§ 5-1305
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§5–1305.
The effectiveness of efforts to address permanency and stability in the living situations of children in the custody of a local department, or a placement agency, shall be measured by:
(1)the percentage of children who exit foster care within time periods consistent with federal national standards with a breakdown by each standard;
(2)the percentage of children with more than two out-of-home placements during a report year;
(3)the percentage of children in the custody of a local department, or a placement agency, who have siblings living in different placements;
(4)the percentage of children who exit foster care and are:
(i)reunified with a parent or guardian;
(ii)placed with a relative who is awarded custody and guardianship;
(iii)adopted; or
(iv)placed with a nonrelated guardian;
(5)the percentage of children in an out-of-home placement living in:
(i)kinship care homes;
(ii)restricted foster homes;
(iii)regular foster homes;
(iv)treatment foster homes;
(v)group homes;
(vi)residential treatment centers; and
(vii)other specified types of placements;
(6)the number of foster homes and treatment foster homes available for children in the custody of a local department, or a placement agency;
(7)the percentage of foster homes and kinship care homes in which the following have been conducted according to regulation:
(i)required criminal background checks;
(ii)fire and safety inspections;
(iii)health and safety checks;
(iv)reconsiderations, as applicable; and
(v)any other safety measures adopted by regulation;
(8)the number of children who are recommitted to the Department within 12 months of release from commitment to the Department; and
(9)any other indicators adopted by the Secretary under § 5-1302 of this subtitle.