AFCARS 2009 Foster Care Data Are Released

For those who are into the statistical side of foster care, here are the States reported data for 2009.

These data are the nuts and bolts for the funding of the States child welfare operations.  In order to participate in the conversations of a particular subject, it behooves a policy maker to master the subject matter.

Data tell stories, complete with pictures.  This was how I was able to circumvent the secrecy of the child industry.

On the last few pages, pay attention to the reporting errors.

AFCARS User’s Guide  Foster Care File  Annual Supplement, FY 2009

Here is the AFCARS Code Book to the above data sets.

ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING SYSTEM (AFCARS) USER’S GUIDE and CODEBOOK for Fiscal ...