Data Analysis, Accountability, Research & Evaluation Child Welfare Outcome Measures & Results May 2011 Board Meeting (Reflects data as of March 31, 2011) Definitions and Data Sources SAFETY 1 Children are first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect. Figure 1: Child Protective Services Cases ...........................................................1 Count of unique CPS Investigations or Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Includes all cases active at some time during the month. Sources: Internal Data System, SHINES Figure 2: Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment........................... 1 Of all the children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment in the first 6 months of the year, the percentage that had substantiated maltreatment within the following 6 months. National Standard: less than or equal to 5.40% Sources: Protective Services Data System, SHINES Figure 3: Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports............................ 2 Chart reflects the disposition of reports received in a particular month. Data includes count of Family Support, Substantiated Investigations, Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screenouts. Source: SHINES Figure 4: Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports............................ 2 Chart reflects the disposition of reports received in a particular month. Data includes count of Family Preservation (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open), Foster Care (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open), Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Closed. Source: SHINES Definitions and Data Sources cont... PERMANENCY 1 Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Figure 5: Child Placement Services Cases ................................................................3 Count of unique children in foster care or adoptions stages open at any point during the month and cases active at some time during the month. This population may include children not in DFCS custody. Sources: Internal Data System, SHINES Figure 6: Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS .......................................... 3 Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS at some point during the month, including those 18 years of age and older. Excludes Aftercare, ICPC, Placement services to parents, and Boarding County. Source: SHINES Figure 7: Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age 18....................4 Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS at some point during the month under the age 18. Excludes Aftercare, ICPC, Placement services to parents, and Boarding County. Source: SHINES Figure 8: Length of Time to Achieve Reunification.........................................4 Percentage of children who exited care during the month through reunification with their family that reunified in less than 12 months from the date of their removal. National Standard: greater than or equal to 76.20% Source: SHINES Figure 9: Comparison of Foster Care Entries & Exits.......................................5 Number of children who have entered foster care and number of children who have exited foster care during the month. Source: SHINES Figure 10: Foster Care Re-entries................................................................5 Of all the children who entered foster care, the percentage that were discharged from a previous placement within 12 months of the current foster care placement. National Standard: less than or equal to 8.60% Source: SHINES Figure 11: Children Placed with Relatives.....................................................6 Of all children in DFCS custody, the percentage that are placed with a relative or a relative foster home. State Target: greater than or equal to 30.00% Source: SHINES Figure 12: Adoptions Finalized..................................................................6 The number of children whose adoption was finalized. Source: SHINES SAFETY-RELATED OUTCOMES Number of Child Protective Services Cases (includes Investigations and Family Preservation cases) 20,000 15,000 SFY 2008: 37.2% decrease 10,000 5,000 SFY 2011: 5.0% decrease SFY 2010: 5.4% decrease SFY 2009: 