CIP Data & Research
Data is a valuable tool that can help practitioners, courts, and policymakers understand general trends in the juvenile court system. Data can be quantitative or qualitative, and no single set of data can be used to draw conclusions. Rather, multiple sets of data must be assessed to identify the issues, progress, and probems in a system. Since 2006, the Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative has worked to improve data collection and data accuracy in the JUSTICE court data system for abuse and neglect cases, and to expand ways to assess how the child welfare court system is functioning. In 2013, that focus expanded to the juvenile justice court system.
In 2008, the Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative partnered with JUSTICE to produce a standardized code manual for abuse and neglect cases. This improved the accuracy of data entry so that in 2013, for the first time, data was collected automatically rather than manually. Since 2008, teams have received annual data reports that provide an overview of what the data shows for their communities in the area of case progression, demographics and permanency. Then in 2014, the Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative rolled out its Data Dashboard. The Data Dashboard provides the team with updated data on case progression in their communities. In addition to the quantitative data produced by the data reports, in 2013 the Court Improvement Project began a project on qualitative court observation. A tool was developed to assess the quality of court hearings and to provide feedback directly to judges.
The information on this website includes data collected by CIP and by external sources on child welfare and juvenile justice cases.
Archived Data Reports:
2016-2017 Team Data Reports
This year’s annual data reports examine the different events children and youth may experience as they move through the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The child welfare section of the report includes information on entry into the child welfare system, foster care, court case terminations, and permanency. The juvenile justice section of the report includes information on entry into the juvenile justice system, diversion, court case termination, and supervision. If you have any questions about the information in the reports, please contact Hazel Delgado or 402-560-4403.
District_1_-_Gage_Jefferson_Johnson_Nemaha_Pawnee_Richardson_Saline_Thayer_Counties.pdf
District_2_Team_2.1_Cass_County.pdf
District_2_Team_2.2_Otoe_County.pdf
District_2_Team_2.3_Sarpy_County.pdf
District_3_Lancaster_County.pdf
District_5_Team_5.1_Hamilton_Seward_and_York_Counties.pdf
District_5_Team_5.2_Butler_Colfax_Platte_and_Saunders_Counties.pdf
District_5_Team_5.3_Boone_Merrick_Nance_and_Polk_Counties.pdf
District_6_Team_6.1_Dodge_County.pdf
District_6_Team_6.2_Burt_Cedar_Dakota_Dixon_Thurston_Washington_Counties.pdf
District_7_-_Antelope_Cuming_Knox_Madison_Pierce_Stanton_Wayne_Counties.pdf
District_8_Team_8.1_Blaine_Brown_Cherry_Keya_Paha_Rock_Counties.pdf
District_8_Team_8.2_Boyd_Garfield_Greeley_Holt_Valley_Wheeler_Counties.pdf
District_8_Team_8.3_Custer_Howard_Loup_Sherman_Counties.pdf
District_9_Team_9.1_Hall_County.pdf
District_9_Team_9.2_Buffalo_County.pdf
District_10_Team_10.1c_Adams_and_Webster_Counties.pdf
District_10_Team_10.2w_Franklin_Harlan_Kearney_and_Phelps_Counties.pdf
District_10_Team_10.3e_Clay_Fillmore_and_Nuckolls_Counties.pdf
District_11_Team_11.1_Dawson_and_Gosper_Counties.pdf
District_11_Team_11.2_Arthur_Chase_Dundy_Keith_and_Perkins_Counties.pdf
District_11_Team_11.3_Furnas_Hayes_Hitchcock_and_Red_Willow_Counties.pdf
District_11_Team_11.4_Frontier_Hooker_Lincoln_Logan_Mcpherson_and_Thomas_Counties.pdf
District_12_Team_12.1_Box_Butte_Dawes_Grant_Sheridan_and_Sioux_Counties.pdf
District_12_Team_12.2_Cheyenne_Deuel_Garden_Kimball_and_Morrill_Counties.pdf
2015-2016 Team Date Reports
This year’s annual data reports examine the different events children and youth may experience as they move through the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. The child welfare section of the report includes information on entry into the child welfare system, foster care, court case timeliness, and permanency. The juvenile justice section of the report includes information on entry into the juvenile justice system, diversion, court case timeliness, and supervision. If you have any questions about the information in the reports, please contact Hazel Delgado or 402-560-4403.
