Placement Stability for Children in Out-of-Home Care
Children’s Administration Placement Stability Measure
Updated April 2016

Source: FamLink. Reported in DSHS Core Metrics

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 Placement Stability for Children in Out-of-Home Care
Federal Placement Stability Measure
Updated January 2016

* Of all children who enter out-of-home care in a 12-month period, the number of placement moves for these children per
1,000 days of out-of-home care. The federal target is 3.98 days per 1,000 days in care, based on the observed
performance needed to avoid a federal Program Improvement Plan. Source: FamLink data submitted to AFCARS1; Child
and Family Services Review measure calculation.
The Federal target reflects performance requirements to avoid a federal Program Improvement Plan. Federal measures
use an entry cohort approach, which requires the state to wait 12 months to determine whether the outcome being

1 The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) is the federal data collection system that collects case-level
information from state and tribal Title IV-E agencies on all children in foster care and those who have been adopted with Title IV-E agency
involvement.

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 Placement Stability for Children in Out-of-Home Care
measured occurs. The year label reflects the year of the cohort being measured, which means that children entering
care during federal fiscal year 2014 is the most recent data available.

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