Monthly measures and results for January 2017

Monthly Measures and Results for January 2017*
*(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of November 30 2016 And Permanency Outcomes as of December 31 2016) With Appendices
This report is produced by the Data Unit. For questions or comments you may contact one of the following Samantha Adams Director (Samantha.Adams dhs.ga.gov) John Roach Unit Manager(John.Roach dhs.ga.gov) Vickie Fluellen Analyst(Vickie.Fluellen dhs.ga.gov)

Part I Definitions And Data Sources contained in Report
Part II Safety Outcomes Part III Permanency/Well-being Outcomes Part IV Appendices
A. Disposition of Investigations by Percentage B. Regional Charts of Outcome V (Trend of Unique Children in the Legal
Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18) C. Regional Charts of Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient
(Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000)

SAFETY Children are first and foremost protected from abuse and neglect.
Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases Count of unique CPS Investigations and Family Preservation (Ongoing) stages open at any point during the month. Includes all cases active at some time during the month. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report.
Outcome 1A Family Support Cases Only Count of unique Family Support stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IB Family Preservation Cases Only Count of unique Family Preservation stages open at any point during the month. Outcome IC Investigation Cases Only Count of unique Investigation stages open at any point during the month.
Sources SHINES
Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment 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. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Each month is calculated as a rolling calendar year. National Standard less than or equal to 5.40% Source SHINES
Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports Chart reflects the disposition of reports received in a particular month. Data includes count of Family Support Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations and Screen-outs. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-type of Investigations by Disposition Chart reflects the disposition of investigations received in a particular month by the subsequent case type. Data includes count of Family Preservation (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Foster Care (Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Open) Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Closed. Outcome is calculated 45 days prior to the date of report. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY Children have permanency and stability in their living situations. Outcome V Number of Child Placement Services Cases
Count of unique children who were involved in an open Foster Care or Adoption stage during the month. In placement services each child who is the principal (PC) is considered a case. Source SHINES
Outcome VI Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18
Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month
Outcome VI - A Children in the Legal Custody of DFCS Under the Age of 18 (Regional) Count of unique children who were in the legal custody of DFCS (17 years of age and under) at some point during the month.
Source SHINES
Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries & Exits 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
Outcome VIII Foster Care Re-entries Of all the children who entered foster care the percentage that were discharged from a prior episode of foster care within 12 months of the current foster care placement. National Standard less than or equal to 8.60%. Source SHINES
Outcome IX Foster Care Length of Stay Percentage of children by number of months in foster care during each month. Source SHINES

PERMANENCY cont d Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Outcome X Length of Time to Achieve Reunification 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
Outcome XI Children Placed with Relatives 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
Outcome XII Extended Youth Services Number of children ages 18 21 who remained in the custody of DFCS beyond their birth month. Source SHINES
Outcome XIII Adoptions Finalized The number of children whose adoption was finalized within each month.. Source SHINES
Outcome XIV Stability Performance Coefficient (Number of Moves/Number of Days in Custody * 1000) A calculated value based upon the ACF CFSR Round 3 which is part of Program Improvement. It is calculated from a rolling 12 month population of the entry cohort where the child remained in custody for over 8 days and was not 18 on the date of removal. The federal standard is 4.12. Source SHINES
**Note Data may vary from month to month due to 13 month data trends being re-run over the time span for the various outcomes in this report.

Outcome I Child Protective Services Cases (State Fiscal Year 2017 to Date)
The overall increase in Child Protective Cases cases during the month of November 2016 is being driven by the increase in Family Support cases during the month which had an upward trend of 3% from October to November. This is still a decrease over last year s cases during November 2015 of approximately 4%.
30 000

25 000 20 000 15 000

2017 Average To Date 11.3%
decrease

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

10 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

17 935 19 470 24 151 12 363 11 256 10 761

Aug
18 022 19 788 23 295 12 693 13 050 12 556

Sep
19 895 21 943 26 176 13 715 14 878 14 045

Oct
21 869 23 541 28 108 15 162 17 050 14 422

Nov
22 426 23 277 26 664 16 008 16 783 14 202

Dec
22 946 24 857 17 416 16 119 14 002

Jan
21 916 23 497 18 470 15 773 13 860

Feb
22 795 22 721 19 491 15 088 14 070

Mar
25 075 24 293 22 662 15 355 15 411

Apr
24 431 23 911 24 120 14 951 13 697

May
24 307 23 896 25 071 15 157 13 055

Jun Average

21 504 22 124 23 905 13 355 11 944

20 029 22 583 22 747 17 161 13 910 12 618

% Increase
-11.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4% 10.2% 5.4%

14 000

Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (State Fiscal Year To Date)
Family Support cases increased by 3.9% over October 2016. The increase can also be seen in the year to date average. There is a 23.6% increase over SFY 2015.

