Increase Exits from Foster Care to REUNIFICATION

Policymakers can measure progress toward building strong and stable families by tracking the following:   

• Of the children that enter foster care, percentage that make timely, permanent exits through reunification, guardianship and adoption.

• Percentage of youth in care who leave care with no permanent home (emancipation).

• Child poverty . 100% of the Federal Poverty Threshold

• Rates of pregnancies and births to teen .  Birth rates for teenagers 15-19 years

• Children living in households where neither parent resides

• Children under 17 without health insurance

• Rate of children entering foster care per 1,000 children.