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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

RegionOct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026Feb-2026Mar-2026Apr-2026May-2026Jun-2026Jul-2026Aug-2026Sep-2026
State16.60%15.09%15.68%14.61%13.04%12.66%12.00%12.67%13.47%15.22%14.74%15.98%
Adams County13.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%6.25%5.26%5.26%5.55%5.55%7.69%0.00%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance100.00%100.00%100.00%---------
Antelope County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Beatrice9.09%7.69%0.00%0.00%11.11%11.11%20.00%20.00%20.00%18.18%0.00%23.07%
Bellevue24.70%25.00%26.96%26.31%18.82%19.51%12.50%13.43%8.95%11.42%9.23%5.17%
Blaine County------------
Blair----------0.00%0.00%
Boone County------------
Box Butte County50.00%50.00%50.00%16.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%16.66%20.00%20.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow------------
Brown County---0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Buffalo County36.84%36.84%33.33%31.25%8.33%15.38%25.00%25.00%30.76%36.36%12.50%12.50%
Burt County--0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Butler County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%75.00%75.00%66.66%66.66%
Cass County30.00%30.00%27.27%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cedar County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%----0.00%
Center0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Central32.85%26.47%19.40%13.79%8.00%20.00%10.34%11.66%10.90%15.38%14.00%12.00%
Chadron0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%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 County100.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%33.33%33.33%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Columbus0.00%0.00%9.09%6.66%35.71%35.71%35.71%29.41%33.33%44.44%16.66%17.64%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%20.00%80.00%
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%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Dawson County37.50%42.85%42.85%33.33%33.33%14.28%14.28%0.00%16.66%33.33%50.00%50.00%
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 County7.14%5.88%11.11%10.00%4.76%9.52%9.09%8.69%16.66%16.66%20.83%17.85%
Douglas County12.68%12.09%13.30%12.70%12.16%8.72%8.14%10.30%10.29%11.79%10.98%10.91%
Dundy County------------
Eastern14.20%13.86%15.33%14.93%12.94%10.18%8.83%10.98%10.62%11.70%10.88%10.55%
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%100.00%100.00%0.00%
Fremont23.52%20.00%23.52%13.33%6.25%10.52%9.52%9.52%13.63%16.66%22.72%26.92%
Frontier County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%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 County0.00%0.00%0.00%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 Island40.00%38.46%31.25%21.42%21.42%36.84%0.00%7.14%14.28%14.28%14.28%15.38%
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 County59.09%55.55%42.85%33.33%27.27%50.00%15.38%20.00%8.33%10.00%10.00%12.50%
Hamilton County25.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Harlan County------------
Hastings8.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County-0.00%0.00%---------
Holdrege---100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Holt County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%100.00%
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%100.00%
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 17.14%7.14%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%10.00%11.11%20.00%20.00%11.11%30.76%
Judicial District 228.57%30.35%30.35%29.31%13.04%16.66%9.52%11.62%12.19%9.30%9.09%7.50%
Judicial District 317.56%17.14%16.43%17.80%14.81%17.77%22.82%20.20%21.35%25.00%29.62%26.78%
Judicial District 412.68%12.09%13.30%12.70%12.16%8.72%8.14%10.30%10.29%11.79%10.98%10.91%
Judicial District 517.24%7.40%6.89%5.88%20.58%23.52%21.05%20.51%20.93%21.42%8.57%20.00%
Judicial District 63.57%3.44%6.25%8.82%6.45%9.37%8.82%9.09%14.70%11.42%13.88%12.19%
Judicial District 716.66%25.00%21.73%12.00%12.50%8.69%12.50%8.69%5.26%10.52%7.69%23.07%
Judicial District 80.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%12.50%20.00%33.33%
Judicial District 948.78%45.94%37.50%32.14%17.39%35.48%20.00%22.22%20.00%23.80%11.53%12.50%
Judicial District 108.69%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%4.16%3.44%3.33%11.11%17.24%24.00%14.81%
Judicial District 1120.68%18.18%30.30%30.76%33.33%24.24%23.52%17.85%17.85%22.72%23.80%25.80%
Judicial District 1230.30%17.39%20.83%15.15%14.70%14.70%16.66%16.66%14.81%17.39%18.18%27.27%
Kearney42.10%37.14%28.57%18.18%0.00%19.04%23.07%22.22%15.38%20.83%14.81%10.00%
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%0.00%33.33%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Keya Paha County------------
Kimball------------
Kimball County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%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 County17.56%17.14%16.43%17.80%14.81%17.77%22.82%20.20%21.35%25.00%29.62%26.78%
Lavista------------
Lexington11.11%12.50%20.00%33.33%33.33%16.66%0.00%0.00%42.85%80.00%100.00%100.00%
Lincoln16.66%16.66%14.66%15.58%13.09%16.66%21.97%18.81%20.95%25.23%30.00%28.07%
Lincoln County23.07%17.64%37.50%37.50%41.17%27.77%25.00%18.75%20.00%25.00%25.00%38.88%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County20.00%30.00%27.77%18.75%20.00%14.28%18.75%13.33%9.09%8.33%6.25%6.25%
McCook0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Morrill County100.00%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 City20.00%20.00%16.66%18.75%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%9.09%9.09%9.09%11.11%
Neligh------------
Nemaha County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Niobrara0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-----
Norfolk21.05%22.72%15.00%13.04%13.63%10.52%15.78%12.50%8.33%7.14%7.14%13.33%
North Platte16.66%13.63%22.72%27.77%27.77%22.22%22.22%21.05%25.00%8.33%15.38%25.00%
Northern13.92%12.65%12.04%8.69%11.49%12.35%12.50%11.82%15.05%16.84%12.63%18.55%
Nuckolls County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%0.00%
Ogallala0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Omaha12.12%11.51%12.66%11.98%11.57%8.05%8.10%10.54%10.95%11.76%11.21%11.52%
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 County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Platte County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%83.33%100.00%0.00%50.00%
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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Richardson County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-----
Sarpy County28.26%30.43%31.11%28.57%15.00%19.04%11.11%13.51%14.28%10.81%10.52%8.82%
Saunders County40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Scotts Bluff County19.04%16.66%16.66%13.63%18.18%18.18%20.00%20.00%25.00%10.00%0.00%25.00%
Scottsbluff26.08%16.66%26.31%18.75%21.87%22.58%26.66%25.00%16.00%10.00%10.52%31.81%
Seward0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%20.00%33.33%60.00%60.00%100.00%0.00%
Seward County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%12.50%11.11%11.11%10.00%10.00%14.28%0.00%
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%0.00%50.00%50.00%25.00%25.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%100.00%0.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%4.16%0.00%0.00%24.00%
Southeast16.34%16.00%13.59%14.70%11.42%14.54%19.81%17.50%19.84%23.25%26.15%26.47%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District16.60%15.09%15.68%14.61%13.04%12.66%12.00%12.67%13.47%15.22%14.74%15.98%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%100.00%
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 County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Webster County------------
West Point0.00%-----------
Western22.58%14.28%23.63%22.03%22.95%20.31%21.31%18.18%20.75%20.93%21.95%28.00%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago--------0.00%-0.00%0.00%
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr--------0.00%-0.00%0.00%
York25.00%18.18%15.38%15.38%7.69%7.69%6.25%6.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
York County15.38%15.38%15.38%15.38%7.69%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%27.27%