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Infants in Foster Care

Foster care provides a safe and stable environment for children when the cannot be with their parents for some reason.

Foster care provides an important role in caring for children. Children in foster care may benefit developmentally from the safety, stability, and mental health environment of the foster family.

In 2023, the rate per 100,000 of Infants in Foster Care in Alachua County was 1075.7 compared to Florida at 1093.2. The line graph shows change over time when there are at least three years of data.

Alachua County is in the second quartile for this measure. This means that relative to other counties in Florida, there are more Infants in Foster Care in about half of the counties, and less in about one quarter of the counties.

The map illustrates county data by quartile. A quartile map is presented when there are at least 51 counties with data for this measure.

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Infants in Foster Care, Rate Per 100,000 Population (Under 1 Year), 2023

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Infants in Foster Care, Rate Per 100,000 Population (Under 1 Year), Single Year
	Alachua				Florida
Data Year	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV	Count	Denom	Rate	MOV
2023	29	2,696	1,075.7	389.4	2,471	226,033	1,093.2	42.9
2022	46	2,647	1,737.8	497.8	2,964	221,063	1,340.8	47.9
2021	58	2,543	2,280.8^*	580.2	3,338	211,550	1,577.9	53.1
2020	49	2,514	1,949.1	540.4	3,149	205,145	1,535.0	53.2
2019	19	2,659	714.6	320.2	1,044	216,577	482.0	29.2
2018	11	2,685	409.7	241.6	945	216,673	436.1	27.7
2017	41	2,796	1,466.4	445.6	3,106	219,916	1,412.4	49.3
2016	39	2,840	1,373.2	428.0	2,956	220,904	1,338.1	47.9
2015	28	2,853	981.4	361.7	2,887	221,333	1,304.4	47.3
2014	36	2,877	1,251.3	406.2	2,722	217,037	1,254.2	46.8
2013	30	2,783	1,078.0	383.7	2,489	211,853	1,174.9	45.9
2012	39	2,856	1,365.5	425.6	2,450	209,568	1,169.1	46.0
2011	72	2,939	2,449.8	558.9	4,822	210,081	2,295.3	64.0
2010	88	2,872	3,064.1^*	630.3	4,732	224,098	2,111.6	59.5
2009	70	2,896	2,417.1	559.4	4,680	220,233	2,125.0	60.2
2008	108	2,951	3,659.8^*	677.5	5,188	230,660	2,249.2	60.5
2007	132	2,833	4,659.4^*	776.1	5,564	237,193	2,345.8	60.9
2006	90	2,790	3,225.8^*	655.6	5,268	236,579	2,226.7	59.5
2005	108	2,625	4,114.3^*	759.8	5,176	226,176	2,288.5	61.6
2004	74	2,592	2,854.9^*	641.1	4,612	220,922	2,087.6	59.6

FLHealthCharts.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.
Data Source:Florida Department of Children and Families, Florida Safe Families Network

7/5/2025 9:01:01 PM

Data Note(s)

This report provides an Unduplicated Count of Children in Out of Home Care (OHC) excluding Approved Relative and Non-Relative Care by Age and Case County
County is based on case county and includes "Other United States County" and "Unknown" since both are values in FSFN case county. For this reason, the state total may not equal the sum of all counties.
Age is based on the earliest date of known age as of January 1 if the child was already in licensed OHC or the date of first licensed OHC placement if not in licensed OHC at the start of the year.
Changes in overall counts as compared to previous years may be due to changes in how placements are captured. "Other Placements" such as Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and runaways are now included in the counts, whereas they were excluded in previous years.
The state total may be greater than the sum of the counties if any records had unknown counties.
This is primary, quantitative data.
All population-based rates are calculated using July 1 Florida population estimates from the Florida Legislature, Office of Economic and Demographic Research.

Chart will display if there are at least three years of data.
Multi-year counts are a sum of the selected years, not an average.
Quartiles are calculated when data are available for at least 51 counties.
MOV - Measure of Variability: Probable range of values resulting from random fluctuations in the number of events. Not calculated when numerator is below 5 or denominator is below 20, or count or rate is suppressed. The MOV is useful for comparing rates to a goal or standard. For example, if the absolute difference between the county rate and the statewide rate is less than the MOV, the county rate is not significantly different from the statewide rate (alpha level = 0.05). When the absolute difference between the county rate and the statewide rate is greater than the MOV, the county rate is significantly different from the statewide rate. MOV should not be used to determine if the rates of two different counties, or the county rates for two different years, are statistically significantly different.
Denom - abbreviated for denominator.
Population estimates are not available for persons whose county of residence is unknown. Given this, the denominator and associated rate are not available.
* - Indicates the county rate is statistically significantly different from the statewide rate.

FLHealthCharts.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.
Data Source: Florida Department of Children and Families, Florida Safe Families Network

7/5/2025 9:00:59 PM

Data Note(s)

This report provides an Unduplicated Count of Children in Out of Home Care (OHC) excluding Approved Relative and Non-Relative Care by Age and Case County
County is based on case county and includes "Other United States County" and "Unknown" since both are values in FSFN case county. For this reason, the state total may not equal the sum of all counties.
Age is based on the earliest date of known age as of January 1 if the child was already in licensed OHC or the date of first licensed OHC placement if not in licensed OHC at the start of the year.
Changes in overall counts as compared to previous years may be due to changes in how placements are captured. "Other Placements" such as Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and runaways are now included in the counts, whereas they were excluded in previous years.
The state total may be greater than the sum of the counties if any records had unknown counties.
This is primary, quantitative data.
All population-based rates are calculated using July 1 Florida population estimates from the Florida Legislature, Office of Economic and Demographic Research.

Chart will display if there are at least three years of data.
Multi-year counts are a sum of the selected years, not an average.
Quartiles are calculated when data are available for at least 51 counties.
MOV - Measure of Variability: Probable range of values resulting from random fluctuations in the number of events. Not calculated when numerator is below 5 or denominator is below 20, or count or rate is suppressed. The MOV is useful for comparing rates to a goal or standard. For example, if the absolute difference between the county rate and the statewide rate is less than the MOV, the county rate is not significantly different from the statewide rate (alpha level = 0.05). When the absolute difference between the county rate and the statewide rate is greater than the MOV, the county rate is significantly different from the statewide rate. MOV should not be used to determine if the rates of two different counties, or the county rates for two different years, are statistically significantly different.
Denom - abbreviated for denominator.
Population estimates are not available for persons whose county of residence is unknown. Given this, the denominator and associated rate are not available.
* - Indicates the county rate is statistically significantly different from the statewide rate.