STATE OF NEVADA - Division of Child and Family Services

illustrates the upward trend in the total number of licensed foster homes in the previous four years, which is a 53.61%
percent increase from the 2006 figures. Table 43 indicates that the average number of days required to license foster
group homes has declined steadily until this year, while the number of waivers has steadily increased until this past year.
This may be related to the increase in new relative foster home placements, which make up 26.19% of all placement
types statewide in the current fiscal year. These types of placements have seen a large increase since SFY 2008. In
SFY 08, there were 8434 licensed relative foster homes. In SFY 2010 there were 10,248 licensed relative foster homes.
This is a 21.5% increase in two years.
Figure 17: Foster Parent Licenses – Trend Report
Number of Foster Care Licenses
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Number of Foster Care Licenses
2000
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Apr-06 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-09 Apr-10
Number of Licenses 1412 1601 1794 1988 2169
Source: UNITY Report CFS720 - year runs 12 calendar months through April 30
Table 43: Average Number of Days Required to License Foster Group Homes
Year Number of Facilities Average days to license Waivers
2006 521 91 116
2007 575 83 163
2008 539 73 207
2009 596 89 220
2010 435 91 148
Total 2666 85.4 854
Item 42: Standards applied equally
Goal: The State will ensure that the standards applied to all licensed or approved foster family homes or child care
institutions receiving Title IV-E or IV-B funds are applied equally.
To achieve this goal, the State, in collaboration with the child welfare agencies, will provide a process for ensuring the
effectiveness of applying standards to all licensed or approved foster family homes or child care institutions receiving Title
Nevada APSR – SFY 2010
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