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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 October 2024

2,059 Protective Service Reports were screened,
649 Protective Service Reports were screened in (32%)
1,410 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	661	196	465
Northern	432	146	286
Southcentral	464	122	342
Southeast	212	53	159
Western	290	132	158

Initial Assessments Completed during October 2024

521 Initial Assessments were completed,
159 Initial Assessments were Substantiated (31%),
362 Initial Assessments were Not Substantiated (includes Closed without a Finding).

Table of Initial Assessments Completed, by OCS Region

Region	Completed	Substantiated	Not Substantiated
Anchorage	192	56	136
Northern	110	31	79
Southcentral	142	47	95
Southeast	51	14	37
Western	26	11	15

Children in Out-of-home care during October 2024

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.

2,492 Children were in Out-of-home care during the month; of these children 1,717 were Alaskan Native/American Indian (69%)
84 children were removed from their home; 59 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (70%),
72 children were discharged from Out-of-Home care; 55 of these were Alaskan Native/American Indian (76%)

Table of Children Out of Home, by OCS Region

Region	Out of Home	Removed from Home	Discharged from OCS Care
Anchorage	933	20	37
Northern	474	11	13
Southcentral	614	34	8
Southeast	154	7	7
Western	317	12	7

Providers who were Licensed during October 2024

There were 1,171 licensed homes during all or part of the month, including the following:

635 Non-Child-Specific Foster Homes (87 of which met the standard for the Indian Child Welfare Act),
463 Child-Specific Foster Homes,
1 Non-Child-Specific Foster Group Homes (0 of which met standards for the Indian Child Welfare Act),
0 Child-Specific Foster Group Homes,
11 Child Placement Agencies,
34 Residential Child Care Facilities,
25 Residential Psychiatric Treatment Centers,
2 Maternity Homes,
0 Tribal Foster Homes,
0 Independent Living Programs,
0 Assisted Living Facilities.

Resources

Glossary of OCS terms.

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