Child Welfare Outcome Measures & Results May 2012 (Reflects data as of March 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 2009: 8.6% decrease SFY 2010: 5.4% decrease 10,000 5,000 SFY 2012: 40.2% increase SFY 2011: 0.7% increase 0 Jul Sources: SHINES SFY Jul 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 increase/decrease during each SFY. Aug 8,451 7,855 9,796 11,679 Sep 9,291 7,895 10,489 12,556 Oct 9,776 7,765 10,734 12,713 Nov 9,786 7,410 10,165 12,279 Dec 9,650 6,969 10,357 11,990 Jan 9,521 6,189 9,833 11,391 Feb 9,707 6,542 9,856 10,999 Mar 10,338 7,696 9,834 11,556 Apr 7,768 9,950 11,324 May 8,098 9,479 10,866 Jun Jun 8,163 9,105 10,372 Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (March 2011 March 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% 2.42% 3% 2.22% 3.00% 2.26% 2.20% 2.44% 2.87% 2.49% 2.29% 2.28% 2.12% 1.71% 2% 1.44% 1% 0% Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 2.22% 2.42% 1.44% 2.26% 2.20% 2.44% 3.00% 2.87% 2.49% 2.29% 2.28% 2.12% 1.71% Federal Regulations and Data 1 CW-1 Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (March 2012) 4,000 Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Screenouts 3,500 3,165 3,000 2,831 2,500 2,000 1,500 953 1,000 Source: IDS687 500 488 1,249 1,105 794 2,694 2,554 2,458 2,398 1,154 859 857 1,878 1,574 1,092 941 940 1,295 1,186 756 923 752 630 1,100 1,183 1,135 1,022 952 1,121 1,957 1,885 1,429 1,505 1,169 1,071 1,044 1,045 1,787 1,724 1,215 897 2,165 2,093 1,509 1,338 1,089 1,012 1,202 974 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 JUL11 AUG11 SEP11 OCT11 NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12 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 not show number of Family Preservation and Foster Care Entries Cases. *Data reported on 1 month lag to allow investigations to be completed. Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (March 2012) Family Preservation Substantiated Open 1,750 Family Preservation Unsubstantiated Open Foster Care Substantiated Open Foster Care Unsubstantiated Open Substantiated Closed Unsubstantiated Closed 1,616 1,500 1,342 1,431 1,432 1,250 1,000 750 500 250 - 890 789 701 437 434 449 435 279 240 168 37 14 419 448 247 257 41 52 25 43 422 235 34 47 1,074 1,083 675 860 592 466 237 388 346 189 434 375 214 470 410 241 507 432 230 505 370 196 76 36 38 48 32 60 25 75 29 58 22 53 1,246 593 497 394 377 228 215 73 35 27 50 462 336 176 56 36 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 JUL11 AUG11 SEP11 OCT11 NOV11 DEC11 JAN12 FEB12 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. * 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 (March 2012) 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 SFY 2010: 12.2% decrease SFY 2009: 13.4% decrease 11,000 Sources: SHINES SFY 2012: 6.4% increase 10,000 9,000 SFY 2011: 4.3% 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: 8,150 children are in legal custody of DFCS under the age of 18; 423 children are in Extended Youth Services; 2,562 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 10,788 10,893 10,908 10,917 10,919 10,863 10,813 11,135 SFY 11 9,985 SFY 10 11,437 SFY 09 13,739 9,853 11,362 13,479 10,215 11,260 14,417 10,234 11,676 14,499 9,758 10,708 13,292 9,660 10,625 13,198 9,572 10,552 13,014 9,698 10,462 12,632 10,047 10,446 13,201 10,526 10,687 13,086 10,355 9,997 12,081 10,419 10,041 11,898 Number of Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS (March 2012) 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 SFY 2008 / SFY 2009 / SFY 2010 / SFY 2011 / SFY 2012 -11.8% -18.0% - 11.1% 2.4% 2.8% ytd 13,333 13,342 11,671 11,580 9,316 8,338 9,239 8,520 8,147 8,114 Percentages show increase/decrease during each SFY 12,975 12,859 11,463 11,267 9,071 8,963 8,551 8,552 8,012 7,968 12,530 12,199 12,101 11,955 11,129 10,837 10,608 8,736 8,502 7,891 8,636 8,468 7,808 10,349 8,422 8,418 7,769 8,527 8,384 7,966 12,123 11,766 10,211 9,928 8,573 8,383 8,427 8,300 8,275 11,675 11,766 9,788 8,335 8,311 9,569 8,346 8,284 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, including those 18 years of age and older. Excludes Aftercare, ICPC, Placement services to parents, and Boarding County. Federal Regulations and Data 3 CW-1 Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (March 2011 - March 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. 15,000 12,500 10,000 7,500 7,704 7,729 7,770 7,839 7,829 8,027 8,076 8,065 7,998 7,975 7,965 8,125 8,150 5,000 2,500 0 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 7,704 7,729 7,770 7,839 7,829 8,027 8,076 8,065 7,998 7,975 7,965 8,125 8,150 Length of Time to Reunification (March 2011 - March 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% 60% Sources: SHINES National Standard: greater than or equal to 76.20% 85.42% 73.48% 79.13% 79.84% 74.96% 71.06% 74.81% 70.65% 81.73% 81.56% 74.35% 78.54% 78.13% 40% 20% Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 73.48% 74.96% 71.06% 74.81% 79.13% 79.84% 70.65% 74.35% 81.73% 81.56% 78.54% 85.42% 78.13% Federal Regulations and Data 4 CW-1 Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (March 2011 - March 2012) 1,000 Entries Exits Total Children at End of Month 10,000 800 7,142 7,253 7,251 7,303 7,355 7,470 7,584 7,478 7,491 7,540 7,400 7,619 7,640 8,000 600 6,000 400 4,000 200 2,000 756 562 581 476 518 519 587 536 524 474 675 557 610 492 482 587 517 507 487 575 569 425 581 506 531 510 0 0 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Note: Entries and Exits do NOT include children 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. Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 756 581 518 587 524 675 610 482 517 487 569 581 531 562 476 519 536 474 557 492 587 507 575 425 506 510 Foster Care Re-Entry Rate (March 2011 - March 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% 8.41% 6% 7.63% 7.42% 7.64% 3% 4.29% 4.94% 5.44% 4.44% 4.33% 4.18% 5.11% 5.37% 5.27% 0% Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 4.29% 4.94% 5.44% 8.41% 4.44% 4.33% 4.18% 7.63% 5.11% 7.42% 7.64% 5.37% 5.27% Federal Regulations and Data 5 CW-1 Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (March 2011 March 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% 15% 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 13.39% 13.46% 13.59% 14.28% 14.17% 14.77% 15.52% 15.36% 15.11% 15.91% 16.21% 16.90% 16.46% 10% 5% 0% Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 13.39% 13.46% 13.59% 14.28% 14.17% 14.77% 15.52% 15.36% 15.11% 15.91% 16.21% 16.90% 16.46% Number of Finalized Adoptions (March 2011 March 2012) Def: The number of children whose adoption was finalized. Totals for all months are updated. 175 Sources: SHINES 150 125 107 113 117 100 83 78 75 96 96 84 79 64 53 47 50 37 25 0 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 107 83 78 113 64 84 79 96 96 117 37 47 53 Federal Regulations and Data 6 CW-1