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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 February 2026

1,929 Protective Service Reports were screened,
602 Protective Service Reports were screened in (31%)
1,327 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	680	206	474
Northern	364	112	252
Southcentral	473	146	327
Southeast	224	63	161
Western	188	75	113

Initial Assessments Completed during February 2026

547 Initial Assessments were completed,
109 Initial Assessments were Substantiated (20%),
438 Initial Assessments were Not Substantiated (includes Closed without a Finding).

Table of Initial Assessments Completed, by OCS Region

Region	Completed	Substantiated	Not Substantiated
Anchorage	168	31	137
Northern	158	24	134
Southcentral	125	31	94
Southeast	47	8	39
Western	49	15	34

Children in Out-of-home care during February 2026

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.

2,425 Children were in Out-of-home care during the month; of these children 1,673 were Alaskan Native/American Indian (69%)
48 children were removed from their home; 30 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (63%),
81 children were discharged from Out-of-Home care; 52 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (64%)

Table of Children Out of Home, by OCS Region

Region	Out of Home	Removed from Home	Discharged from OCS Care
Anchorage	956	15	36
Northern	441	5	11
Southcentral	590	14	23
Southeast	153	8	4
Western	285	6	7

Providers who were Licensed during February 2026

There were 1,173 licensed homes during all or part of the month, including the following:

653 Non-Child-Specific Foster Homes (108 of which identify as Alaska Native or American Indian),
455 Child-Specific Foster Homes, (161 of which identify as Alaska Native or American Indian),
16 Child Placement Agencies,
29 Residential Child Care Facilities,
18 Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers,
1 Maternity Homes,
1 Tribal Foster Homes,
0 Independent Living Programs,
0 Assisted Living Facilities.