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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

RegionAug-2025Sep-2025Oct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026Feb-2026Mar-2026Apr-2026May-2026Jun-2026Jul-2026
State32.24%30.58%32.25%31.37%33.01%33.14%33.07%33.77%34.22%34.26%34.32%35.05%
Adams County29.41%30.00%31.57%31.81%22.72%39.13%37.50%40.00%35.00%36.84%31.25%31.25%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-------
Antelope County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-
Beatrice52.63%52.63%41.17%36.84%36.84%35.29%26.66%26.66%25.00%31.25%35.71%20.00%
Bellevue24.52%25.92%28.44%36.11%37.16%37.50%34.21%38.18%36.27%40.00%41.11%38.77%
Blaine County------------
Blair------------
Boone County------------
Box Butte County0.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%14.28%14.28%42.85%42.85%42.85%42.85%50.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow------------
Brown County-----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Buffalo County50.00%45.83%57.69%54.16%52.00%56.52%56.52%48.00%48.00%50.00%47.82%50.00%
Burt County----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Butler County16.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%14.28%14.28%
Cass County11.11%8.33%8.33%8.33%14.28%14.28%14.28%14.28%16.66%22.22%25.00%25.00%
Cedar County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%---
Center0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Central45.16%42.10%42.70%41.30%43.95%49.39%49.41%46.80%46.06%45.97%43.37%40.50%
Chadron0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Chase County--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cherry County------------
Cheyenne County83.33%83.33%85.71%85.71%87.50%85.71%80.00%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%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Columbus51.61%50.00%51.72%50.00%53.33%53.12%59.37%56.25%51.72%42.85%41.37%43.33%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County80.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%66.66%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Custer County50.00%50.00%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%0.00%0.00%
Dawson County42.85%33.33%40.00%33.33%33.33%40.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%37.50%63.63%63.63%
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 County48.57%47.22%48.64%35.29%29.03%28.12%24.24%22.58%22.58%22.58%17.64%11.76%
Douglas County25.00%24.63%25.87%23.62%25.25%25.76%26.04%27.00%28.81%29.21%30.39%31.93%
Dundy County------------
Eastern24.57%24.41%25.37%24.32%26.54%27.77%28.57%29.59%30.89%31.38%31.69%33.20%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Franklin County100.00%50.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Fremont50.98%52.94%53.84%56.81%47.36%45.71%41.66%28.12%25.80%27.58%16.66%6.45%
Frontier County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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 County66.66%66.66%50.00%40.00%40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Garden County----------0.00%0.00%
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island74.07%68.00%62.06%64.28%67.74%66.66%67.74%68.75%70.00%65.51%60.00%59.09%
Grant County------------
Greeley County-0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Hall County59.25%57.14%53.33%50.00%62.96%66.66%68.00%65.51%64.28%59.25%59.25%56.52%
Hamilton County0.00%0.00%20.00%25.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%57.14%
Harlan County------------
Hastings42.85%41.17%43.75%37.50%33.33%28.57%26.66%23.52%20.00%22.22%25.00%25.00%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County---0.00%0.00%-------
Holdrege-----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Holt County33.33%28.57%28.57%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Hooker County------------
Howard County50.00%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 County33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Judicial District 140.74%38.46%22.72%22.72%22.72%19.04%20.00%20.00%23.80%28.57%36.84%46.66%
Judicial District 229.23%26.47%25.71%32.85%37.33%39.50%39.24%42.50%40.54%43.93%39.65%40.62%
Judicial District 344.61%38.79%41.40%40.35%42.62%41.46%41.73%41.13%44.44%42.85%37.58%40.13%
Judicial District 425.00%24.63%25.87%23.62%25.25%25.76%26.04%27.00%28.81%29.21%30.39%31.93%
Judicial District 541.93%44.06%50.00%53.33%50.00%50.81%50.79%47.54%44.26%40.67%40.00%38.18%
Judicial District 636.17%35.41%36.73%27.27%20.93%20.45%19.56%17.77%17.39%21.42%17.77%12.76%
Judicial District 731.91%31.81%30.23%34.88%39.53%27.02%28.94%29.72%30.76%30.55%22.58%16.66%