District 1 - Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, & Thayer Counties
District 2 Team Cass: Cass County
District 2 Team Otoe: Otoe County
District 2 Team Sarpy: Sarpy County
District 3 Lancaster: Lancaster County
District 4 Douglas: Douglas County
District 5 - Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward & York
District 6 Team 1: Dodge County
District 6 Team 2: Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Thurston, & Washington Counties
District 7 - Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, & Wayne Counties
District 8 Team 1: Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, & Rock Counties
District 8 Team 2: Boyd, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Valley, & Wheeler Counties
District 8 Team 3: Custer, Howard, Loup, & Sherman Counties
District 9 Team Grand Island: Hall County
Disrict 9 Team Kearney: Buffalo County
District 10 Central: Adams & Webster Counties
District 10 East: Clay, Filmore, & Nuckolls Counties
District 11 Team 1: Dawson & Gosper Counties
District 11 Team 2: Arthur, Chase, Dundy, Keith, & Perkins Counties
District 11 Team 3: Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, & Red Willow Counties
District 11 Team 4: Frontier, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, Mcpherson, & Thomas Counties
District 12 Team 1: Box, Butte, Dawes, Grant, Sheridan & Sioux Counties
District 12 Team 2: team 2: Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball & Morrill Counties
District 12 Team 3: team Scottsbluff: Banner & Scotts Bluff Counties
2014-2015 Team Data Reports
The Court Improvement Project produces annual data reports that include demographics, case progression, data on entry into foster care and permanency, and juvenile justice data. The following sources are referenced throughout the report, including full citation information for data that is publicly available.
- United States Census Bureau. “State and County Estimates for 2013.” 2014. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. Accessed August 2015.
- Tonkinson, Chrissy. 2015. 2014 Kids Count in Nebraska Report. Voices for Children in Nebraska. Accessed August 2015.
- Fostering Court Improvement. 2015. Accessed August 2015.
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Fostering Court Improvement gathers data from Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) and National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) data.
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Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. Data provided to Court Improvement Project August 2015.
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JUSTICE. Child Welfare 3(a) Data. Data provided to Court Improvement Project August 2015.
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JUSTICE is the Nebraska Court’s data management system.
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JUSTICE. Juvenile Justice Data. Data provided to Court Improvement Project August 2015.
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The Nebraska Crime Commission. Youth in Diversion Data. Data provided to Court Improvement Project August 2015.
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Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services: Division of Children & Family Services Office of Juvenile Justice. 2014. Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center-Geneva: SFY 2013/14 Annual Report. Accessed August 2015.
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Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services: Division of Children & Family Services Office of Juvenile Justice. 2014. Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center-Kearney: SFY 2013/14 Annual Report. Accessed August 2015.
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Nebraska Probation. Youths Placed on Probation/Completing Probation 2014 Data. Data provided to Court Improvement Project August 2015.
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Fisher, Darrell and Hoffman, Amy. March 2015. FY 2014 Annual Report to the Governor & Nebraska Legislature: Juvenile Diversion in Nebraska. Accessed August 2015.
District 1: Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer Counties
District 2 Team Cass: Cass County
District 2 Team Otoe: Otoe County
District 2 Team Sarpy: Sarpy County
District 5 Team Columbus: Boone, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, and Platte Counties
District 5 Team York: Butler, Polk, Saunders, Seward, and York Counties
District 6 Team 1: Dodge County
District 6 Team 2: Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Thurston and Washington Counties
District 7: Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wayne Counties
District 8 Team 1: Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, and Rock Counties
District 8 Team 2: Boyd, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Valley, and Wheeler Counties
District 8 Team 3: Custer, Howard, Loup, and Sherman Counties
District 9 Team Grand Island: Hall County
District 9 Team Kearney: Buffalo County
District 11 Team 1: Dawson and Gosper Counties
District 11 Team 2: Arthur, Keith, and Perkins Counties
District 11 Team 3: Dundy, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow Counties
District 11 Team 4: Frontier, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, and Thomas Counties
District 12 Team 1: Box Butte, Dawes, Grant, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties
District 12 Team 2: Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball & Morrill Counties
District 12 Team Scottsbluff: Banner and Scotts Bluff Counties
2013-2014 Team Data Reports
The Court Improvement Project produces annual data reports that include demographics, case progression, and data on entry into foster care and permanency. This year, the data reports are expanding to include juvenile justice data. Our data come from a variety of sources. Some of the child welfare data comes from Fostering Court Improvement (fosteringcourtimprovement.com/ne), an online website that collects and publishes data from NCANDS and AFCARS. These reports also include child welfare data from DHHS and Voices for Children’s annual Kids Count in Nebraska report. Data for both child welfare and juvenile justice come from JUSTICE, the courts’ data management system. Data regarding when certain court hearings were held or when orders were filed is pulled down from the system. Probation and the Nebraska Crime Commission also provided data on juvenile justice cases.
