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Statistics on children, youth and families in Louisiana from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Agenda for Children
Children entering foster care
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Number - children entering foster care during a calendar year.
Rate - the number of children entering foster care during a calendar year per 1,000 children ages 0-17.
Rate - the number of children entering foster care during a calendar year per 1,000 children ages 0-17.
Data Source
Notes
Data are reported according to the location of court of entry into foster care.
Note that the parish location data was missing for a small number of children each year, and a very small (<5) number of children in foster care have cases that originated in other states. As a result, the statewide total is larger than the sum of data from all parishes.
Data are unduplicated, so if a child entered and exited foster care multiple times over the course of the year, he/she would only be counted once.
LNE - "low number event" reflects a number or rate based on at least one but fewer than five events.
N.A. - Data not available.
Note that the parish location data was missing for a small number of children each year, and a very small (<5) number of children in foster care have cases that originated in other states. As a result, the statewide total is larger than the sum of data from all parishes.
Data are unduplicated, so if a child entered and exited foster care multiple times over the course of the year, he/she would only be counted once.
LNE - "low number event" reflects a number or rate based on at least one but fewer than five events.
N.A. - Data not available.
Last Updated
January 2024