11,350 Indiana children were in foster care at the end of 2007

1,556 foster children (13.7%) were between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
2,766 foster children (24.4%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 21.2%
3,383 foster children (29.8%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 27.3%
3,639 foster children (32.1%) were between ages of 13 and 21; Nationally: 38.5%
Indiana children spent an average of 23 months in foster care; Nationally: 27.5 months
744 children (7%) were in foster care for more than five years; Nationally: 12%
1,726 children (15%) were living with relatives in foster care; Nationally: 25%

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

3,349 children in foster care (29.4%) were non-Hispanic black; Nationally: 31.6%
6,488 children in foster care (57.1%) were non-Hispanic white; Nationally: 40.5%
15 children in foster care (0.1%) were American Indian/Alaskan Natives; Nationally: 1.9%
10 children in foster care (0.1%) were Asian; Nationally: 0.6%
4 children in foster care (0.0%) were Hawaiian; Nationally: .2%
655 children in foster care (5.8%) were multiple races or ethnicities; Nationally: 4.3%
825 children in foster care (7.3%) were Hispanic (any race); Nationally: 18.5%
26 children in foster care (0.2%) were denoted Other; Nationally: 2.4%

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

3,912 children in foster care (34.4%) experienced just 1 placement; Nationally: 34%
3,311 children in foster care (29.1%) experienced 2 placements; Nationally: 24%
1,650 children in foster care (14.5%) experienced 3 placements; Nationally: 14%
2,490 children in foster care (21.9%) experienced 4 or more placements; Nationally: 27%

3,211 Indiana children were waiting for adoption in 2007

277 foster children (9%) were waiting to be adopted between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
988 foster children (31%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 29%
1,202 foster children (37%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 35%
744 foster children (23%) were between ages of 13 and 17; Nationally: 23%

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

7,427 children in Indiana exited foster care in 2007
4,614 children (62%) were returned to their parents; Nationally: 52%
1,291 children (17%) were adopted; Nationally: 18%
648 children (9%) left to live with relatives or via guardianships; Nationally: 15%
304 children (4%) "aged out" of foster care at 18 or older; Nationally: 10%
26 children (8%) left for other reasons (ran away, transferred, died); Nationally 5%

Indiana IV-E foster care payments and expenditures

4,417 children in Indiana child welfare system are eligible for Title IV-E federal foster care reimbursement with an average monthly payment of $926 per child.
Title IV-E Foster Care expenditures 2006: $67,751,415
Title IV-E Adoption expenditures 2006: $34,717,912
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