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Exit Status

Children who have an open placement episode at the end of the follow up period in question are assigned an exit status of ‘Still in Care’. Otherwise, for placement episodes that ended during the specified follow-up period, exit status is determined by the placement episode termination reason type [PLC_EPST. TERM_TY_C] recorded in CWS/CMS [CWS/CMS codes in square brackets]:

Reunified
  • Reunified with Parent/Guardian (Court) [5439]
  • Reunified with Parent/Guardian (Non-Crt) [5440]
  • Child Released Home [5513]
  • Children with a current placement of ‘trial home visit’ are included in the count of children reunified if that visit lasted at least 30 days, its start date fell within 11 months of the latest removal date, and it was the final placement before the child was discharged from foster care to reunification.
Adopted
  • Adoption Finalized [5426, 5505]
  • Private Adoption Agency (Non-CWS) [5438, 5519]
  • Tribal Customary Adoption Finalized [6530, 6531]
Guardianship
  • Guardianship [5434, 5516]
Aged Out/Emancipated *
  • Age of Majority [5427, 5506]
  • Emancipation [5433, 5510]
  • NMD Age Limit Exit [6805, 6814]
  • NMD Eligible for Reentry [6803, 6812]
  • NRLG Age Limit Exit [6806, 6815]
  • NRLG Eligible for Reentry [6804, 6813]
Other
  • Other [5435, 5517]
  • Child Abducted [5428, 5507]
  • Child Ran away from Placement [5511, 5430]
  • Child in Med Fac (Dependency Susp/Dism) [5429]
  • Child in Med Fac (Dependency Susp/Dism) [5429]
  • Chld Cmtd to State Hosp (Dpnd Susp/Dism) [5508]
  • Incarcerated [5632]
  • Child Refused Services [5431, 5512]
  • Death of Child [5432, 5515]
  • Other non-CWS Agency has Jurisdiction [5436, 5514]
  • Parent Rejects Voluntary (FR) Services [5437, 5518]
  • Child Dependent in Other State [5509]
  • CWS Agency has Jurisdiction [5611]
  • Child Adjudged 601/602 [6309, 6310]
*With the implementation of Assembly Bill 12 (AB 12) the maximum age for eligibility for foster care placement and services has changed: Prior to 2012: 18 years old; 2012: 19 years old; 2013: 20 years old; and 21 years old from 2014 onwards.