8.6% decrease 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Sources: IDS, SHINES Def: Count of unique CPS Investigations or Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Percentages show increase/decrease during each SFY. SFY Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jun SFY 11 8,103 SFY 10 9,624 SFY 09 11,345 SFY 08 18,115 7,855 9,796 11,679 17,033 7,895 10,489 12,556 16,090 7,765 10,734 12,713 15,801 7,410 10,165 12,279 14,105 6,969 10,357 11,990 12,142 6,189 9,833 11,391 12,428 6,542 9,856 10,999 11,703 7,696 9,834 11,556 12,122 9,950 11,324 11,769 9,479 9,105 10,866 10,372 11,719 11,380 Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (March 2010 March 2011) Def: Of all children who were victims of substantiated maltreatment in the first 6 months of the year, the percentage that had a substan. report of maltreatment within the following 6 months. This is calculated with a two-month lag. 8% Sources: SHINES 7% National Standard: less than or equal to 6% 5.40% 5% 4% 3% 2.53% 2.32% 1.99% 2.05% 2.77% 2.82% 2.29% 2.29% 1.96% 2.00% 1.94% 2.50% 2.22% 2% 1% 0% Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 2.53% 2.32% 1.99% 2.05% 2.77% 2.82% 2.29% 2.29% 1.96% 2.00% 1.94% 2.50% 2.22% Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 1 CW-1 Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (March 2011) Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Screenouts 4,000 3,500 3,531 3,209 3,000 2,868 2,500 2,873 2,708 2,161 2,821 2,000 1,500 1,020 1,000 1,008 Source: IDS995 500 1,186 1,219 1,185 1,179 1,163 1,028 1,064 1,024 1,017 1,897 1,416 1,004 1,200 970 788 807 1,186 954 832 2,667 1,066 1,077 1,004 1,028 839 874 2,604 2,341 977 895 1,004 816 801 804 2,831 2,147 728 728 520 953 687 488 - FEB10 MAR10 APR10 MAY10 JUN10 JUL10 AUG10 SEP10 OCT10 NOV10 DEC10 JAN11 Source: SHINES Notes: Chart indicates total number of Family Support Cases, Substantiated Investigation Cases, Unsubstantiated Investigation Cases and Screenout Cases. Numbers show the results of intake calls through a investigation. Does Mar 2011 not show number of Family Preservation and Foster Care Entries Cases. investigations to be completed. *Data reported on 1 month lag to allow Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (March 2011) FEB11 D.A.A.R.E Family Preservation Substantiated Open 1,500 Family Preservation Unsubstantiated Open Foster Care Substantiated Open Foster Care Unsubstantiated Open 1,308 1,250 1,085 1,141 Substantiated Closed Unsubstantiated Closed 1,000 876 750 489 500 398 250 133 96 23 - 952 876 793 740 488 479 209 74 28 495 464 207 55 20 499 410 153 29 44 756 553 439 204 40 62 430 404 174 34 57 397 385 170 24 63 759 432 403 173 64 24 728 467 397 464 415 428 395 195 182 398 288 191 288 152 44 37 49 30 53 23 34 22 437 279 240 168 37 14 FEB10 MAR10 APR10 MAY10 JUN10 JUL10 AUG10 SEP10 OCT10 NOV10 DEC10 Source: SHINES Mar 2011 Note: Chart indicates total number of Family Preservation Substantiated Open Cases, Family Preservation Unsubstantiated Open Cases, Foster Care Substantiated Open Cases, Foster Care Unsubstantiated Open Cases, Substantiated Closed Cases and Unsubstantiated Closed Cases. * Data reported on 1 month lag to allow investigations to be completed. JAN11 FEB11 D.A.A.R.E Data Analysis, Accountability, Research Evaluation 2 CW-1 PERMANENCY- RELATED OUTCOMES Number of Child Placement Services Cases S IDS SHINES 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 SFY 2009: 13.4% decrease SFY 2008: 3.8% decrease Sources: IDS, SHINES SFY 2010: 12.2% decrease 10,000 9,000 SFY 2011: 0.6% increase 8,000 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Notes: Count of unique children in foster care or adoptions stages open at any point during the month and cases active at some time during the month. Total count includes all cases active at some time during the month. Of the total number of placement cases: 7,740 children are in legal custody of DFCS under the age of 18; 560 children are in care of DFCS age 18 and over; 1,747 were Relative Placements and ICPC Children in placement at any point in time during the month. Percentages show increase/decrease during each SFY. SFY Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun SFY 11 SFY 10 SFY 09 SFY 08 9,985 11,437 13,739 13,935 9,853 11,362 