1,263 North Dakota children were in foster care at the end of 2007

130 foster children (10.3%) were between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
220 foster children (17.4%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 21.2%
327 foster children (25.9%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 27.3%
586 foster children (46.4%) were between ages of 13 and 21; Nationally: 38.5%
North Dakota children spent an average of 24 months in foster care; Nationally: 27.5 months
74 children (6%) were in foster care for more than five years; Nationally: 12%
211 children (17%) were living with relatives in foster care; Nationally: 25%

North Dakota's foster care caseload by race/ethnicity in 2007

30 children in foster care (2.4%) were non-Hispanic black; Nationally: 31.6%
716 children in foster care (56.7%) were non-Hispanic white; Nationally: 40.5%
319 children in foster care (25.3%) were American Indian/Alaskan Natives; Nationally: 1.9%
17 children in foster care (1.3%) were Asian; Nationally: 0.6%
0 children in foster care (0.0%) were Hawaiian; Nationally: .2%
99 children in foster care (7.8%) were multiple races or ethnicities; Nationally: 4.3%
81 children in foster care (6.4%) were Hispanic (any race); Nationally: 18.5%
1 children in foster care (0.1%) were denoted Other; Nationally: 2.4%

Number of different placements in which a foster child lived in North Dakota

480 children in foster care (38.0%) experienced just 1 placement; Nationally: 34%
290 children in foster care (23.0%) experienced 2 placements; Nationally: 24%
181 children in foster care (14.3%) experienced 3 placements; Nationally: 14%
312 children in foster care (24.7%) experienced 4 or more placements; Nationally: 27%

337 North Dakota children were waiting for adoption in 2007

64 foster children (19%) were waiting to be adopted between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
93 foster children (28%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 29%
121 foster children (36%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 35%
59 foster children (18%) were between ages of 13 and 17; Nationally: 23%

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

891 children in North Dakota exited foster care in 2007
427 children (48%) were returned to their parents; Nationally: 52%
128 children (14%) were adopted; Nationally: 18%
58 children (7%) left to live with relatives or via guardianships; Nationally: 15%
66 children (7%) "aged out" of foster care at 18 or older; Nationally: 10%
1 children (24%) left for other reasons (ran away, transferred, died); Nationally 5%

North Dakota IV-E foster care payments and expenditures

442 children in North Dakota child welfare system are eligible for Title IV-E federal foster care reimbursement with an average monthly payment of $1,613 per child.
Title IV-E Foster Care expenditures 2006: $9,699,704
Title IV-E Adoption expenditures 2006: $3,324,259
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