The Children Entering Out of Home Placement report provides the total number of children entering out-of-home placement each year.
Data Portal Functionality:
The Data Portal allows users to select additional variables to gain further insight into the selected report. In addition, each variable can be further filtered to provide a subset of data within the variable. Data is provided as a table or, when available, as a graph.
Variable Definitions:
- Removal Episode: An indication of whether this is the child's first ever removal episode or a subsequent removal episode. The categories for this report are:
- Placement Status: A description of the status of the child's episode. The categories for this report are:
- Discharged within 30 Days
- Discharged after 30 Days
- Still in Care (as of the last day of each year)
- Placement Type: A description of the child's type of placement when they entered care. The categories for this report are:
- Resource Family (Kinship Care)
- Resource Family (Non-Kinship Care)
- Congregate Care
- Independent Living
- Age: Age is calculated based on the child's age at the time of the removal. The age categories for this report are:
- Under 1
- 1 to 5
- 6 to 12
- 13 to 17
- Race/Ethnicity: The race categories are analyzed in combination with ethnicity. If a person's ethnicity is Hispanic, they fall under the category of "Hispanic" regardless of their race. If their ethnicity is "Non- Hispanic", they fall under their corresponding race. The category of "Another Race" includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Asian, and Two or More Races. The race/ethnicity categories are:
- Black or African American
- Hispanic
- White
- Missing or Undetermined
- Another Race
- Gender: The identified gender of a person. Gender categories are:
- Year: Year represents data for the calendar year.
- County: The State of New Jersey is administratively divided into twenty-one counties. The county for this report is based on the county of the local field office responsible for the case. The twenty-one (21) counties in New Jersey are: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties. The category of "Other" is added to the list and includes children in cases where a county of assignment could not be determined at the time of the data extract.
Related Reports:
The following reports are related to Children Entering Out of Home Placement, which may be of additional interest to our users:
Children in Placement - Point in Time
Children Exiting Out of Home Placement
Placement Rates
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New Jersey Child Welfare Data Hub. ([Date of Publication]). Children Entering Out of Home Placement. Retrieved on [date] from [URL].
Abbreviation Definitions:
APA: American Psychological Association
CP&P: Child Protection and Permanency, a division within the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF)
CWS: Child Welfare Services referrals
DCF: New Jersey Department of Children and Families
IAIU: Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit