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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

RegionMay-2025Jun-2025Jul-2025Aug-2025Sep-2025Oct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026Feb-2026Mar-2026Apr-2026
State15.10%13.89%13.62%14.61%14.79%16.60%15.09%15.68%14.61%13.04%12.66%12.00%
Adams County5.88%5.55%29.41%33.33%13.33%13.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%6.25%5.26%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance---100.00%100.00%100.00%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%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%0.00%
Beatrice41.66%41.66%18.18%6.66%8.33%9.09%7.69%0.00%0.00%11.11%11.11%20.00%
Bellevue8.04%7.86%9.19%14.28%18.47%24.70%25.00%26.96%26.31%18.82%19.51%12.50%
Blaine County------------
Blair0.00%-----------
Boone County------------
Box Butte County0.00%50.00%50.00%100.00%66.66%50.00%50.00%50.00%16.66%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow50.00%50.00%50.00%---------
Brown County--------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Buffalo County17.24%14.81%19.23%20.83%12.50%36.84%36.84%33.33%31.25%8.33%15.38%25.00%
Burt County-------0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%
Butler County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%
Cass County10.00%10.00%14.28%50.00%30.00%30.00%30.00%27.27%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cedar County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%
Central13.88%8.57%19.71%28.16%18.46%32.85%26.47%19.40%13.79%8.00%20.00%10.34%
Chadron--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%
Cherry County------------
Cheyenne County33.33%33.33%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%33.33%33.33%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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Columbus50.00%46.66%35.71%25.00%23.07%0.00%0.00%9.09%6.66%35.71%35.71%35.71%
Cozad------------
Crete------------
Cuming County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Custer County25.00%20.00%25.00%33.33%33.33%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 County33.33%25.00%20.00%0.00%25.00%37.50%42.85%42.85%33.33%33.33%14.28%14.28%
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 County29.41%26.66%23.52%21.42%14.28%7.14%5.88%11.11%10.00%4.76%9.52%9.09%
Douglas County11.15%10.28%10.86%10.44%12.05%12.68%12.09%13.30%12.70%12.16%8.72%8.14%
Dundy County------------
Eastern10.83%9.94%10.54%11.37%12.73%14.20%13.86%15.33%14.93%12.94%10.18%8.83%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County100.00%100.00%100.00%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%
Fremont40.00%39.13%37.03%23.80%27.77%23.52%20.00%23.52%13.33%6.25%10.52%9.52%
Frontier County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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 County33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Garden County------------
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island11.11%18.75%33.33%37.50%18.18%40.00%38.46%31.25%21.42%21.42%36.84%0.00%
Grant County------------
Greeley County----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Hall County20.00%0.00%18.18%52.38%45.00%59.09%55.55%42.85%33.33%27.27%50.00%15.38%
Hamilton County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Harlan County------------
Hastings21.42%7.69%9.09%10.00%7.69%8.33%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%
Holt County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%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%0.00%
Imperial------------
Jefferson County0.00%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 130.00%30.00%0.00%5.88%7.14%7.14%7.14%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%10.00%
Judicial District 28.33%6.77%7.54%23.21%19.35%28.57%30.35%30.35%29.31%13.04%16.66%9.52%
Judicial District 332.18%31.39%22.36%20.00%15.62%17.56%17.14%16.43%17.80%14.81%17.77%22.82%
Judicial District 411.15%10.28%10.86%10.44%12.05%12.68%12.09%13.30%12.70%12.16%8.72%8.14%
Judicial District 542.85%35.71%30.95%21.87%23.52%17.24%7.40%6.89%5.88%20.58%23.52%21.05%
Judicial District 615.15%11.76%12.90%10.71%7.14%3.57%3.44%6.25%8.82%6.45%9.37%8.82%
Judicial District 73.33%3.12%6.25%6.45%16.00%16.66%25.00%21.73%12.00%12.50%8.69%12.50%
Judicial District 811.11%10.00%11.11%14.28%11.11%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Judicial District 917.94%11.11%18.91%35.55%30.55%48.78%45.94%37.50%32.14%17.39%35.48%20.00%
