Successful Foster Home Licensing in NC - Training Matters

YEAR BY YEAR COMPARISON OF NEW FOSTER HOME APPLICATIONS
SFY 2003 SFY 2004 SFY 2005 SFY 2006 SFY 2007 SFY 2008 SFY 2009
July 158 179 140 172 184 158 212
August 164 198 197 176 159 135 197
September 150 142 148 148 128 134 178
October 145 118 160 146 145 147 163
November 124 127 160 165 131 125 156
December 142 146 121 154 146 162 173
January 112 156 149 140 116 135 163
February 133 139 128 131 110 131 181
March 167 145 166 136 136 134 144
April 139 149 123 141 151 192 112
May 155 156 154 170 140 147 117
June 173 196 144 172 140 187
Average 147 154 149 154 141 149 107
Total 1,762 1,851 1,790 1,851 1,686 1,787 1,176
SFY 2009
Public Agencies Private Agencies
July 101 111
August 90 107
September 58 120
October 67 96
November 72 84
December 56 117
January 70 93
February 95 86
March 46 98
April 42 70
May 48 69
June
Average 68 96
Total 745 1051
Number of Currently Licensed Foster Homes
Family Foster Homes 3,684
Therapeutic Foster Care Homes 4,000
Total Number of Foster Homes 7,684
Capacity of FFH 10,695
Capacity of TFC 6,187
Total Capacity 16,882
June 1, 2009 -- May 31, 2010
Number of Foster Homes Relicensed – 1,842 (average 167 per month)
Number of Foster Homes Terminated – 500 (average 45 per month)
Number of Transfers –
647 (average 61 per month)
Number of Change Requests – 1,017 (average 92 per month)
100 County Departments of Social Services
127 Private Child-Placing Agencies – Foster Care