Child Welfare Outcome Measures & Results December 2012 (Reflects data as of October 31, 2012) Federal Regulations & Data 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. Total children at end of month show the number of children on the last day of 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 2010: 5.4% decrease SFY 2009: 8.6% decrease 10,000 5,000 SFY 2013: 43.7% increase SFY 2011: 0.7% increase SFY 2012: 11.6% increase 0 Jul Sources: SHINES SFY Jul SFY 13 7,441 SFY 12 7,373 SFY 11 8,103 SFY 10 9,624 SFY 09 11,345 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Def: Count of unique CPS Investigations or Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Percentages show the beginning to the ending of each SFY. Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 8,449 9,489 10,696 8,451 9,291 9,776 9,786 9,650 9,521 9,707 10,338 8,836 8,228 7,855 7,895 7,765 7,410 6,969 6,189 6,542 7,696 7,768 8,098 9,796 10,489 10,734 10,165 10,357 9,833 9,856 9,834 9,950 9,479 11,679 12,556 12,713 12,279 11,990 11,391 10,999 11,556 11,324 10,866 Jun Jun 7,606 8,163 9,105 10,372 Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (October 2011 October 2012) 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% 1% 0% Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 2.87% 2.49% 2.29% 2.28% 2.12% 1.71% 2.15% 3.52% 2.92% 3.07% 3.43% 3.70% 3.17% Federal Regulations and Data 1 CW-1 Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (October 2012) 4,000 Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Screenouts 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,398 2,000 1,957 1,885 1,500 1,183 1,429 1,505 1,169 1,071 1,000 1,135 Source: IDS 1,121 1,044 1,045 500 2,165 2,093 2,415 1,979 1,787 1,724 1,215 1,509 1,338 1,910 1,089 1,202 1,270 897 1,012 974 2,192 2,053 1,452 1,073 2,225 2,407 2,074 1,615 1,522 1,212 1,135 1,033 934 1,393 1,024 960 968 985 865 855 2,420 1,392 1,203 945 SEP11 OCT11 Source: SHINES NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12 MAR12 APR12 MAY12 JUN12 JUL12 AUG12 Notes: Chart indicates total number of Child Abuse and Neglect of disposition Family Support Cases, Substantiated Investigation Cases, Unsubstantiated Investigation Cases and Screenout Cases. *Data reported on 1 month lag to allow investigations to be completed. Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (October 2012) SEP12 Family Preservation Substantiated Open 2,000 Family Preservation Unsubstantiated Open Foster Care Substantiated Open 1,500 1,342 1,616 1,431 1,432 Foster Care Unsubstantiated Open 1,796 1,383 Substantiated Closed Unsubstantiated Closed 1,000 1,083 1,246 1,078 1,128 1,116 935 645 872 500 - 470 507 593 505 370 394 410 432 241 230 196 228 75 29 58 22 53 35 73 25 497 462 377 336 390 215 235 176 27 50 36 56 41 73 556 468 453 411 429 426 295 267 297 210 225 218 29 54 47 37 37 20 38 301 304 295 246 252 224 48 40 49 43 44 SEP11 OCT11 NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12 MAR12 APR12 MAY12 JUN12 JUL12 AUG12 SEP12 Source: SHINES 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. Foster Care numbers are cases, which may include multiple children. * Data reported on 1 month lag to allow investigations to be completed. Federal Regulations and Data 2 CW-1 PERMANENCY- RELATED OUTCOMES Number of Child Placement Services Cases (October 2012) 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 SFY 2010: 12.2% decrease SFY 2012: 3.7% increase SFY 2009: 13.4% decrease Sources: SHINES 10,000 9,000 SFY 2013: 3.8% increase SFY 2011: 4.3% increase 8,000 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Notes: Percentages show increase/decrease from the beginning of the SFY to the last reported month of the SFY. Total count includes all cases active at some time during the month. For October 2012, the total number of placement cases: 8,276 children are in legal custody of DFCS under the age of 18; 396 children are in Extended Youth Services (youth in care age 18 and over); 2,344 were Relative Placements and ICPC Children in placement in Georgia at any point in time during the month. SFY Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun SFY 13 10,610 10,871 10,907 11,016 SFY 12 10,457 10,788 10,893 10,908 10,917 10,919 10,863 10,813 11,135 10,823 10,839 10,634 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 (October 2012) 13,000 SFY 2009 / SFY 2010 / SFY 2011 / SFY 2012 / SFY 2013 -16.0% -11.1% 3.0% 1.1% 4.2% ytd 12,000 11,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 11,395 11,233 11,195 11,046 9,316 9,239 9,071 8,963 8,358 8,619 8,575 8,711 8,338 8,520 8,551 8,552 8,098 8,051 7,993 7,961 10,910 10,700 8,736 8,502 7,938 8,636 8,468 7,829 10,592 10,343 8,422 8,418 7,787 8,527 8,384 7,948 10,206 9,926 9,788 9,569 8,573 8,572 8,531 8,426 8,427 8,383 8,311 8,341 8,264 8,255 8,292 8,284 6,000 Jul Source: Shines 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, as well as those 18 years of age and older (Extended Youth Services). Percentages show the beginning to the end of each SFY. Federal Regulations and Data 3 CW-1 Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (October 2011 - October 2012) 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. 12,000 9,000 6,000 3,000 0 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 8,065 7,998 7,975 7,965 8,125 8,150 8,156 8,105 8,009 7,988 8,207 8,184 8,276 Length of Time to Reunification (October 2011 - October 2012) 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: SHINES 60% 40% 20% Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 74.35% 81.73% 81.56% 78.54% 85.42% 78.13% 81.56% 74.56% 71.54% 69.77% 79.44% 69.60% 81.70% Federal Regulations and Data 4 CW-1 Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (October 2011 - October 2012) 1,000 Entries Exits Total Children at End of Month 10,000 7,478 800 7,491 7,400 7,540 7,615 7,622 7,629 7,601 7,543 7,594 7,652 7,756 7,839 8,000 600 6,000 400 4,000 200 2,000 0 0 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Note: Entries and Exits only include children who are age 17 & under who are in the legal custody of DFCS with placement types of ICPC, Boarding County, or Placement Services to Parents. Total Children at End of Month show the number of children on the last day of the month. Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 482 517 487 569 542 542 455 502 460 587 507 575 425 511 534 450 504 466 Jul-12 480 394 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 681 592 599 555 428 476 Foster Care Re-Entry Rate (October 2011 - October 2012) 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% 3% 0% Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 7.63% 5.11% 7.42% 7.64% 5.37% 5.27% 6.81% 5.38% 7.39% 5.00% 7.34% 6.59% 6.01% Federal Regulations and Data 5 CW-1 Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (October 2011 October 2012) 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 20% b f hild h d ti fi li d T t l f th t t th dtd S S i l S i Ad ti U it 15% 10% 5% 0% Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 15.36% 15.11% 15.91% 16.21% 16.90% 16.46% 16.73% 17.05% 16.68% 16.83% 16.11% 15.46% 15.35% Number of Finalized Adoptions (October 2011 October 2012) Def: The number of children whose adoption was finalized. Totals for all months are updated. 175 Sources: SHINES 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 96 96 117 37 47 60 64 70 72 66 100 51 66 Federal Regulations and Data 6 CW-1