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Alaska Office of Children's Services Statistical Information

The Office of Children's Services (OCS) collects data on children and families referred for child protective services and on providers for out-of-home placements.

Statistical information is posted to this page by the 15th of each month in accordance with: Alaska Statutes Sec. 47.05.100, Monthly reports concerning children.

Protective Service Reports Screened during August 2025

1,718 Protective Service Reports were screened,
562 Protective Service Reports were screened in (31%)
1,156 Protective Service Reports were screened out

Table of Protective Service Reports Screened, by OCS Region

Region	Reports Screened	Reports Screened In	Reports Screened Out
Anchorage	636	194	442
Northern	360	131	229
Southcentral	417	140	277
Southeast	158	45	113
Western	147	52	95

Initial Assessments Completed during August 2025

445 Initial Assessments were completed,
127 Initial Assessments were Substantiated (26%),
318 Initial Assessments were Not Substantiated (includes Closed without a Finding).

Table of Initial Assessments Completed, by OCS Region

Region	Completed	Substantiated	Not Substantiated
Anchorage	115	34	81
Northern	101	22	79
Southcentral	123	40	83
Southeast	51	8	43
Western	55	23	32

Children in Out-of-home care during August 2025

Please note that due to administrative processing, there may be a significant lag for entry of discharge data into ORCA, which may affect reporting accuracy for recent months.

2,520 Children were in Out-of-home care during the month; of these children 1,709 were Alaskan Native/American Indian (68%)
84 children were removed from their home; 43 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (51%),
66 children were discharged from Out-of-Home care; 43 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (65%)

Table of Children Out of Home, by OCS Region

Region	Out of Home	Removed from Home	Discharged from OCS Care
Anchorage	967	22	13
Northern	442	19	15
Southcentral	651	31	17
Southeast	148	1	3
Western	312	11	18

Providers who were Licensed during August 2025

There were 1,179 licensed homes during all or part of the month, including the following:

648 Non-Child-Specific Foster Homes (121 of which identify as Alaska Native or American Indian),
471 Child-Specific Foster Homes, (160 of which identify as Alaska Native or American Indian),
16 Child Placement Agencies,
27 Residential Child Care Facilities,
15 Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers,
1 Maternity Homes,
1 Tribal Foster Homes,
0 Independent Living Programs,
0 Assisted Living Facilities.