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COMPASS
Children's Outcomes Measured in Protection And Safety Statistics

Timeliness of Adoptions

Children in Care 17+ Months and Adopted in < 12 Months

RegionOct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026Feb-2026Mar-2026Apr-2026May-2026Jun-2026Jul-2026Aug-2026Sep-2026
State32.25%31.37%33.01%33.14%33.07%33.77%34.22%34.26%34.32%35.05%36.09%35.35%
Adams County31.57%31.81%22.72%39.13%37.50%40.00%35.00%36.84%31.25%31.25%33.33%31.25%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance0.00%0.00%0.00%---------
Antelope County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Beatrice41.17%36.84%36.84%35.29%26.66%26.66%25.00%31.25%35.71%20.00%20.00%14.28%
Bellevue28.44%36.11%37.16%37.50%34.21%38.18%36.27%40.00%41.11%38.77%37.23%37.50%
Blaine County------------
Blair----------0.00%0.00%
Boone County------------
Box Butte County25.00%25.00%25.00%14.28%14.28%42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%50.00%50.00%50.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow------------
Brown County---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%
Buffalo County57.69%54.16%52.00%56.52%56.52%48.00%48.00%50.00%47.82%50.00%33.33%34.78%
Burt County--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Butler County0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%14.28%14.28%14.28%14.28%
Cass County8.33%8.33%14.28%14.28%14.28%14.28%16.66%22.22%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%
Cedar County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%----0.00%
Center0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Central42.70%41.30%43.95%49.39%49.41%46.80%46.06%45.97%43.37%40.50%40.00%41.55%
Chadron0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%0.00%
Chase County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cherry County------------
Cheyenne County85.71%85.71%87.50%85.71%80.00%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%50.00%
Columbus51.72%50.00%53.33%53.12%59.37%56.25%51.72%42.85%41.37%43.33%41.37%42.30%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County75.00%75.00%66.66%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Dakota City------------
Dakota County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
David City------------
Dawes County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%
Dawson County40.00%33.33%33.33%40.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%37.50%63.63%63.63%55.55%55.55%
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 County48.64%35.29%29.03%28.12%24.24%22.58%22.58%22.58%17.64%11.76%14.28%15.78%
Douglas County25.87%23.62%25.25%25.76%26.04%27.00%28.81%29.21%30.39%31.93%32.16%31.13%
Dundy County------------
Eastern25.37%24.32%26.54%27.77%28.57%29.59%30.89%31.38%31.69%33.20%33.39%32.79%
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%100.00%100.00%
Fremont53.84%56.81%47.36%45.71%41.66%28.12%25.80%27.58%16.66%6.45%9.37%8.33%
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 County50.00%40.00%40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Garden County--------0.00%0.00%0.00%-
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island62.06%64.28%67.74%66.66%67.74%68.75%70.00%65.51%60.00%59.09%60.86%71.42%
Grant County------------
Greeley County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-
Hall County53.33%50.00%62.96%66.66%68.00%65.51%64.28%59.25%59.25%56.52%60.00%75.00%
Hamilton County20.00%25.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%
Harlan County------------
Hastings43.75%37.50%33.33%28.57%26.66%23.52%20.00%22.22%25.00%25.00%28.57%20.00%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County-0.00%0.00%---------
Holdrege---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Holt County28.57%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%
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 County0.00%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 122.72%22.72%22.72%19.04%20.00%20.00%23.80%28.57%36.84%46.66%46.66%36.84%
Judicial District 225.71%32.85%37.33%39.50%39.24%42.50%40.54%43.93%39.65%40.62%39.34%42.37%
Judicial District 341.40%40.35%42.62%41.46%41.73%41.13%44.44%42.85%37.58%40.13%45.56%44.24%
Judicial District 425.87%23.62%25.25%25.76%26.04%27.00%28.81%29.21%30.39%31.93%32.16%31.13%
Judicial District 550.00%53.33%50.00%50.81%50.79%47.54%44.26%40.67%40.00%38.18%37.50%33.96%
Judicial District 636.73%27.27%20.93%20.45%19.56%17.77%17.39%21.42%17.77%12.76%14.28%15.09%
Judicial District 730.23%34.88%39.53%27.02%28.94%29.72%30.76%30.55%22.58%16.66%21.21%21.87%
Judicial District 818.18%20.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%28.57%42.85%
Judicial District 955.35%52.00%57.69%61.70%62.50%57.40%56.60%54.71%54.00%53.48%46.34%51.28%