District 1 - Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer Counties
District 2 Team 1 - Cass County
District 2 Team 2 - Otoe County
District 2 Team 3 - Sarpy County
District 5 Team Columbus - Boone, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, and Platte Counties
District 5 Team York - Butler, Polk, Saunders, Seward and York Counties
District 6 Team 1 - Dodge County
District 6 Team 2 - Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, and Washington Counties
District 7 - Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wayne Counties
District 8 Team 1 - Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, and Rock Counties
District 8 Team 2 - Boyd, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Valley, and Wheeler Counties
District 8 Team 3 - Custer, Howard, Loup, and Sherman Counties
District 9 Team Grand Island - Hall County
District 9 Team Kearney - Buffalo County
District 11 Team 1 - Dawson and Gosper Counties
District 11 Team 2 - Arthur, Keith, and Perkins Counties
District 11 Team 3 - Chase, Dundy, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow Counties
District 11 Team 4 - Frontier, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, and Thomas Counties
District 12 Team 1 - Box Butte, Dawes, Grant, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties
District 12 Team 2 - Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, and Morrill Counties
District 12 Team Scottsbluff - Banner and Scotts Bluff Counties
2012 Team Data Reports
These data reports were provided to the local teams at the 2013 Regional Conferences. The data was collected from a variety of sources, including the following:
- The JUSTICE court data system (we examined abuse/neglect foster care cases that entered the juvenile court from July of 2011 through December of 2012),
- The Fostering Court Improvement website (including data about Nebraska CPS reports, foster care removals, foster care population, foster care discharges, and Court Improvement Project measures),
- Voices for Children,
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and
- U.S. Census Bureau.
Court Case Progression data in the 2012 data reports has for the first time been collected through automatic data collection from the JUSTICE court data system. Standardized coding in abuse/neglect cases was initiated in 2010 to allow for automatic data collection but is not yet fully executed in all counties. Therefore, the data reports may report missing data. Additionally, Douglas County transitioned to the JUSTICE data system in 2012. Its coding under the prior system may be inconsistent with JUSTICE coding and therefore is not being identified in the automatic data collection.
District 1 - Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer Counties
District 2 Team 1 - Cass County
District 2 Team 2 - Otoe County
District 2 Team 3 - Sarpy County
District 5 Team Columbus - Boone, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, and Platte Counties
District 5 Team York - Butler, Polk, Saunders, Seward and York Counties
District 6 Team 1 - Dodge County
District 6 Team 2 - Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, and Washington Counties
District 7 - Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wayne Counties
District 8 Team 1 - Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, and Rock Counties
District 8 Team 2 - Boyd, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Valley, and Wheeler Counties
District 8 Team 3 - Custer, Howard, Loup, and Sherman Counties
District 9 Team Grand Island - Hall County
District 9 Team Kearney - Buffalo County
District 11 Team 1 - Dawson and Gosper Counties
District 11 Team 2 - Arthur, Keith, and Perkins Counties
District 11 Team 3 - Chase, Dundy, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow Counties
District 11 Team 4 - Frontier, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, and Thomas Counties
District 12 Team 1 - Box Butte, Dawes, Grant, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties
District 12 Team 2 - Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, and Morrill Counties
District 12 Team Scottsbluff - Banner and Scotts Bluff Counties
2011 Team Data Reports
Compiled from data in the JUSTICE/QWS court data systems, these data reports were provided to the local teams at the 2012 Nebraska children's Summit. The data was collected from abuse/neglect foster care cases that closed in 2008 through 2011.