12 000 10 000

2016 to date 23.6%
increase

8 000

6 000

4 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

2 000

0

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY

Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

5 045 6 363 10 354 4 723 3 883 3 443

Aug
6 688 6 419 9 919 5 083 4 674 4 173

Sep
9 879 7 460 10 866 5 658 5 487 4 842

Oct
12 529 8 588 11 791 6 418 6 488 4 764

Nov
13 012 8 881 11 259 6 690 6 417 4 510

Dec
8 558 10 117 6 919 6 284 4 423

Jan
8 036 8 862 6 919 6 374 4 425

Feb
8 013 8 111 7 113 6 292 4 437

Mar
8 118 8 494 8 552 6 463 5 174

Apr
7 549 8 206 9 511 6 304 4 945

May
7 398 8 176 9 951 6 364 4 903

Jun
6 211 7 450 9 826 5 265 4 402

Average

% Increase

9 431

23.6%

7 633 -19.4%

9 467

30.0%

7 280

24.3%

5 858

29.1%

4 537

-14.7%

7 000

Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
Family Preservation cases increased slightly since October 2016. Overall the year to date average is 16.6% lower than SFY 2015.

6 000

2016 to date 16.6%
decrease

5 000

4 000

3 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

2 000 Jul

State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Jul
4 396 5 705 4 042 2 960 3 037 3 586

Aug
Aug
4 190 5 409 4 282 2 889 2 980 3 641

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Sep
4 059 5 215 4 573 2 779 2 931 3 640

Oct
4 006 5 060 4 971 2 709 3 053 3 709

Nov
4 040 4 946 5 298 2 649 3 150 3 665

Dec
4 880 5 716 2 746 3 200 3 747

Jan
4 740 5 963 2 813 3 266 3 726

Feb
4 678 6 069 2 879 3 244 3 586

Mar
4 761 6 158 3 004 3 203 3 658

Apr
4 763 6 109 3 031 3 122 3 476

May
4 752 6 048 3 224 3 040 3 323

Jun
4 658 5 992 3 501 3 001 3 148

Jun

Average
4 138 4 964 5 435 2 932 3 102 3 575

% Increase
-16.6% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5% -13.2% -5.6%

Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only
(State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)
Investigation cases increased slightly from October 2016. Overall the year to date average is 34.5% lower than SFY 2015. 14 000

12 000

2017 to date 34.5%
decrease

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

2 000

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY
2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Jul
8 494 7 402 9 755 4 680 4 336 3 732

Aug
7 144 7 960 9 093 4 721 5 396 4 742

Sep
5 957 9 268 10 736 5 278 6 460 5 563

Oct
5 334 9 893 11 345 6 035 7 509 5 949

Nov
5 374 9 450 10 106 6 669 7 216 6 027

Dec
9 508 9 023 7 751 6 635 5 832

Jan
9 140 8 671 8 738 6 133 5 709

Feb
10 104 8 540 9 499 5 552 6 047

Mar
12 196 9 640 11 106 5 689 6 579

Apr
12 119 9 595 11 578 5 525 5 276

May
10 636 9 671 11 896 5 753 4 829

Jun
10 636 8 679 10 578 5 089 4 394

Average
6 461 9 927 9 571 8 211 5 941 5 390

% Increase
-34.5% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% 10.2% 45.7%

Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (November 2015 November 2016)
The number of substantiated incidents of child maltreatment is lower than last month s calculation by .24% (down from 5.26% to 5.02%).
8%

National Standard

7%

less than or equal

to 5.40%

6%

5%

4%

3%

2%

1%

0% Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 5.49% 5.56% 5.64% 5.67% 5.69% 5.62% 5.46% 5.80%

Jul-16 5.82%

Aug-16 Sep-16 5.71% 5.49%

Oct-16
Oct-16 5.26%

Nov-16
Nov-16 5.02%

Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (November 2015 November 2016)

Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month 26% were screen outs 51% were Family Support and 23% were Investigations. Only 17% of the Investigations were substantiated.

