After an assessment or investigation of child abuse or neglect, children may be put in out-of-home protective custody. Other custody types include conditional custody and non-court-involved family support. View child protection cases by type of DCF involvement.
The chart below shows the number of children under 9 in out-of-home protective custody by age group on September 30 for available years. The full downloadable data set has data by AHS District/BBF region.
Data Source
Department for Children and Families. FSD Quarterly Management Reports, Q3 annually. Data provided by the Division Quality Assurance Supervisor.
Related Indicator
Child protection cases by type of DCF involvement – The indicator chart shows the number of cases by type of DCF – FSD involvement.