Definitions:
Number: Average number of children served by the Kinship Care program in a state fiscal year (July 1-June 30).
Rate: Average number of children served by the Kinship Care program in a state fiscal year (July 1-June 30) per 1,000 children in the population.
Data Source:
Kinship Care Data: Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, Office of Family Support, Quality Assurance Division
Population Data: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau Washington D.C. Available at http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
Footnotes:
The Kinship Care subsidy provides cash assistance ($222 a month per child) to relatives who are caring for a related child in their home. In order to qualify for the program, the child must live with the relative full-time and the parents cannot live in the same home as the child. In addition to other requirements, the relative and child must meet the program's income guidelines.
LNE (Low Number Event) - a value of fewer than 5 events and thus is not reported as a numerical value.
Because Kinship Care data are based on state fiscal year averages, population estimates for two years were averaged to calculate a Kinship Care participation rate per 1,000 children.
Updated January 18, 2018
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