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Time in Care
A child’s time in out of home care for a given placement episode is captured in one of the intervals listed below:
<= 12 months
12-23 months
24-35 months
36-47 months
48-59 months
60+ months
Missing
When Time in Care is not selected as a dimension, the default filter includes
Missing
values and all time categories. Users can also filter reports to include only certain periods (e.g., only children in care for 60+ months) by checking those categories for which report data are to be included.
Note:
For Transition Age Youth (TAY) reports the categories
48-59 months
and
60+ months
are grouped into the category
48+ months
.