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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 July 2025

1,651 Protective Service Reports were screened,
518 Protective Service Reports were screened in (31%)
1,133 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	552	149	403
Northern	410	146	264
Southcentral	376	128	248
Southeast	142	44	98
Western	171	51	120

Initial Assessments Completed during July 2025

591 Initial Assessments were completed,
153 Initial Assessments were Substantiated (26%),
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	156	39	117
Northern	145	36	109
Southcentral	205	60	145
Southeast	46	11	35
Western	39	7	32

Children in Out-of-home care during July 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.

2,524 Children were in Out-of-home care during the month; of these children 1,712 were Alaskan Native/American Indian (68%)
94 children were removed from their home; 65 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (69%),
53 children were discharged from Out-of-Home care; 25 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (47%)

Table of Children Out of Home, by OCS Region

Region	Out of Home	Removed from Home	Discharged from OCS Care
Anchorage	978	36	19
Northern	442	12	9
Southcentral	645	32	17
Southeast	150	5	3
Western	309	9	5

Providers who were Licensed during July 2025

There were 1,203 licensed homes during all or part of the month, including the following:

648 Non-Child-Specific Foster Homes (124 of which identify as Alaska Native or American Indian),
490 Child-Specific Foster Homes, (160 of which identify as Alaska Native or American Indian),
15 Child Placement Agencies,
29 Residential Child Care Facilities,
19 Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers,
1 Maternity Homes,
1 Tribal Foster Homes,
0 Independent Living Programs,
0 Assisted Living Facilities.