2,739 Utah children were in foster care at the end of 2007

320 foster children (11.7%) were between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
458 foster children (16.7%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 21.2%
621 foster children (22.7%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 27.3%
1,340 foster children (48.9%) were between ages of 13 and 21; Nationally: 38.5%
Utah children spent an average of 19 months in foster care; Nationally: 27.5 months
151 children (6%) were in foster care for more than five years; Nationally: 12%
322 children (12%) were living with relatives in foster care; Nationally: 25%

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

113 children in foster care (4.1%) were non-Hispanic black; Nationally: 31.6%
1,723 children in foster care (62.9%) were non-Hispanic white; Nationally: 40.5%
118 children in foster care (4.3%) were American Indian/Alaskan Natives; Nationally: 1.9%
13 children in foster care (0.5%) were Asian; Nationally: 0.6%
17 children in foster care (0.6%) were Hawaiian; Nationally: .2%
82 children in foster care (3.0%) were multiple races or ethnicities; Nationally: 4.3%
657 children in foster care (24.0%) were Hispanic (any race); Nationally: 18.5%
16 children in foster care (0.6%) were denoted Other; Nationally: 2.4%

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

495 children in foster care (18.1%) experienced just 1 placement; Nationally: 34%
881 children in foster care (32.2%) experienced 2 placements; Nationally: 24%
462 children in foster care (16.9%) experienced 3 placements; Nationally: 14%
896 children in foster care (32.7%) experienced 4 or more placements; Nationally: 27%

571 Utah children were waiting for adoption in 2007

85 foster children (15%) were waiting to be adopted between ages of 0 and 1; Nationally: 13%
126 foster children (22%) were between ages of 2 and 5; Nationally: 29%
217 foster children (38%) were between ages of 6 and 12; Nationally: 35%
143 foster children (25%) were between ages of 13 and 17; Nationally: 23%

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

1,768 children in Utah exited foster care in 2007
719 children (41%) were returned to their parents; Nationally: 52%
346 children (20%) were adopted; Nationally: 18%
323 children (18%) left to live with relatives or via guardianships; Nationally: 15%
203 children (11%) "aged out" of foster care at 18 or older; Nationally: 10%
16 children (10%) left for other reasons (ran away, transferred, died); Nationally 5%

Utah IV-E foster care payments and expenditures

1,126 children in Utah child welfare system are eligible for Title IV-E federal foster care reimbursement with an average monthly payment of $740 per child.
Title IV-E Foster Care expenditures 2006: $15,552,707
Title IV-E Adoption expenditures 2006: $6,826,917
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