13,479 13,839 10,215 11,260 14,417 13,568 10,234 11,676 14,499 13,398 9,758 10,708 13,292 13,595 9,660 10,625 13,198 12,985 9,572 10,552 13,014 12,793 9,698 10,462 12,632 12,891 10,047 10,446 13,201 12,886 10,687 13,086 13,230 9,997 10,041 12,081 11,898 13,315 13,409 Number of Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 SFY 2007 / SFY 2008 / SFY 2009 / SFY 2010 / SFY 2011 -2.3% -11.8% - 18.0% - 11.1% 1.9% ytd 13,858 13,944 13,333 13,342 11,671 11,580 9,316 9,239 8,147 8,114 Percentages show increase/decrease during each SFY 13,682 13,588 12,975 12,859 13,286 13,180 13,210 13,270 12,530 12,199 12,101 13,531 12,123 11,463 11,267 11,129 10,837 11,955 10,608 10,349 10,211 13,554 13,645 13,542 11,766 11,766 11,675 9,928 9,788 9,569 9,071 8,963 8,012 7,968 8,736 7,891 8,636 7,808 8,422 8,384 7,769 7,966 8,427 8,300 8,383 SFY 2011 8,311 8,284 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Note: Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS at some point during the month, including those 18 years of age and older. Excludes Aftercare, ICPC, Placement services to Source: Shines Mar - 2011 parents, and Boarding County. Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 3 DAARE CW-1 Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (March 2010 - March 2011) Def: Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS at some point during the month under the age 18. Excludes Aftercare, ICPC, Placement services to parents, and Boarding County. 15,000 12,500 10,000 7,500 7,908 7,864 7,803 7,735 7,594 7,561 7,471 7,413 7,351 7,268 7,216 7,425 7,740 5,000 2,500 0 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 7,908 7,864 7,803 7,735 7,594 7,561 7,471 7,413 7,351 7,268 7,216 7,425 7,740 Length of Time to Reunification (March 2010 - March 2011) Def: Percentage of children who exited care during the month through reunification with their family that reunified in less than 12 months from the date of their last removal. 100% 80% National Standard: greater than or equal to 76.20% Sources: AFCARS, IDS, SHINES 72.97% 60% 67.04% 69.97% 68.60% 72.87% 67.21% 74.40% 69.11% 71.68% 72.39% 74.55% 73.48% 60.50% 40% 20% Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 67.04% 72.97% 60.50% 68.60% 69.97% 72.87% 67.21% 69.11% 74.40% 71.68% 72.39% 74.55% 73.48% Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 4 CW-1 Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (March 2010 - March 2011) Def: Number of children who entered foster care and exited foster care during the month. Includes children who turn age 18 during the month. 1,000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Entries Exits Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 492 439 366 448 423 451 479 414 392 392 373 547 723 464 468 419 588 510 540 398 353 507 469 473 389 458 Foster Care Re-Entry Rate (March 2010 - March 2011) 15% 12% percent Def: Of all the children who entered foster care, the percentage that were discharged from a previous placement within 12 months of the current placement. National Standard: less than or equal to 8.60% 9% 6% 7.38% 7.35% 7.14% 7.82% 5.97% 5.79% 5.08% 3% 6.13% 5.23% 4.34% 4.39% 4.29% 3.32% 0% Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 5.97% 5.79% 5.08% 7.38% 3.32% 7.35% 6.13% 5.23% 7.14% 4.34% 7.82% 4.39% 4.29% Data Analysis Accountability Research and Evaluation 5 CW-1 Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (March 2010 March 2011) Def: Of all children in DFCS custody, the percentage that are placed with a relative or relative foster home. 25% Sources: SHINES D f Th b f hild h d ti 20% fi li d T t l f th t t th dtd S S i l S i Ad ti U it 15% 12.66% 12.52% 12.49% 12.33% 12.13% 12.38% 12.38% 12.25% 14.42% 13.71% 14.19% 13.79% 13.39% 10% 5% 0% Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 12.66% 12.52% 12.49% 12.33% 12.13% 12.38% 12.38% 12.25% 13.71% 14.42% 14.19% 13.79% 13.39% Number of Finalized Adoptions (March 2010 March 2011) Def: The number of children whose adoption was finalized. Totals for all months are updated. 175 Sources: SHINES 150 125 112 112 110 109 103 100 85 83 97 96 77 75 101 66 48 50 25 0 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 85 112 83 112 77 103 110 97 96 109 48 66 101 Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 6 CW-1