Judicial District 842.85%33.33%18.18%20.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Judicial District 954.38%51.92%55.35%52.00%57.69%61.70%62.50%57.40%56.60%54.71%54.00%53.48%
Judicial District 1030.00%28.57%30.30%31.42%27.27%38.23%33.33%35.29%29.03%29.03%33.33%35.71%
Judicial District 1141.30%38.00%45.28%47.36%45.28%45.28%44.44%41.81%38.46%35.41%44.00%43.75%
Judicial District 1226.31%27.50%32.60%28.88%38.29%35.29%29.78%37.77%35.55%36.36%48.71%51.21%
Kearney34.04%33.33%34.78%32.55%32.50%47.22%47.22%42.85%39.13%41.30%40.42%37.77%
Kearney County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Keith County0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%100.00%33.33%33.33%
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 County44.61%38.79%41.40%40.35%42.62%41.46%41.73%41.13%44.44%42.85%37.58%40.13%
Lavista------------
Lexington30.00%25.00%40.00%37.50%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%40.00%25.00%100.00%83.33%
Lincoln47.72%41.96%45.96%44.95%47.00%45.08%43.08%41.42%43.66%41.89%36.98%40.39%
Lincoln County51.61%48.48%57.57%59.45%58.82%57.57%54.83%50.00%43.33%41.93%50.00%46.15%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County13.04%17.39%13.63%22.72%28.57%28.57%28.57%30.00%31.81%36.84%35.29%25.00%
McCook0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%40.00%40.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
McPherson County------------
Merrick County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%
Morrill County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City20.00%11.53%4.00%4.16%7.14%7.40%7.69%8.00%13.04%15.00%20.00%35.00%
Neligh------------
Nemaha County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%
Niobrara100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Norfolk26.66%25.00%21.42%21.21%20.68%19.35%18.75%25.00%29.03%26.92%28.00%20.83%
North Platte36.66%33.33%42.85%47.36%38.88%38.23%36.36%33.33%34.37%33.33%50.00%42.30%
Northern39.86%39.61%41.66%41.17%38.62%34.48%34.66%34.04%32.39%31.57%28.14%25.00%
Nuckolls County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%50.00%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%0.00%
Ogallala66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Omaha24.59%24.08%24.69%21.50%23.79%25.11%27.08%27.41%29.66%29.58%29.77%31.95%
Omaha Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%----0.00%0.00%---
Ord0.00%0.00%-0.00%0.00%-------
Otoe County33.33%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%0.00%0.00%66.66%66.66%
Pierce--------0.00%---
Pierce County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Platte County40.00%55.55%55.55%70.00%70.00%78.57%73.33%71.42%80.00%69.23%69.23%69.23%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Red Willow County0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Richardson County25.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%100.00%100.00%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County40.00%40.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%40.00%40.00%40.00%33.33%50.00%50.00%40.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Sarpy County32.07%31.48%30.35%39.28%44.06%46.15%46.03%50.00%46.66%49.09%43.75%44.44%
Saunders County87.50%63.63%63.63%63.63%58.33%58.33%58.33%28.57%40.00%33.33%33.33%0.00%
Scotts Bluff County22.72%21.73%28.57%22.22%22.22%25.00%19.23%24.00%20.00%20.83%42.10%47.36%
Scottsbluff35.48%37.50%39.47%34.21%48.78%40.81%36.95%48.78%42.10%44.44%54.05%57.89%
Seward0.00%100.00%100.00%66.66%66.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Seward County0.00%0.00%28.57%28.57%28.57%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%
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%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%42.85%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City37.50%28.57%32.14%32.14%30.00%22.22%22.22%20.83%21.73%25.00%19.23%16.66%
Southeast44.31%38.21%39.15%37.50%39.02%37.95%35.97%35.55%38.12%38.04%35.00%38.67%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District32.24%30.58%32.25%31.37%33.01%33.14%33.07%33.77%34.22%34.26%34.32%35.05%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%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%----0.00%0.00%---
Washington County-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%33.33%33.33%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%57.14%57.14%25.00%25.00%
Webster County------------
West Point0.00%0.00%0.00%---------
Western32.95%31.57%37.62%37.25%40.81%39.79%36.84%41.75%38.63%36.90%51.21%50.00%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago----------0.00%-
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr----------0.00%-
York14.28%20.00%31.25%33.33%33.33%29.41%26.31%40.00%37.50%39.13%45.00%45.00%
York County51.85%63.63%68.18%71.42%64.70%62.50%58.82%58.82%35.29%35.29%33.33%26.66%