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Family Foster Homes (Number) – De-11

Data Provided by: Advocates for Children and Youth

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9 - 60
Kent	9
Somerset	11
Talbot	19
Queen Anne's	21
Worcester	23
Calvert	25
Carroll	28
Dorchester	30
Caroline	36
Saint Mary's	36
Garrett	38
Howard	42

9 - 60
Allegany	49
Wicomico	52
Cecil	60
61 - 135
Charles	73
Harford	89
Frederick	93
Anne Arundel	103
Washington	135
136 - 256
Baltimore County	153
Prince George's	166
Montgomery	256
257 - 922
Baltimore City	922

Definitions: The number of foster homes refers to the total number of regular family foster homes in each jurisdiction and does not include therapeutic foster homes.

Data Source: Maryland StateStat reports for the Department of Human Resources.

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Jurisdictional data is available.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.

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Baltimore, MD 21202

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APassarella@acy.org
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Al Passarella, Research Coordinator

ACY's mission is to identify problems, promote policies and programs that improve results for Maryland children in measurable and meaningful ways, and to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and policies for the children of Maryland.

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