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% Federal Regulations and Data 1 CW-1 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 - 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. Federal Regulations and Data 2 CW-1 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 Federal Regulations and Data 3 CW-1 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 Federal Regulations and Data 4 CW-1 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% Federal Regulations and Data 5 CW-1 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% Federal Regulations and Data 6 CW-1 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 Federal Regulations and Data 7 CW-1