Children in Foster Care

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Human Services Agency

This measure represents the number of children up to 21 years old with an open case in the foster care system. The Human Services Agency (HSA) aims to help stabilize home situations and return children to their homes. A smaller caseload is one indication of the effectiveness of the agency’s intervention strategies.

CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE

How Performance is Measured

This measure provides a count of the number of children up to 21 years of age with an open case in the foster care system during each month that data is reported.

The number displayed on the scorecard page represents a fiscal year average of the values in the chart above.

Additional Information

Data

Please visit DataSF for the scorecard data.