ASG How the Headline Measures are Calculated 2024

Information for everyone who collects information for the Adoption and Special Guardianship (ASG) data return.

This guidance document covers:

CHILD HEADLINE MEASURES

DEFINITIONS

CHILDREN WAITING

  • Progress through the adoption process
  • Placement providers
  • Characteristics of children waiting
  • Characteristics of adopted children
  • Child timeliness for children who have been adopted

SPECIAL GUARDIANSHIP ORDERS

DEFINITIONS

ADOPTER HEADLINE MEASURES

DEFINITIONS

  • Progress through the adoption process
  • Prospective adopters waiting
  • Timeliness

LOCAL LEVEL ASG AGENCY-LEVEL DATA FILE

AGENCY-LEVEL DATA FILE

ROUNDING. SUPPRESSING AND GROSSING

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