The Nebraska Foster Care Review Office Annual Report, 2015

This document was released on December 1, 2015 by the Nebraska Foster Care Review Office (FCRO). For this report, the Foster Care Review Office analyzed state and federal data related to Nebraska child welfare trends. This report contains the FCRO's independent data and analysis of the child welfare system with recommendations for system improvements. The FCRO found that between 2014 and 2015, the number of children in Nebraska foster care out-of-home placements increased by four percent, from 3,019 as of June 30, 2014 to 3,145 as of June 30, 2015 . . .