Data Analysis, Accountability, Research & Evaluation Child Welfare Outcome Measures & Results September 2011 Board Meeting (Reflects data as of July 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 2009: 8.6% decrease SFY 2010: 5.4% decrease 10,000 5,000 SFY 2012: 0.0% increase SFY 2011: 0.7% increase 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 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 SFY 12 7,373 SFY 11 8,103 7,855 7,895 7,765 7,410 6,969 6,189 6,542 7,696 7,768 8,098 8,163 SFY 10 9,624 9,796 10,489 10,734 10,165 10,357 9,833 9,856 9,834 9,950 9,479 9,105 SFY 09 11,345 11,679 12,556 12,713 12,279 11,990 11,391 10,999 11,556 11,324 10,866 10,372 Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (July 2010 July 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% 2.77% 2.82% 3% 2.50% 2.29% 2.29% 1.96% 2.00% 1.94% 2.22% 2.42% 2.26% 2.20% 2% 1.44% 1% 0% Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 2.77% 2.82% 2.29% 2.29% 1.96% 2.00% 1.94% 2.50% 2.22% 2.42% 1.44% 2.26% 2.20% Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 1 CW-1 Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (July 2011) 4,000 Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Screenouts 3,500 3,209 3,165 3,000 2,500 2,161 2,821 2,667 2,604 2,341 2,831 2,694 2,554 2,000 1,416 1,500 1,897 1,000 1,200 1,004 970 Source: IDS788 807 500 1,186 954 832 1,077 1,066 1,028 1,004 839 874 977 1,004 895 804 801 816 2,147 953 728 687 728 520 488 1,249 1,105 794 1,154 859 857 1,092 941 940 1,878 1,295 1,186 756 JUN10 JUL10 Source: SHINES July 2011 AUG10 SEP10 OCT10 NOV10 DEC10 JAN11 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 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 not show number of Family Preservation and Foster Care Entries Cases. *Data reported on 1 month lag to allow investigations to be completed. D.A.A.R.E Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (July 2011) Family Preservation Family Preservation Foster Care Foster Care Substantiated Open Unsubstantiated Open Substantiated Open Unsubstantiated Open 1,500 1,308 1,250 Substantiated Closed Unsubstantiated Closed 1,074 1,000 890 876 750 756 553 740 759 793 728 789 701 592 500 439 250 204 430 432 467 464 437 434 449 435 397 397 415 404 385 403 428 182 395 398 288 195 191 288 279 240 419 247 448 257 422 235 466 237 174 170 173 152 168 62 40 34 57 63 24 64 24 37 44 30 49 23 53 22 34 14 37 41 52 43 25 34 47 76 36 - JUN10 JUL10 AUG10 SEP10 OCT10 NOV10 DEC10 JAN11 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 Source: SHINES July 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. D.A.A.R.E Data Analysis, Accountability, Research Evaluation 2 CW-1 PERMANENCY- RELATED OUTCOMES Number of Child Placement Services Cases 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 SFY 2010: 12.2% decrease SFY 2009: 13.4% decrease SFY 2011: 4.3% increase Sources: IDS, SHINES 10,000 9,000 SFY 2012: 0.0% 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: 7,852 children are in legal custody of DFCS under the age of 18; 509 children are in care of DFCS age 18 and over; 2,096 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 12 10,457 SFY 11 9,985 9,853 10,215 10,234 9,758 9,660 9,572 9,698 10,047 10,526 10,355 10,419 SFY 10 11,437 11,362 11,260 11,676 10,708 10,625 10,552 10,462 10,446 10,687 9,997 10,041 SFY 09 13,739 13,479 14,417 14,499 13,292 13,198 13,014 12,632 13,201 13,086 12,081 11,898 Number of Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS SFY 2008 / SFY 2009 / SFY 2010 / SFY 2011 / SFY 2012 15,000 -11.8% -18.0% - 11.1% 2.4% 0.0% ytd Percentages show increase/decrease during each SFY 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 9,000 13,333 13,342 11,671 11,580 9,316 8,361 9,239 12,975 11,463 9,071 12,859 12,530 12,199 11,267 11,129 10,837 8,963 8,736 8,636 12,101 11,955 12,123 10,608 10,211 8,422 10,349 8,384 8,427 11,766 9,928 8,383 11,675 11,766 9,788 9,569 8,311 8,346 8,000 7,000 8,147 8,114 8,012 7,968 Jul Aug Sep Oct 7,891 Nov 7,808 Dec 7,769 7,966 8,300 Jan Feb Mar 8,275 8,335 Apr May 8,284 Jun Source: Shines Jul - 2011 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 parents, and Boarding County. DAARE Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 3 CW-1 Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (July 2010 - July 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 7,594 7,561 7,471 7,413 7,351 7,268 7,216 7,425 7,740 7,749 7,813 7,844 7,852 5,000 2,500 0 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 7,594 7,561 7,471 7,413 7,351 7,268 7,216 7,425 7,740 7,749 7,813 7,844 7,852 Length of Time to Reunification (July 2010 - July 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% 60% National Standard: greater than or equal to 76.20% Sources: AFCARS, IDS, SHINES 79.13% 72.87% 69.97% 67.21% 74.40% 69.11% 71.68% 72.39% 74.55% 73.48% 74.96% 74.81% 71.06% 40% 20% Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 69.97% 72.87% 67.21% 69.11% 74.40% 71.68% 72.39% 74.55% 73.48% 74.96% 71.06% 74.81% 79.13% Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 4 CW-1 Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (July 2010 - July 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 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Entries Exits Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 423 451 479 414 392 392 373 547 723 547 478 547 496 510 540 398 353 507 469 473 389 458 430 458 433 394 Foster Care Re-Entry Rate (July 2010 - July 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% 7.35% 7.14% 7.82% 8.41% 3% 3.32% 6.13% 5.23% 4.34% 4.39% 4.29% 4.94% 5.44% 4.44% 0% Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 3.32% 7.35% 6.13% 5.23% 7.14% 4.34% 7.82% 4.39% 4.29% 4.94% 5.44% 8.41% 4.44% Data Analysis Accountability Research and Evaluation 5 CW-1 Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (July 2010 July 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% 12.13% 13.71% 12.38% 12.38% 12.25% 14.42% 14.19% 13.79% 13.39% 13.46% 13.59% 14.28% 14.17% 10% 5% 0% Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 12.13% 12.38% 12.38% 12.25% 13.71% 14.42% 14.19% 13.79% 13.39% 13.46% 13.59% 14.28% 14.17% Number of Finalized Adoptions (July 2010 July 2011) Def: The number of children whose adoption was finalized. Totals for all months are updated. 175 Sources: SHINES 150 125 110 103 97 100 77 75 109 96 107 99 68 83 78 76 48 50 25 0 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 77 103 110 97 96 109 48 68 107 83 78 99 76 Data Analysis, Accountability, Research and Evaluation 6 CW-1