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COMPASS
Children's Outcomes Measured in Protection And Safety Statistics

Timeliness of Adoptions

Children Legally Free for Adoption and Adopted in < 12 Months

RegionAug-2025Sep-2025Oct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026Feb-2026Mar-2026Apr-2026May-2026Jun-2026Jul-2026
State64.28%63.79%63.01%61.96%62.93%63.73%63.13%60.96%60.94%62.87%64.13%62.80%
Adams County57.14%44.44%50.00%60.00%63.63%60.00%60.00%54.54%50.00%50.00%50.00%42.85%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-------
Antelope County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%-
Beatrice84.61%83.33%88.88%88.88%90.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Bellevue45.45%39.28%46.87%46.66%48.27%56.00%59.25%62.06%59.45%60.00%64.86%68.42%
Blaine County------------
Blair------------
Boone County------------
Box Butte County66.66%66.66%75.00%75.00%75.00%100.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%50.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow------------
Brown County-----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Buffalo County92.85%87.50%87.50%88.23%86.66%84.61%86.66%86.66%76.92%78.57%84.61%81.81%
Burt County----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%
Butler County33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cass County0.00%100.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%50.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%
Cedar County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%---
Center100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%50.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Central80.00%75.00%76.59%72.91%76.36%74.54%73.01%72.30%69.84%72.58%70.96%69.49%
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 County33.33%33.33%40.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%83.33%85.71%83.33%
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%
Columbus76.47%76.47%73.68%66.66%66.66%64.70%64.70%66.66%62.50%61.53%58.33%50.00%
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 County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%
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 County88.88%90.00%90.00%90.00%90.00%75.00%75.00%72.72%76.92%82.35%82.35%76.92%
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 County65.21%62.50%65.21%66.66%65.00%64.70%66.66%64.28%70.00%70.00%60.00%60.00%
Douglas County59.45%60.33%59.66%59.34%55.93%56.41%52.54%49.61%51.09%49.25%53.43%53.78%
Dundy County------------
Eastern59.54%59.42%58.57%57.74%54.88%55.30%54.28%50.96%51.80%50.61%54.08%56.05%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County75.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
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%
Fremont70.37%70.37%74.07%80.76%80.76%80.00%80.76%78.26%85.00%88.23%83.33%78.94%
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 County83.33%83.33%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%
Garden County----------0.00%0.00%
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island64.28%77.77%78.94%84.21%85.71%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
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 County73.33%77.77%77.77%78.57%83.33%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%95.45%86.36%86.36%
Hamilton County0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Harlan County------------
Hastings85.71%85.71%83.33%87.50%87.50%87.50%63.63%63.63%50.00%57.14%40.00%40.00%
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 County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Hooker County------------
Howard County100.00%100.00%100.00%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 166.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Judicial District 257.89%55.55%50.00%45.00%50.00%56.25%64.00%60.00%57.14%58.82%60.60%63.63%
Judicial District 370.51%70.12%69.62%67.07%65.82%63.51%64.93%63.01%62.85%65.78%67.08%67.12%
Judicial District 459.45%60.33%59.66%59.34%55.93%56.41%52.54%49.61%51.09%49.25%53.43%53.78%
Judicial District 565.78%64.10%59.09%56.52%57.50%60.52%57.14%59.52%60.00%67.74%68.96%66.66%
Judicial District 670.37%64.00%66.66%68.18%66.66%66.66%68.42%66.66%75.00%72.72%63.63%66.66%
Judicial District 736.36%30.00%37.50%28.57%60.00%66.66%72.72%61.53%61.53%75.00%69.23%64.28%
Judicial District 8100.00%100.00%66.66%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%75.00%80.00%80.00%
Judicial District 982.75%82.35%82.35%83.87%84.84%93.33%93.93%94.11%91.66%88.88%85.71%84.84%
Judicial District 1058.33%46.15%50.00%57.14%60.00%61.53%60.00%57.14%55.00%58.82%58.82%56.25%
Judicial District 1167.64%70.27%67.56%67.56%74.28%71.05%71.79%70.73%71.11%75.00%73.91%67.50%
Judicial District 1242.10%44.44%50.00%52.00%50.00%50.00%47.82%48.00%44.44%50.00%53.33%50.00%
Kearney88.88%68.18%71.42%55.00%64.00%50.00%59.37%56.25%50.00%55.17%53.33%53.33%
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%0.00%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%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 County70.51%70.12%69.62%67.07%65.82%63.51%64.93%63.01%62.85%65.78%67.08%67.12%
Lavista------------
Lexington81.81%81.81%81.81%81.81%87.50%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%88.88%88.88%80.00%
Lincoln69.01%68.57%68.49%66.66%64.78%66.15%68.11%64.17%66.17%69.33%71.42%68.91%
Lincoln County55.00%59.09%57.14%57.14%70.00%71.42%72.72%72.00%70.37%73.07%73.07%66.66%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%71.42%77.77%77.77%70.00%70.00%88.88%80.00%80.00%
McCook0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%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%100.00%100.00%
Morrill County100.00%100.00%100.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%20.00%20.00%20.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City25.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%66.66%50.00%33.33%44.44%44.44%44.44%44.44%44.44%
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%
Niobrara100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%---
Norfolk60.00%45.45%45.45%33.33%50.00%57.14%62.50%57.14%62.50%83.33%71.42%71.42%
North Platte62.50%68.42%66.66%70.00%68.42%73.68%75.00%73.91%72.00%80.00%80.00%76.00%
Northern65.27%61.42%61.11%61.19%63.23%64.51%64.17%63.07%65.00%72.91%70.83%68.75%
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%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Ogallala0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Omaha64.28%64.54%62.03%60.71%56.73%55.14%53.09%48.41%49.61%48.03%50.81%52.10%
Omaha Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%----0.00%0.00%---
Ord100.00%100.00%-100.00%100.00%-------
Otoe County100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%
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%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Pierce--------0.00%---
Pierce County33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Platte County50.00%44.44%38.46%33.33%27.27%33.33%33.33%50.00%55.55%55.55%50.00%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 County80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%100.00%100.00%
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%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Santee Tribe - Nebr100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%---
Sarpy County55.55%46.66%47.36%41.17%46.66%58.33%73.68%66.66%61.53%64.00%66.66%70.83%
Saunders County80.00%80.00%80.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%85.71%85.71%85.71%85.71%85.71%
Scotts Bluff County30.00%33.33%37.50%40.00%33.33%25.00%25.00%30.00%25.00%38.46%38.46%46.15%
Scottsbluff51.85%56.00%56.52%48.14%54.16%50.00%48.00%52.00%46.15%54.83%54.54%48.14%
Seward100.00%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Seward County100.00%100.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%
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------------
Sidney0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%40.00%50.00%50.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City28.57%25.00%14.28%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%
Southeast69.31%69.31%68.18%66.66%67.85%69.23%69.04%65.88%67.44%69.89%71.27%68.18%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District64.28%63.79%63.01%61.96%62.93%63.73%63.13%60.96%60.94%62.87%64.13%62.80%
Tecumseh------------
Tekamah------------
Thayer County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
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%100.00%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%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
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%---------
Western55.00%59.01%57.14%56.71%60.65%63.79%63.33%64.51%62.68%66.21%66.66%61.29%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago----------0.00%-
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr----------0.00%-
York33.33%33.33%20.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%30.00%33.33%33.33%50.00%57.14%57.14%
York County80.00%80.00%80.00%76.92%76.92%76.92%61.11%64.70%62.50%87.50%100.00%100.00%