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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

RegionFeb-2025Mar-2025Apr-2025May-2025Jun-2025Jul-2025Aug-2025Sep-2025Oct-2025Nov-2025Dec-2025Jan-2026
State66.08%65.89%66.40%64.00%63.42%62.30%64.28%63.79%63.01%61.96%62.93%63.73%
Adams County50.00%46.15%50.00%70.00%62.50%57.14%57.14%44.44%50.00%60.00%63.63%60.00%
Ainsworth------------
Albion------------
Alliance------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-
Antelope County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Arthur County------------
Auburn------------
Banner County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Beatrice88.88%87.50%77.77%75.00%75.00%81.81%84.61%83.33%88.88%88.88%90.00%100.00%
Bellevue60.60%60.52%55.88%54.05%48.57%48.57%45.45%39.28%46.87%46.66%48.27%56.00%
Blaine County------------
Blair-0.00%0.00%0.00%--------
Boone County------------
Box Butte County100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%75.00%75.00%75.00%100.00%
Boyd County------------
Bridgeport------------
Broken Bow0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%------
Brown County-----------0.00%
Buffalo County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%91.66%92.85%92.85%87.50%87.50%88.23%86.66%84.61%
Burt County----------0.00%0.00%
Butler County50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%
Cass County50.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%50.00%
Cedar County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Center0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%50.00%
Central69.23%63.63%71.69%77.35%76.47%77.27%80.00%75.00%76.59%72.91%76.36%74.54%
Chadron-----0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Chase County--------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Cherry County------------
Cheyenne County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%40.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%
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%
Columbus53.33%52.94%55.55%50.00%64.70%73.68%76.47%76.47%73.68%66.66%66.66%64.70%
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 County100.00%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%0.00%0.00%
Dawson County87.50%88.88%88.88%85.71%85.71%88.88%88.88%90.00%90.00%90.00%90.00%75.00%
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 County56.25%60.00%56.52%54.54%66.66%63.15%65.21%62.50%65.21%66.66%65.00%64.70%
Douglas County68.33%68.03%67.28%64.76%61.81%59.81%59.45%60.33%59.66%59.34%55.93%56.41%
Dundy County------------
Eastern68.34%68.34%67.18%66.14%61.65%60.93%59.54%59.42%58.57%57.74%54.88%55.30%
Fairbury------------
Falls City------------
Fillmore County50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%75.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%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%
Fremont50.00%55.00%54.54%50.00%61.90%61.90%70.37%70.37%74.07%80.76%80.76%80.00%
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 County100.00%100.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%83.33%83.33%83.33%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Garden County------------
Garfield County------------
Geneva------------
Gering------------
Gosper County------------
Grand Island76.00%68.42%68.18%77.27%73.68%76.92%64.28%77.77%78.94%84.21%85.71%100.00%
Grant County------------
Greeley County-------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Hall County80.00%71.42%75.00%77.77%80.00%77.77%73.33%77.77%77.77%78.57%83.33%100.00%
Hamilton County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Harlan County------------
Hastings50.00%50.00%80.00%66.66%85.71%85.71%85.71%85.71%83.33%87.50%87.50%87.50%
Hayes County------------
Hebron------------
Hitchcock County---------0.00%0.00%-
Holdrege-----------0.00%
Holt County0.00%0.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Hooker County------------
Howard County71.42%71.42%71.42%71.42%71.42%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Imperial------------
Jefferson County---0.00%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 138.46%41.66%38.46%38.46%38.46%50.00%66.66%66.66%66.66%66.66%100.00%100.00%
Judicial District 263.88%61.76%66.66%67.74%62.06%56.52%57.89%55.55%50.00%45.00%50.00%56.25%
Judicial District 373.68%81.42%85.71%77.77%73.43%68.75%70.51%70.12%69.62%67.07%65.82%63.51%
Judicial District 468.33%68.03%67.28%64.76%61.81%59.81%59.45%60.33%59.66%59.34%55.93%56.41%
Judicial District 554.54%53.84%57.69%55.17%54.83%57.57%65.78%64.10%59.09%56.52%57.50%60.52%
Judicial District 663.15%65.21%61.53%61.53%72.00%69.56%70.37%64.00%66.66%68.18%66.66%66.66%
Judicial District 740.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%40.00%30.00%36.36%30.00%37.50%28.57%60.00%66.66%
