Total children removed from household in Indiana

Total children removed from the household is the total number of children that the Department of Child Services (DCS) has withdrawn from the care of a parent, guardian, or custodian within a household. Indiana DCS will remove a child from a household if:

1. A reasonable person would believe the child’s physical or mental condition is seriously impaired or seriously endangered due to injury by the act or omission of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian; or

2. The child’s physical or mental condition is seriously impaired or seriously endangered as a result of the inability, refusal, or neglect of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian to supply the child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision; and

3. The coercive intervention of the court is needed to protect the child.

Total children removed from the household is the total number of children that the Department of Child Services (DCS) has withdrawn from the care of a parent, guardian, or custodian within a household. Indiana DCS will remove a child from a household if:

1. A reasonable person would believe the child’s physical or mental condition is seriously impaired or seriously endangered due to injury by the act or omission of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian; or

2. The child’s physical or mental condition is seriously impaired or seriously endangered as a result of the inability, refusal, or neglect of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian to supply the child with necessary food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, or supervision; and

3. The coercive intervention of the court is needed to protect the child.