9,569 Arizona children were in foster care at the end of 2007

1,535 foster children (16%) were between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
2,252 foster children (23.5%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 21.2%
2,658 foster children (27.8%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 27.3%
3,124 foster children (32.6%) were between ages of 13 and 21; Nationally: 38.5%
Arizona children spent an average of 22 months in foster care; Nationally: 27.5 months
495 children (5%) were in foster care for more than five years; Nationally: 12%
3,072 children (32%) were living with relatives in foster care; Nationally: 25%

Arizona's foster care caseload by race/ethnicity in 2007

793 children in foster care (8.3%) were non-Hispanic black; Nationally: 31.6%
4,020 children in foster care (42.0%) were non-Hispanic white; Nationally: 40.5%
273 children in foster care (2.9%) were American Indian/Alaskan Natives; Nationally: 1.9%
8 children in foster care (0.1%) were Asian; Nationally: 0.6%
19 children in foster care (0.2%) were Hawaiian; Nationally: .2%
414 children in foster care (4.3%) were multiple races or ethnicities; Nationally: 4.3%
3,832 children in foster care (40.0%) were Hispanic (any race); Nationally: 18.5%
210 children in foster care (2.2%) were denoted Other; Nationally: 2.4%

Number of different placements in which a foster child lived in Arizona

3,316 children in foster care (34.7%) experienced just 1 placement; Nationally: 34%
2,378 children in foster care (24.9%) experienced 2 placements; Nationally: 24%
1,344 children in foster care (14.0%) experienced 3 placements; Nationally: 14%
2,490 children in foster care (26.0%) experienced 4 or more placements; Nationally: 27%

2,492 Arizona children were waiting for adoption in 2007

370 foster children (15%) were waiting to be adopted between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
827 foster children (33%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 29%
955 foster children (38%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 35%
340 foster children (14%) were between ages of 13 and 17; Nationally: 23%

Where did Arizona's children go after leaving foster care in 2007?

7,384 children in Arizona exited foster care in 2007
3,487 children (47%) were returned to their parents; Nationally: 52%
1,635 children (22%) were adopted; Nationally: 18%
1,207 children (16%) left to live with relatives or via guardianships; Nationally: 15%
573 children (8%) "aged out" of foster care at 18 or older; Nationally: 10%
210 children (7%) left for other reasons (ran away, transferred, died); Nationally 5%

Arizona IV-E foster care payments and expenditures

4,312 children in Arizona child welfare system are eligible for Title IV-E federal foster care reimbursement with an average monthly payment of $964 per child.
Title IV-E Foster Care expenditures 2006: $88,126,233
Title IV-E Adoption expenditures 2006: $33,658,223
For more information about your state's child welfare financing, please visit the State Child Welfare Policy Database at www.childwelfarepolicy.org.
*Except for the expenditure data, this information is from federal AFCARS data, 2007