KRS 194A.365: Annual report on committed children -- Contents.

The cabinet shall make an annual report to the Governor, the Legislative Research

Commission, and the Chief Justice. The report shall be tendered not later than December

1 of each year and shall include information for the previous fiscal year. The report shall

include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(1) The number of children under an order of dependent, status, public, or voluntary

commitment to the cabinet, according to: permanency planning goals, current

placement, average number of p lacements, type of commitment, and the average

length of time children remain committed to the cabinet;

(2) The number of children in the custody of the cabinet in the following types of

residential placements, the average length of stay in these placement s, and the

average number of placements experienced by these children: family foster homes,

private child care facilities, and placement with biological parent or person

exercising custodial control or supervision;

(3) The number of children in the custody of the cabinet eligible for adoption, the

number placed in an adoptive home, and the number ineligible for adoption and the

reasons therefor;

(4) The cost in federal and state general funds to care for the children defined in

subsections (1) and (2) of th is section, including the average cost per child for each

type of placement, direct social worker services, operating expenses, training, and

administrative costs; and

(5) Any other matters relating to the care of foster children that the cabinet deems

appropriate and that may promote further understanding of the impediments to

providing permanent homes for foster children.