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 up 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.
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