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COMPASS
Children's Outcomes Measured in Protection And Safety Statistics

Timeliness of Adoptions

Children in Care 17+ Months and Legally Free for Adoption in < 6 Months

RegionApr-2023May-2023Jun-2023Jul-2023Aug-2023Sep-2023Oct-2023Nov-2023Dec-2023Jan-2024Feb-2024Mar-2024
State11.74%11.49%10.84%12.50%14.55%14.82%16.50%17.04%16.61%14.85%13.52%13.06%
Adams County25.00%21.05%11.76%9.09%4.76%4.54%4.54%8.69%12.00%20.00%13.79%19.23%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Antelope County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County------------
Beatrice12.50%14.28%14.28%14.28%22.22%12.50%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Bellevue6.25%11.59%12.85%12.85%14.28%15.38%17.91%14.06%13.88%11.88%12.37%10.89%
Blaine County------------
Blair------------
Boone County-0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Box Butte County100.00%100.00%0.00%100.00%66.66%66.66%50.00%50.00%50.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Brown County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Buffalo County30.76%25.00%25.00%20.00%42.85%33.33%29.41%35.29%43.75%50.00%16.66%10.52%
Burt County------------
Butler County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%
Cass County14.28%7.69%6.66%25.00%18.75%26.66%46.66%46.66%46.66%33.33%33.33%33.33%
Cedar County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%--
Center----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%----
Central18.33%15.51%16.36%16.39%16.66%10.00%9.58%18.98%22.78%26.82%19.73%18.82%
Chadron100.00%100.00%0.00%100.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%40.00%40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Chase County------------
Cherry County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-----
Cheyenne County0.00%0.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%0.00%42.85%42.85%42.85%0.00%0.00%
Clay Center------------
Clay County33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Colfax County0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%60.00%60.00%60.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Columbus10.00%8.33%9.09%9.09%15.38%15.38%13.33%11.11%11.11%15.78%38.09%29.62%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%42.85%75.00%75.00%75.00%
Custer County0.00%0.00%60.00%60.00%60.00%33.33%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%0.00%
Dakota City------------
Dakota County50.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
David City------------
Dawes County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Dawson County52.94%66.66%58.33%44.44%33.33%40.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%40.00%25.00%22.22%
Deuel County------------
Dixon County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Dodge County26.66%33.33%23.07%38.46%40.00%28.57%25.00%17.39%26.08%18.18%10.71%16.00%
Douglas County6.55%8.69%7.87%8.87%11.42%12.32%12.64%11.63%10.72%10.16%9.00%8.15%
Dundy County------------
Eastern6.58%8.15%7.48%8.77%11.34%12.00%12.90%12.13%11.07%10.24%9.38%8.82%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Franklin County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Fremont14.28%26.31%23.52%42.85%41.66%30.76%25.00%18.91%29.03%12.50%7.89%13.33%
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 County33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Garden County------------
Garfield County------------
Geneva0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island25.00%23.80%11.76%0.00%0.00%4.34%7.14%16.66%16.66%31.81%31.81%28.57%
Grant County------------
Greeley County------------
Hall County5.88%6.66%5.88%7.14%7.14%9.09%9.52%20.83%21.73%38.88%38.88%23.07%
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------------
Hastings0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%9.09%6.66%7.69%7.14%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County----------0.00%0.00%
Holdrege-----------0.00%
Holt County0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%
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%66.66%
Imperial------------
Jefferson County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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 111.76%10.52%13.33%13.33%36.36%46.15%42.85%14.28%30.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Judicial District 215.00%3.50%3.33%8.95%10.44%14.06%25.71%25.71%25.35%20.63%22.03%21.42%
Judicial District 315.38%10.44%9.33%13.95%16.84%18.36%23.52%34.25%31.68%27.36%29.16%26.88%
Judicial District 46.55%8.69%7.87%8.87%11.42%12.32%12.64%11.63%10.72%10.16%9.00%8.15%
Judicial District 515.62%13.33%19.35%14.28%13.79%8.82%8.33%5.55%5.26%7.14%17.94%18.42%
Judicial District 620.00%22.72%16.66%21.73%28.00%20.83%20.68%16.66%20.00%14.81%9.37%14.81%
Judicial District 723.52%5.26%10.52%20.00%15.38%21.42%24.13%21.87%25.80%21.73%26.92%20.83%
