Child welfare outcome measures and results, 2014 April

Child Welfare
Outcome Measures & Results April 2014 (Reflects data as of
February 28 2014)
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. 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 (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month and those 18 years of age and older (Extended Youth Services). 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 Extended Youth Services.............................................................4
Number of children age 18 and over who have signed themselves back into care. 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 Length of Time to Achieve Reunification.......................................6
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 12 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 13 Adoptions Finalized..................................................................7
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 2012 3.2%
increase

10 000

5 000

SFY 2014 64.1% increase

SFY 2011 0.7%
increase

SFY 2013 9.8%
increase

0
Jul
Sources SHINES
SFY Jul SFY 14 7 729 SFY 13 7 441 SFY 12 7 373 SFY 11 8 103 SFY 10 9 624

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

7 693 8 153 8 865 9 479 10 701 11 797 12 682

8 449 9 489 10 696 10 462 9 934 9 492 8 895 8 991 8 733 8 902

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

Jun
Jun
8 169 7 606 8 163 9 105

Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (Feb 2013 Feb 2014)
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% Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14
Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 3.41% 3.49% 3.31% 3.70% 3.92% 2.79% 2.58% 3.72% 4.24% 3.84% 3.02% 2.65% 3.26%

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Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (February 2014)

4 000

Family Support

Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Screenouts

3 500

3 000 2 424
2 500

2 000 1 500

1 688 1 668

1 000 Source IDS 1 155
500

2 298
1 685 1 297

2 388 1 836
1 388

2 237 1 806
1 296

2 569

2 343 2 004

2 361

2 158

1 765

2 116

1 366

1 485

1 482

1 448 1 225

1 175 1 059 990

980

1 052 1 022 1 016 1 027 1 060 919

814

2 494 2 526 2 113

2 253 2 260 1 855

1 381

1 398 1 422

1 623

1 156

1 406

1 048 843

1 061 935

JAN13 FEB13 MAR13 APR13 MAY13 JUN13 JUL13 AUG13 SEP13 OCT13 NOV13 DEC13 JAN14
Notes Chart indicates total number of Child Abuse and Neglect of disposition Family Support Cases Substantiated Investigation
Source SHINES 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 (February 2014)

Family Preservation Family Preservation

Foster Care

Foster Care

Substantiated

Substantiated Open Unsubstantiated Open Substantiated Open Unsubstantiated Open

Closed

2 000

Unsubstantiated Closed

1 613

1 500 1 000

1 240

1 323

1 238

1 289

1 154 1 112

1 305

1 003 946

1 105

1 334

1 567

597

500

481

528 464

518

529

326 232
49 26

292

311

312

283

277

208

213

246

215

221

20 37 39 26 31 27 36 41 45 26

495

462

295
270 36 27

239 218 32 24

391 232
191 29 15

545
255 248 44 32

403

442

242

257

22

198 29

236 22 50

524
307 224
25 31

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JAN13 FEB13 MAR13 APR13 MAY13 JUN13 JUL13 AUG13 SEP13 OCT13 NOV13 DEC13 JAN14

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.
Source SHINES Foster Care numbers are cases which may include multiple children. * Data reported on 1 month lag to allow investigations to be completed.

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PERMANENCY- RELATED OUTCOMES
Number of Child Placement Services Cases (February 2014)
15 000

Sources SHINES

14 000 13 000 12 000

SFY 2014 5.0%
increase

SFY 2010 12.2%
decrease

SFY 2012 1.7%
increase

SFY 2013 3.2%
increase

11 000

10 000 9 000

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 February 2014 the total number of placement cases 8 547 children are in legal custody of DFCS under the age of 18 453

children are in Extended Youth Services (youth in care age 18 and over) 2 384 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 14 10 847 10 817 10 828 10 903 10 861 10 992 11 139 11 384

SFY 13 10 610 10 871 10 907 11 016 10 984 10 875 10 951 10 944 10 955 10 966 11 063 10 948

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

Number of Children in the Custody and Care of DFCS (February 2014)

10 000

SFY 2010 / SFY 2011 / SFY 2012 / SFY 2013 / SFY 2014

-11.1%

3.0%

1.1%

3.7%

5.0% ytd

9 000 8 000

9 316 9 239

9 071

8 574
8 358 8 338 8 098

8 619 8 568
8 520
8 051

8 575 8 567 8 551
7 993

8 963

8 711

8 736 8 684

8 734

8 739

8 600 8 665

8 552

8 502

8 5528 636 8 474 8 468 8 422

8 418

9 000
8 545 8 527 8 384

8 580 8 573 8 427
8 264

8 626
8 572 8 383
8 255

7 961 7 938

7 829 7 787

7 948

8 702 8 531 8 311 8 292

8 669 8 426 8 341 8 284

7 000 Jul
Source Shines

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Note Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month and those 18 years of age and older (Extended Youth Services). Percentages show the beginning to the end of each SFY.

Jun

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Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (February 2013 - February 2014)
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 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14
Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 8 141 8 188 8 219 8 275 8 264 8 152 8 145 8 136 8 170 8 253 8 304 8 299 8 547
Extended Youth Services (February 2013 - February 2014)
Def Number of children age 18 and over who have signed themselves back into care.
Sources SHINES
500

400

300
200
100
0 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14
Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 404 392 407 427 405 422 423 431 430 431 441 440 453

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Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (February 2013 - February 2014)

1 000

Entries

Exits

Total Children at End of Month

7 726
800

7 815 7 797

7 893 7 760

7 602 7 586 7 635 7 760

7 807 7 867

7 990

8 210

10 000 8 000

600

6 000

400

4 000

200

2 000

0

0

Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 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.

Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14

498

523

467

514

438

457

554

566

534

533

506

505

605

415

373

422

382

505

543

558

494

410

446

426

309

337

Foster Care Re-Entry Rate (February 2013 - February 2014)

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% Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14
Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 10.44% 5.35% 6.21% 5.45% 5.02% 5.83% 5.73% 9.22% 4.87% 5.25% 5.53% 4.16% 6.45%

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Length of Time to Reunification (February 2013 - February 2014)
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% Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14
Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 77.13% 75.29% 75.81% 80.93% 70.63% 64.93% 75.43% 82.22% 86.59% 68.91% 75.11% 77.55% 73.07%

Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (February 2013 February 2014)
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% Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14
Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 15.70% 15.64% 15.28% 15.19% 16.15% 15.70% 14.74% 15.02% 14.92% 14.86% 15.64% 15.44% 15.93%

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Number of Finalized Adoptions (February 2013 February 2014)
Def The number of children whose adoption was finalized. Totals for all months are updated.
175

150

125

100

75

50

25

0 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14

Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14

67

84

68

82

90

78

86

77

73

103

99

17

45

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