Judicial District 875.00%71.42%75.00%75.00%75.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%66.66%50.00%50.00%50.00%
Judicial District 986.66%81.81%85.71%87.09%84.37%84.37%82.75%82.35%82.35%83.87%84.84%93.33%
Judicial District 1046.66%43.75%47.05%57.14%54.54%50.00%58.33%46.15%50.00%57.14%60.00%61.53%
Judicial District 1176.19%72.72%68.18%60.86%62.96%68.75%67.64%70.27%67.56%67.56%74.28%71.05%
Judicial District 1255.55%53.33%42.85%29.41%40.00%40.90%42.10%44.44%50.00%52.00%50.00%50.00%
Kearney75.00%72.22%85.71%86.36%81.81%80.95%88.88%68.18%71.42%55.00%64.00%50.00%
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 County50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Lancaster County73.68%81.42%85.71%77.77%73.43%68.75%70.51%70.12%69.62%67.07%65.82%63.51%
Lavista------------
Lexington87.50%88.88%88.88%85.71%80.00%83.33%81.81%81.81%81.81%81.81%87.50%100.00%
Lincoln73.97%81.42%87.30%79.03%74.19%68.05%69.01%68.57%68.49%66.66%64.78%66.15%
Lincoln County72.72%58.33%50.00%46.66%50.00%57.89%55.00%59.09%57.14%57.14%70.00%71.42%
Logan County------------
Loup County------------
Macy------------
Madison County85.71%80.00%80.00%60.00%66.66%50.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%33.33%71.42%77.77%
McCook0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%
McPherson County------------
Merrick County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Morrill County100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%25.00%25.00%25.00%
Nance County------------
Nebraska City42.85%42.10%25.00%25.00%25.00%12.50%25.00%50.00%33.33%33.33%66.66%50.00%
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-----100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Norfolk76.47%75.00%75.00%64.70%66.66%60.00%60.00%45.45%45.45%33.33%50.00%57.14%
North Platte70.00%54.54%50.00%50.00%54.54%58.33%62.50%68.42%66.66%70.00%68.42%73.68%
Northern55.73%55.22%55.71%52.85%59.42%59.09%65.27%61.42%61.11%61.19%63.23%64.51%
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%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%
Omaha70.75%71.28%71.27%71.11%66.32%65.59%64.28%64.54%62.03%60.71%56.73%55.14%
Omaha Tribe - Nebr0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Ord33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%100.00%100.00%-100.00%100.00%-
Otoe County80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%75.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%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%
Pierce---100.00%--------
Pierce County33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Platte County50.00%40.00%33.33%33.33%42.85%50.00%50.00%44.44%38.46%33.33%27.27%33.33%
Plattsmouth------------
Polk County---------0.00%0.00%0.00%
Red Willow County50.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%75.00%75.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%75.00%75.00%
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 - Nebr-----100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Sarpy County62.96%61.53%64.28%65.38%60.00%54.54%55.55%46.66%47.36%41.17%46.66%58.33%
Saunders County0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Scotts Bluff County53.84%50.00%45.45%30.76%50.00%30.76%30.00%33.33%37.50%40.00%33.33%25.00%
Scottsbluff59.09%50.00%43.47%37.50%47.61%45.45%51.85%56.00%56.52%48.14%54.16%50.00%
Seward0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%100.00%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Seward County50.00%66.66%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%75.00%
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------------
Sidney0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%50.00%50.00%
Sioux County------------
South Sioux City45.45%41.66%41.66%45.45%40.00%25.00%28.57%25.00%14.28%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Southeast68.93%74.22%77.38%70.73%67.07%64.83%69.31%69.31%68.18%66.66%67.85%69.23%
Stanton County------------
State - Judicial District66.08%65.89%66.40%64.00%63.42%62.30%64.28%63.79%63.01%61.96%62.93%63.73%
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 County--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%100.00%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%0.00%---
Washington County-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%0.00%0.00%0.00%---
Western62.79%57.50%52.50%46.51%53.33%53.33%55.00%59.01%57.14%56.71%60.65%63.79%
Wheeler County------------
Winnebago------------
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr------------
York0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%33.33%20.00%33.33%33.33%33.33%
York County100.00%83.33%85.71%77.77%72.72%75.00%80.00%80.00%80.00%76.92%76.92%76.92%