Judicial District 80.00%0.00%20.00%26.66%26.66%22.22%20.00%22.22%22.22%12.50%12.50%42.85%
Judicial District 916.66%14.81%13.79%13.79%25.00%18.91%18.42%26.82%30.76%43.75%30.00%15.62%
Judicial District 1025.00%19.23%12.50%10.34%6.66%3.22%3.33%15.15%19.44%25.00%13.88%16.66%
Judicial District 1140.62%51.61%44.44%27.58%20.68%20.83%20.00%4.16%3.03%5.88%5.12%4.44%
Judicial District 1237.50%40.00%38.46%69.23%57.14%46.15%42.85%47.05%47.36%29.41%12.50%23.80%
Kearney20.83%17.39%17.39%26.92%25.92%20.68%16.12%27.77%35.29%36.84%20.58%21.21%
Kearney County-------100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%
Keith County0.00%0.00%0.00%---------
Keya Paha County------------
Kimball------------
Kimball County------------
Knox County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Lancaster County15.38%10.44%9.33%13.95%16.84%18.36%23.52%34.25%31.68%27.36%29.16%26.88%
Lavista------------
Lexington50.00%58.82%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%12.50%11.76%
Lincoln14.86%8.97%10.00%11.82%17.92%20.00%23.89%31.30%29.62%22.54%25.00%22.77%
Lincoln County28.57%40.00%35.71%21.05%19.04%17.64%17.64%5.88%4.34%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County22.22%9.09%18.18%18.18%11.11%23.07%23.07%18.75%12.50%14.28%23.52%13.33%
McCook0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%60.00%60.00%60.00%60.00%60.00%42.85%0.00%0.00%
McPherson County------------
Merrick County------------
Morrill County0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City41.17%7.69%5.26%4.54%0.00%24.00%50.00%54.16%56.00%52.17%47.61%39.13%
Neligh------------
Nemaha County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%75.00%75.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Niobrara-0.00%0.00%60.00%50.00%-------
Norfolk28.57%18.18%20.83%21.73%12.50%16.66%22.22%20.00%14.28%15.78%22.22%13.33%
North Platte20.00%31.25%31.25%16.66%20.68%26.31%16.66%5.55%5.26%13.33%4.76%4.54%
Northern18.84%16.17%16.41%21.12%20.00%18.75%19.31%15.21%17.20%13.79%18.47%18.82%
Nuckolls County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
O' Neill0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Ogallala0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Omaha6.63%7.60%6.62%8.12%10.89%11.53%12.21%11.88%10.66%9.89%8.76%8.35%
Omaha Tribe - Nebr------------
Ord------------
Otoe County66.66%0.00%0.00%11.11%20.00%40.00%60.00%55.55%66.66%62.50%50.00%33.33%
Papillion------------
Pawnee County------------
Pender0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Perkins County--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Phelps County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Pierce0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Pierce County0.00%0.00%--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Platte County14.28%14.28%14.28%14.28%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Red Willow County-----------0.00%
Richardson County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%66.66%75.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County14.28%14.28%33.33%33.33%60.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr-0.00%0.00%60.00%50.00%-------
Sarpy County2.70%2.56%2.70%2.38%4.87%2.56%11.11%13.04%10.63%9.30%14.63%15.78%
Saunders County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Scotts Bluff County33.33%50.00%33.33%100.00%80.00%66.66%100.00%100.00%75.00%25.00%16.66%44.44%
Scottsbluff22.22%30.00%30.76%58.33%54.54%44.44%57.14%60.00%58.33%33.33%6.66%20.00%
Seward100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Seward County66.66%0.00%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%14.28%
Sheridan County------------
Sherman County------------
Sidney----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City11.11%11.11%11.11%0.00%6.66%6.66%7.69%8.33%6.25%8.33%10.00%11.11%
Southeast18.69%9.52%9.75%10.85%15.32%20.27%27.21%32.45%32.85%27.34%27.69%24.80%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District11.74%11.49%10.84%12.50%14.55%14.82%16.50%17.04%16.61%14.85%13.52%13.06%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Thomas County------------
Thurston County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Valentine0.00%-----------
Valley County------------
Wahoo------------
Walthill------------
Washington County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Wayne------------
Wayne County0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Webster County---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
West Point0.00%0.00%----------
Western33.33%40.42%36.17%32.69%32.07%32.55%31.81%26.08%22.80%17.85%6.55%10.29%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
York0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
York County10.00%10.00%10.00%12.50%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%