Unsubstantiated Investigations 7 000

Substantiated Investigations

Family Support

Investigations

Screenouts

6 000

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 000

0 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16

Family Support
Screenouts
Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations

Nov-15
3 196 2 444 3 754 1 159 2 595

Dec-15
2 835 2 083 3 812 1 205 2 607

Jan-16
3 140 2 301 4 149 1 273 2 876

Feb-16 Mar-16

3 084 3 352

2 428 2 722

4 555 1 367

5 788 1 580

3 188 4 208

Apr-16
2 703 2 245 4 777 1 245 3 532

May-16
2 739 2 351 4 870 1 060 3 810

Jun-16
1 887 1 666 3 676 661 3 015

Jul-16
1 869 1 504 3 561 439 3 122

Aug-16
5 988 2 530 2 996 542 2 454

Sep-16
6 170 2 506 2 456 478 1 978

Oct-16
5 721 2 368 2 324 467 1 857

Nov-16
4 858 2 441 2 148 372 1 776

Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (November 2015 November 2016)
According to November s data 17.5% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 11.1% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 71.4% of Investigations were closed.

4 000 2 000
0

Unsubst Closed Subst Closed FostCare UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FamPres SubOpen

Nov-15

FamPres SubOpen 354

FamPres UnsubOpen 54

FostCare SubOpen 286

FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed
Unsubst Closed

40 618 2 380

Dec-15
373 49 313 24 636 2 510

Jan-16
410 73 312 37 679 2 790

Feb-16
442 70 284 28 717 2 958

Mar-16
454 80 348 37 842 3 917

Apr-16
384 80 298 51 660 3 408

May-16
323 93 290 61 470 3 568

Jun-16
213 122 234 136 236 2 700

Jul-16
158 141 172 112 147 2 884

Aug-16
220 249 201 163 169 2 089

Sep-16
205 216 175 147 139 1 670

Oct-16
183 245 168 112 148 1 527

Nov-16
169 230 134 120 101 1 533

Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2017 To Date)

There were no significant increases in the number of placement services that were open during the month of December (17 832). The placement services includes continued collaboration with families after out of home care may have ended as well as those who are in out of home care with DFCS Age 0 - 21.

22 000 20 000 18 000 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 Jul

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2017 to date 8.0%
increase

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

State FY Jul

2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

17 506 15 340 12 952 10 847 10 610

Aug
17 733 15 530 13 147 10 817 10 871

Sep
17 721 15 798 13 484 10 828 10 907

Oct
17 857 15 993 13 763 10 903 11 016

Nov
17 829 16 152 13 779 10 861 10 984

Dec
17 832 16 174 14 028 10 992 10 875

Jan
16 533 14 320 11 139 10 951

Feb
16 774 14 489 11 384 10 944

Mar
16 870 14 699 11 707 10 955

Apr
17 010 14 883 12 410 10 966

May
17 421 15 142 12 527 11 063

Jun
17 643 15 334 12 611 10 948

Average

% Increase

17 746 8.0%

16 437 16.0%

14 168 24.1%

11 419 4.5%

10 924 0.8%

14

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)
The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 remained constant during December at 13 070. The following slides reveal that there were 593 entries and 637 exits. On the last day of December there were 12 433 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month only 28 children (4.7%) of them had a prior episode within 12 months. This represents an improvement over November which saw a 9.8% reentry rate.
14 000

13 000

12 000

11 000

10 000

9 000

8 000

7 000

6 000

5 000

4 000

3 000

2 000

1 000

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 12 031

Jan-16 12 158

Feb-16 12 437

Mar-16 12 641

Apr-16 12 729

May-16 Jun-16 13 035 13 120

Jul-16 12 954

Aug-16 13 070

Sep-16 13 012

Oct-16 13 055

Nov-16 13 085

Dec-16 13 070

Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 - (Regional) (December 2015 December 2016)
The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 remained constant during December was 13 070. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time.
14 000

12 000 10 000
8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000
0 Dec-15 Jan-16

Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

R14 R13 R12 R11 R10 R9 R8 R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1
Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (December 2015 December 2016)

Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. Entries decreased in December while exits are slightly increasing in December. The end of month trend shows that the Foster Care population is declining in the last quarter of 2016.