Judicial District 1030.30%31.42%27.27%38.23%33.33%35.29%29.03%29.03%33.33%35.71%37.03%31.25%
Judicial District 1145.28%47.36%45.28%45.28%44.44%41.81%38.46%35.41%44.00%43.75%44.44%42.30%
Judicial District 1232.60%28.88%38.29%35.29%29.78%37.77%35.55%36.36%48.71%51.21%52.50%51.28%
Kearney34.78%32.55%32.50%47.22%47.22%42.85%39.13%41.30%40.42%37.77%34.14%31.91%
Kearney County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%
Keith County0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%100.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%14.28%
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 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 County41.40%40.35%42.62%41.46%41.73%41.13%44.44%42.85%37.58%40.13%45.56%44.24%
Lavista------------
Lexington40.00%37.50%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%40.00%25.00%100.00%83.33%75.00%75.00%
Lincoln45.96%44.95%47.00%45.08%43.08%41.42%43.66%41.89%36.98%40.39%45.85%43.63%
Lincoln County57.57%59.45%58.82%57.57%54.83%50.00%43.33%41.93%50.00%46.15%52.00%55.55%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County13.63%22.72%28.57%28.57%28.57%30.00%31.81%36.84%35.29%25.00%31.25%33.33%
McCook0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%40.00%40.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
McPherson County------------
Merrick County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%
Morrill County0.00%0.00%100.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City4.00%4.16%7.14%7.40%7.69%8.00%13.04%15.00%20.00%35.00%35.00%33.33%
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%
Niobrara0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-----
Norfolk21.42%21.21%20.68%19.35%18.75%25.00%29.03%26.92%28.00%20.83%29.16%29.16%
North Platte42.85%47.36%38.88%38.23%36.36%33.33%34.37%33.33%50.00%42.30%48.00%50.00%
Northern41.66%41.17%38.62%34.48%34.66%34.04%32.39%31.57%28.14%25.00%25.73%25.18%
Nuckolls County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%50.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
O' Neill0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%
Omaha24.69%21.50%23.79%25.11%27.08%27.41%29.66%29.58%29.77%31.95%32.53%31.88%
Omaha Tribe - Nebr0.00%----0.00%0.00%-----
Ord-0.00%0.00%---------
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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%28.57%
Pierce------0.00%-----
Pierce County100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Platte County55.55%70.00%70.00%78.57%73.33%71.42%80.00%69.23%69.23%69.23%60.00%42.85%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County-0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%--
Red Willow County25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Richardson County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County25.00%25.00%25.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%33.33%50.00%50.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-----
Sarpy County30.35%39.28%44.06%46.15%46.03%50.00%46.66%49.09%43.75%44.44%43.13%46.93%
Saunders County63.63%63.63%58.33%58.33%58.33%28.57%40.00%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Scotts Bluff County28.57%22.22%22.22%25.00%19.23%24.00%20.00%20.83%42.10%47.36%47.36%42.85%
Scottsbluff39.47%34.21%48.78%40.81%36.95%48.78%42.10%44.44%54.05%57.89%58.97%58.53%
Seward100.00%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%50.00%
Seward County28.57%28.57%28.57%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%40.00%40.00%
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------------
Sidney33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%42.85%25.00%50.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City32.14%32.14%30.00%22.22%22.22%20.83%21.73%25.00%19.23%16.66%14.28%20.68%
Southeast39.15%37.50%39.02%37.95%35.97%35.55%38.12%38.04%35.00%38.67%43.31%40.50%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District32.25%31.37%33.01%33.14%33.07%33.77%34.22%34.26%34.32%35.05%36.09%35.35%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Valley County------------
Wahoo------------
Walthill0.00%----0.00%0.00%-----
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 County33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%57.14%57.14%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%
Webster County------------
West Point0.00%-----------
Western37.62%37.25%40.81%39.79%36.84%41.75%38.63%36.90%51.21%50.00%51.28%49.39%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago--------0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr--------0.00%-0.00%0.00%
York31.25%33.33%33.33%29.41%26.31%40.00%37.50%39.13%45.00%45.00%42.10%35.29%
York County68.18%71.42%64.70%62.50%58.82%58.82%35.29%35.29%33.33%26.66%21.42%30.76%