Regulation .02 Goals of Out-of-Home Placement.

The goals of out-of-home placement include:

Increasing the percentage of children who are reunified with family, whose caretaker is awarded guardianship, or who are legally adopted;

Improving outcomes for children by reducing the:

(1)

Entry rate of children into out-of-home placement;

(2)

Median length of time children stay in out-of-home placement;

(3)

Rate at which children re-enter out-of-home placement; and

(4)

Number of physical placement changes within 24 months of entering out-of-home placement and the duration of the episode; and

Improving outcomes for children by:

(1)

Increasing the number of reunifications achieved within 12 months of entry into an out-of-home placement; and

(2)

Decreasing the number of children in out-of-home placement over 24 months.