Attachment 3 - Percentage of Children Placed in Relative and Foster Home Placements.pdf

This is a data attachment document related to Foster Care Case Management services solicited by the Missouri Department of Social Services. The document presents placement statistics for children in foster care across multiple regions of Missouri as of July 31, 2025. The data is organized by geographic region—including St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Central, South Central, Southwest, and Southeast regions—and further broken down by individual counties within each region. For each county, the attachment provides two key metrics: the percentage of children placed in relative placements and the percentage of children placed in foster home organization (FHO) placements. This baseline data establishes the current state of child placement practices across Missouri's service delivery areas.

The data reveals significant variation in placement percentages across counties, with relative placements ranging from 25% to 71% and FHO placements ranging from 5% to 45%. Notable outliers include Ripley County in the Southeast region with the highest relative placement rate at 71% and the lowest FHO placement rate at 10%, while Texas County in South Central and Stone County in Springfield show lower relative placement rates of 25% and 33% respectively. Camden County in South Central demonstrates the highest FHO placement rate at 45%. This attachment serves as a reference document for evaluating current performance metrics and establishing benchmarks for the foster care case management contract, providing potential bidders with contextual information about placement distribution patterns across Missouri's counties.