District 1 - Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, and Thayer Counties
District 2 Team 1 - Cass County
District 2 Team 2 - Otoe County
District 2 Team 3 - Sarpy County
District 5 Team Columbus - Boone, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, and Platte Counties
District 5 Team York - Butler, Polk, Saunders, Seward and York Counties
District 6 Team 1 - Dodge County
District 6 Team 2 - Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, and Washington Counties
District 7 - Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton, and Wayne Counties
District 8 Team 1 - Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, and Rock Counties
District 8 Team 2 - Boyd, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Valley, and Wheeler Counties
District 8 Team 3 - Custer, Howard, Loup, and Sherman Counties
District 9 Team Grand Island - Hall County
District 9 Team Kearney - Buffalo County
District 11 Team 1 - Dawson and Gosper Counties
District 11 Team 2 - Arthur, Keith, and Perkins Counties
District 11 Team 3 - Chase, Dundy, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow Counties
District 11 Team 4 - Frontier, Hooker, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, and Thomas Counties
District 12 Team 1 - Box Butte, Dawes, Grant, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties
District 12 Team 2 - Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, and Morrill Counties
District 12 Team Scottsbluff - Banner and Scotts Bluff Counties
2010 Team Data Reports
Compiled from data in the JUSTICE/QWS court data systems, these data reports were provided to the local teams at the 2011 Regional Conferences. The data was collected from abuse/neglect foster care cases that closed in 2010.
District 1 - Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, & Thayer Counties
District 2 Team Cass - Cass County
District 5 Team Columbus - Boone, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, & Platte Counties
District 5 Team York - Butler, Polk, Saunders, Seward, & York Counties
District 6 Team 1 - Dodge County
District 6 Team 2 - Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, & Washington Counties
District 7 - Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton & Wayne Counties
District 8 Team 1 - Brown, Keya Paha, Cherry, Blaine, & Rock Counties
District 8 Team 2 - Boyd & Holt Counties
District 8 Team 3 - Custer, Garfield, Howard, Greeley, Loup, Sherman & Valley Counties
District 9 Team Grand Island - Hall County
District 9 Team Kearney - Buffalo County
District 10 - Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Nuckolls, Phelps & Webster Counties
District 11 Team 1 - Dawson County
District 11 Team 2 - Keith & Perkins Counties
District 11 Team 3 - Furnas, Hitchcock & Red Willow Counties
District 11 Team 4 - Frontier, Hooker McPherson, Lincoln, Thomas & Logan Counties
District 12 Team 1 - Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux, Grant & Sheridan Counties
District 12 Team 2 - Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball & Morrill Counties
District 12 Team Scottsbluff - Banner & Scottsbluff Counties
2009 Team Data Reports
Compiled from data in the JUSTICE/QWS court data systems, these data reports were provided to the local teams at the 2010 Regional Conferences. The data was collected from abuse/neglect foster care cases that closed in 2009.
2008 Team Data Reports
Compiled from data in the JUSTICE/QWS court data systems, these data reports were provided to the local teams at the 2009 Children's Summit. The data was collected from abuse/neglect foster care cases that closed in 2008.
District 1 - Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline, & Thayer Counties
District 2 Team Cass - Cass County
District 5 Team Columbus - Boone, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, & Platte Counties
District 5 Team York - Butler, Polk, Saunders, Seward, & York Counties
District 6 Team 1 - Dodge County
District 6 Team 2 - Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, & Washington Counties
District 7 - Antelope, Cuming, Knox, Madison, Pierce, Stanton & Wayne Counties
District 8 Team 1 - Brown, Keya Paha, Cherry, Blaine, & Rock Counties
District 8 Team 2 - Boyd & Holt Counties
District 8 Team 3 - Custer, Garfield, Howard, Greeley, Loup, Sherman & Valley Counties
District 9 Team Grand Island - Hall County
District 9 Team Kearney - Buffalo County
District 10 Team 1 - Clay, Nuckolls, & Webster Counties
District 10 Team Adams - Adams & Fillmore Counties
District 10 Team West End - Franklin, Harlan, Kearney & Phelps Counties
District 11 Team 1 - Dawson County
District 11 Team 2 - Keith & Perkins Counties
District 11 Team 3 - Furnas, Hitchcock & Red Willow Counties
District 11 Team 4 - Frontier, Hooker McPherson, Lincoln, Thomas & Logan Counties
District 12 Team 1 - Box Butte, Dawes, Sioux, Grant & Sheridan Counties
District 12 Team 2 - Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Banner & Kimball Counties
District 12 Team Scottsbluff - Morrill & Scottsbluff Counties