Text Box: As part of our annual program evaluation process, People Places looks at a variety of data that help describe what and how we have done for the past year. Our new FosterFocus database provides us a wealth of information in this. While numbers can tell only a part of any human story, in the aggregate they can help us see pieces of the larger picture that otherwise may be obscured by the immediacy of daily events. Here are some quantitative parts of the People Places story for 2005… Whom Do We Serve?…Gender & Ethnicity. In 2005, 54 children were admitted to People Places (55 in 2004). In the Valley, 19 of the 30 children placed were girls as compared to 12 boys and 12 girls in Charlottesville. The past several years have seen a steady and significant increase in the overall proportion of girls admitted to the program. That proportion in 2005 was 57% girls compared to 43% boys. The ethnicity of children placed in 2005 generally followed the demographics of the offices through which the children were placed. The majority (87%) of children placed in the Valley were Caucasian, while in Cville the proportion of African American and Caucasian children was roughly equal (42% and 38% respectively). Overall, two-thirds of the children placed in 2005 were Caucasian,

Text Box: 19% were African American, 6% were Hispanic and 9% were of multiple racial/ethnic backgrounds. We expect to see the proportion of Latino children increase in the next several years, reflecting changes in the basic demographics of central Virginia. 2005 saw a small increase in the numbers of Spanish-speaking foster/adoptive parent applicants. A child’s age at admission typically bears on concurrent planning activities, permanency goals and service needs. For most of our thirty-three year history, People Places has served a relatively large proportion of adolescents – mostly boys - with an average age at admission of 11 to 14. The needs of this group spurred the creation of extensive independent living skills group training and counseling services. Not only were more girls placed than boys in 2005, but girls on average were older than boys (11.4 years compared to 8.4 years for boys). One consequence has been the development of independent living skills groups designed more specifically for girls like our “It’s a Girl Thing” offered last semester. The average age at admission in Cville dropped slightly from 2004 to 2005 (from 11.9 to 11.2

Text Box: years) and rather dramatically in the Valley (from 11.9 in 2004 to 9.2 in 2005). This change likely is linked to the increase in referrals of younger children to our Supported Adoption program and to the number of younger children placed rapidly through our accelerated admissions service (see back page). Outcomes. Fifty children were discharged from People Places in 2005. Of these, just over three-quarters (76%) left for less restrictive settings, including: 10 to adoptive homes (20%), 8 to their birth families (16%), 5 to relatives’ homes (10%), 6 to regular foster homes (12%), and 9 to independent living (18%). Twelve children were discharged to more restrictive settings including: 4 to group homes (8%), 1 to therapeutic foster care with another provider (2%), 6 to residential facilities (12%) and 1 to a psychiatric hospital (2%). The overall average length of stay for children discharged in 2005 was

Blue — Less Restrictive Settings

Red— More Restrictive Settings

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