Population: (Children in 24 Hour Care, as of 11/1/10)
  System-wide Edwin Gould Services for Children
         Foster Boarding Home 7,831 496
         Kinship 5,048 366
         Residential 1,463 0
         other/unknown 45 0
Total 14,387 862
Population In Care less than 3 years
  System-wide Edwin Gould Services for Children
         Foster Boarding Home 4,570 346
                     % in FBH 51.2% 54.5%
         Kinship 3,332 289
                     % in Kinship 37.4% 45.5%
         Residential 1,007 0
                     % in Residential 11.3% 0.0%
         other/unknown 10 0
               % in other/unknown 0.1% 0.0%
Total 8,919 635
% in care less than 3 years 62.0% 73.7%
     
Population In Care 3 or more years
  System-wide Edwin Gould Services for Children
         Foster Boarding Home 3,261 150
                     % in FBH 59.6% 66.1%
         Kinship 1,716 77
                     % in Kinship 31.4% 33.9%
         Residential 456 0
                     % in Residential 8.3% 0.0%
         other/unknown 35 0
               % in other/unknown 0.6% 0.0%
Total 5,468 227
% in care three or more years 38.0% 26.3%
Percentage of Children Reunified within One Year, CY 2003 – CY 2008 and January – September 2009 Placements 
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan-Sep 2009
System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF
# of Placements 6,637 263 5,603 163 4,849 122 7,684 297 7,442 287 7,447 329 5,462 363
% Children reunified w/in 1yr 38.2% 51.7% 35.4% 38.0% 34.0% 36.9% 37.5% 43.1% 40.4% 35.2% 43.2% 43.5% 44.3% 45.5%
Children Reunified, and Adopted within Three Years of placement, CY 2003 – CY 2006 and January – September  2007 Placements 
2003 2004 2005 2006 Jan-Sep 2007
System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF
# of Placements 6,637 263 5,603 163 4,849 122 7,684 297 5,547 213
% Children reunified w/in 3yrs 55.9% 65.0% 52.7% 53.4% 50.4% 54.9% 56.0% 62.0% 56.6% 51.2%
% Adopted w/in 3yrs 3.8% 4.2% 4.1% 6.7% 3.5% 9.8% 3.5% 3.0% 2.8% 7.5%
Percent of Children who Re-Entered Care within One Year of Reunification 
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan-Sep 2009
System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF System EGSCF
# of Reunifications 4,480 126 3,758 107 4,087 166 4,430 150 5,071 207 3,807 234
% of children who re-entered w/in 1yr 8.1% 15.9% 9.6% 15.9% 11.3% 11.4% 12.5% 15.3% 12.6% 22.7% 11.0% 8.5%