9,562 Oregon children were in foster care at the end of 2007

1,331 foster children (13.9%) were between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
2,466 foster children (25.8%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 21.2%
3,006 foster children (31.4%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 27.3%
2,759 foster children (28.9%) were between ages of 13 and 21; Nationally: 38.5%
Oregon children spent an average of 32 months in foster care; Nationally: 27.5 months
1,263 children (13%) were in foster care for more than five years; Nationally: 12%
1,823 children (19%) were living with relatives in foster care; Nationally: 25%

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

217 children in foster care (2.3%) were non-Hispanic black; Nationally: 31.6%
5,596 children in foster care (58.5%) were non-Hispanic white; Nationally: 40.5%
363 children in foster care (3.8%) were American Indian/Alaskan Natives; Nationally: 1.9%
28 children in foster care (0.3%) were Asian; Nationally: 0.6%
21 children in foster care (0.2%) were Hawaiian; Nationally: .2%
1,351 children in foster care (14.1%) were multiple races or ethnicities; Nationally: 4.3%
944 children in foster care (9.9%) were Hispanic (any race); Nationally: 18.5%
1,042 children in foster care (10.9%) were denoted Other; Nationally: 2.4%

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

2,790 children in foster care (29.2%) experienced just 1 placement; Nationally: 34%
2,533 children in foster care (26.5%) experienced 2 placements; Nationally: 24%
1,407 children in foster care (14.7%) experienced 3 placements; Nationally: 14%
2,832 children in foster care (29.6%) experienced 4 or more placements; Nationally: 27%

2,527 Oregon children were waiting for adoption in 2007

268 foster children (11%) were waiting to be adopted between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
935 foster children (37%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 29%
1,015 foster children (40%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 35%
309 foster children (12%) were between ages of 13 and 17; Nationally: 23%

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

5,427 children in Oregon exited foster care in 2007
3,448 children (64%) were returned to their parents; Nationally: 52%
1,020 children (19%) were adopted; Nationally: 18%
388 children (7%) left to live with relatives or via guardianships; Nationally: 15%
310 children (6%) "aged out" of foster care at 18 or older; Nationally: 10%
1,042 children (5%) left for other reasons (ran away, transferred, died); Nationally 5%

Oregon IV-E foster care payments and expenditures

4,993 children in Oregon child welfare system are eligible for Title IV-E federal foster care reimbursement with an average monthly payment of $393 per child.
Title IV-E Foster Care expenditures 2006: $50,222,509
Title IV-E Adoption expenditures 2006: $25,476,693
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