Judicial District 1010.34%10.00%24.13%21.73%8.00%8.69%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%4.16%3.44%
Judicial District 1112.12%13.33%12.90%11.11%21.42%20.68%18.18%30.30%30.76%33.33%24.24%23.52%
Judicial District 1214.81%23.33%20.68%26.66%28.12%30.30%17.39%20.83%15.15%14.70%14.70%16.66%
Kearney12.19%3.12%18.18%32.50%25.00%42.10%37.14%28.57%18.18%0.00%19.04%23.07%
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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%
Keya Paha County------------
Kimball------------
Kimball County100.00%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 County32.18%31.39%22.36%20.00%15.62%17.56%17.14%16.43%17.80%14.81%17.77%22.82%
Lavista------------
Lexington0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%18.18%11.11%12.50%20.00%33.33%33.33%16.66%0.00%
Lincoln29.88%28.88%20.98%17.50%13.88%16.66%16.66%14.66%15.58%13.09%16.66%21.97%
Lincoln County13.04%15.78%15.78%18.75%30.76%23.07%17.64%37.50%37.50%41.17%27.77%25.00%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County5.88%5.26%9.52%9.52%20.00%20.00%30.00%27.77%18.75%20.00%14.28%18.75%
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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%
Morrill County66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City7.14%7.14%11.11%33.33%21.42%20.00%20.00%16.66%18.75%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Neligh------------
Nemaha County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Niobrara--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Norfolk5.26%4.54%4.76%9.09%21.05%21.05%22.72%15.00%13.04%13.63%10.52%15.78%
North Platte14.28%16.66%16.66%19.04%26.31%16.66%13.63%22.72%27.77%27.77%22.22%22.22%
Northern23.71%19.19%18.18%15.29%18.07%13.92%12.65%12.04%8.69%11.49%12.35%12.50%
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%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%
Omaha11.38%10.36%10.81%10.79%11.52%12.12%11.51%12.66%11.98%11.57%8.05%8.10%
Omaha Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%----0.00%0.00%
Ord0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Pierce0.00%----------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 County83.33%80.00%75.00%60.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County------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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Rock County------------
Rushville------------
Saline County100.00%100.00%0.00%20.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr--0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Sarpy County8.33%6.38%6.52%18.75%17.30%28.26%30.43%31.11%28.57%15.00%19.04%11.11%
Saunders County75.00%75.00%75.00%66.66%33.33%40.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Scotts Bluff County0.00%16.66%0.00%0.00%5.55%19.04%16.66%16.66%13.63%18.18%18.18%20.00%
Scottsbluff18.18%32.00%15.00%21.05%20.00%26.08%16.66%26.31%18.75%21.87%22.58%26.66%
Seward25.00%25.00%25.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%20.00%20.00%
Seward County14.28%14.28%14.28%25.00%25.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%12.50%11.11%
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------------
Sidney40.00%20.00%50.00%42.85%42.85%33.33%0.00%50.00%50.00%25.00%25.00%50.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City5.88%5.26%5.88%5.88%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Southeast28.31%27.58%20.00%17.75%14.28%16.34%16.00%13.59%14.70%11.42%14.54%19.81%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District15.10%13.89%13.62%14.61%14.79%16.60%15.09%15.68%14.61%13.04%12.66%12.00%
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%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Valley County------------
Wahoo------------
Walthill0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%----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%
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%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%------
Western15.62%20.31%16.12%20.33%25.39%22.58%14.28%23.63%22.03%22.95%20.31%21.31%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago------------
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr------------
York20.00%0.00%0.00%9.09%25.00%25.00%18.18%15.38%15.38%7.69%7.69%6.25%
York County40.00%25.00%17.64%7.14%15.38%15.38%15.38%15.38%15.38%7.69%0.00%0.00%