala
4.90
4.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.10
1.50
1.50
1.50
1.90
1.90
1.30
Omaha
13.10
12.20
13.40
13.40
13.70
15.10
14.80
15.60
15.40
14.80
12.60
12.60
Omaha Tribe - Nebr
6.20
6.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Ord
17.70
17.80
17.80
17.80
17.80
-
-
-
-
0.00
0.00
0.00
Otoe County
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
0.00
1.50
Papillion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pawnee County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pender
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Perkins County
0.00
0.00
0.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phelps County
3.90
3.90
3.90
5.50
7.00
6.40
6.40
6.40
10.20
9.00
9.00
9.00
Pierce
17.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
17.60
0.00
0.00
0.00
Pierce County
17.40
17.40
17.40
17.40
17.40
17.40
17.40
17.40
17.40
17.40
8.40
4.50
Platte County
8.10
12.40
11.70
11.00
11.00
14.10
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.10
16.00
16.00
Plattsmouth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polk County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
7.60
7.60
7.60
5.80
Red Willow County
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
20.90
0.00
Richardson County
11.50
11.50
11.10
11.10
11.10
11.10
11.10
11.10
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
Rock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rushville
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saline County
1.60
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.90
0.70
2.60
2.60
1.20
1.20
Santee Tribe - Nebr
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-
-
-
-
Sarpy County
9.50
9.80
9.50
9.20
9.50
9.50
9.30
9.50
9.00
9.80
9.80
9.50
Saunders County
6.20
6.20
6.80
6.80
6.80
4.30
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
8.50
Scotts Bluff County
8.10
8.10
7.80
7.80
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
5.40
4.80
5.40
8.70
Scottsbluff
9.70
8.70
8.70
7.50
7.50
10.70
11.60
11.10
11.10
11.60
12.80
11.80
Seward
5.50
5.50
5.50
6.80
5.50
6.20
5.50
8.10
8.10
8.10
8.10
8.10
Seward County
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.30
3.20
8.10
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.30
Sheridan County
11.30
11.30
11.30
11.30
11.30
11.30
11.30
12.90
12.90
14.60
14.60
14.60
Sherman County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney
4.00
4.00
5.10
4.20
4.00
4.00
3.70
6.00
7.10
7.10
7.10
7.10
Sioux County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
South Sioux City
12.30
10.70
10.30
11.60
10.30
8.50
10.30
10.70
9.50
10.30
9.90
9.50
Southeast
9.40
9.40
9.40
9.40
10.20
9.50
9.50
10.10
10.20
10.30
10.50
10.30
Stanton County
10.00
19.50
19.50
19.50
19.50
19.50
19.50
19.50
19.50
19.50
19.50
0.00
State - Judicial District
10.00
9.90
10.30
10.20
10.40
10.50
10.30
10.50
10.30
10.30
10.30
10.30
Tecumseh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tekamah
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thayer County
8.60
11.50
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
14.40
Thomas County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thurston County
4.40
4.40
4.40
4.40
2.50
4.40
4.40
2.00
2.00
2.00
1.40
1.40
Valentine
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
4.50
4.50
7.90
10.40
10.40
Valley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wahoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walthill
6.20
6.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Washington County
10.10
14.10
14.10
14.10
9.50
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
2.70
13.60
13.60
Wayne
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wayne County
17.00
10.10
9.30
9.30
9.30
9.30
10.60
10.60
10.10
10.10
9.80
11.10
Webster County
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
-
-
-
-
West Point
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Western
10.30
9.00
10.20
10.60
10.60
10.80
10.60
10.30
10.30
10.20
10.30
11.50
Wheeler County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winnebago
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
0.30
0.30
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
1.40
0.30
0.30
York
1.40
1.40
1.40
8.30
1.40
1.40
1.40
5.30
7.60
7.60
7.60
7.60
York County
15.40
16.10
16.10
16.10
16.10
16.10
16.10
14.00
12.70
14.00
9.70
11.80