1400 1200 11 332

11 625

Entries

Exits

End-Of-Month

11 886 11 992 12 212 12 332 12 364

12 336 12 395 12 458 12 502

12 477

14000
12 433
12000

1000

10000

800

8000

600

6000

400

4000

200

2000

0

0

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 749 699

Jan-16 826 533

Feb-16 812 551

Mar-16 755 649

Apr-16 737 517

May-16 823 703

Jun-16 788 756

Jul-16 590 618

Aug-16 734 675

Sep-16 617 554

Oct-16 597 553

Nov-16 583 606

Dec-16 593 637

Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries December 2015 December 2016)

Reentries into foster care improved during December 2016 after a spike in November. There was a decrease in the number of entries during November causing this proportion to escalate. The reentry rate for December was lower than it has been in 12 months.

110

100

9.4%

90

Reentries
National Standard less than or equal
to 8.60%

Reentry Rate 8.9%

9.8%

11.0% 10.0% 9.0%

80

7.6%

8.0%

70

8.3%

8.0% 7.0%

60 6.5% 50 40

5.3%

6.1% 6.6% 5.0%

6.4%

4.7%

6.0% 5.0% 4.0%

30

3.0%

20

2.0%

10

1.0%

0 Dec-15 Jan-16

Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

0.0% Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 49
6.5%

Jan-16 78
9.4%

Feb-16 62
7.6%

Mar-16 40
5.3%

Apr-16 59
8.0%

May-16 41
5.0%

Jun-16 48
6.1%

Jul-16 39
6.6%

Aug-16 61
8.3%

Sep-16 55
8.9%

Oct-16 38
6.4%

Nov-16 57
9.8%

Dec-16 28
4.7%

Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (December 2015 December 2016)

In looking at the length of stay of children who were in Foster Care during the month there was an increase of .4% from November 2016 to December 2016 of the number of children who were in custody from 24 months through less than 36 months. This is a marked increase from the 11% of last December. The numbers also show a decline in the proportion of children who were in custody for less than a year from 54.1% last December to 46.7% this December.

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30%

4 Years 3-4 Years 2-3 Years 1-2 Years 1 Year

20%
10%
0% Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years
1 Year

Dec-15 4.8% 4.5% 11.0% 25.5% 54.1%

Jan-16 4.7% 4.5% 10.6% 26.1% 54.0%

Feb-16 4.8% 4.6% 10.8% 25.9% 53.9%

Mar-16 4.8% 5.1% 10.8% 26.2% 53.2%

Apr-16 4.7% 5.1% 11.1% 26.8% 52.4%

May-16 4.6% 5.3% 11.1% 27.2% 51.8%

Jun-16 4.7% 5.3% 11.5% 27.2% 51.4%

Jul-16 4.8% 5.1% 11.9% 27.5% 50.6%

Aug-16 5.0% 5.2% 12.6% 27.3% 50.0%

Sep-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.1% 27.8% 49.0%

Oct-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.6% 28.1% 48.2%

Nov-16 5.2% 5.1% 13.4% 28.9% 47.4%

Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.8% 29.1% 46.7%

Outcome IX Length of Time to Reunification (December 2015 December 2016)

The number of children who reunified within 12 months decreased to 58.8% during the month of December. This proportion is significantly lower than last December s proportion of 74.8% by 16%.
100%

90%

National Standard
76.20%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16
74.8% 73.2% 70.0% 78.5% 79.3% 73.6% 65.3%

Jul-16 Jul-16 69.5%

Aug-16 Aug-16 66.7%

Sep-16 Sep-16 66.7%

Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 67.8% 62.6% 58.8%

Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (December 2015 December 2016)

30%

The number of children who were in Foster Care and were placed with Relatives remained constant with slight improvement at 29.5%.

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0% Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 26.0% 27.0% 27.6% 27.7%

Apr-16 28.3%

May-16 28.3%

Jun-16 29.0%

Jul-16 29.3%

Aug-16 Sep-16 28.9% 28.8%

Oct-16 29.0%

Nov-16 Dec-16 29.2% 29.5%

Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (December 2015 December 2016)
There were 574 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during December 2016.
600

500

400

300

200

100

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

502

495

508

521

532

541

552

545

549

551

567

572

574

Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (December 2015 December 2016)
There were 123 foster children adopted during December 2016 which shows an upward trend from October 2016. It also was higher than last December s accomplishment.
150

125

100

75

50

25

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

117

42

74

70

69

89

133

80

91

81

88

119

123

10.00

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2015 - December 2016)
The federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has decreased from 5.84 to 4.69 which is closer to the federal standard.

9.00

8.00

7.00

6.00

5.00

4.00

3.00

National Standard 4.12

2.00

1.00

0.00 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 5.84 5.68 5.43 5.24 5.17 5.10 5.06 4.97 4.87 4.82 4.65 4.61 4.69

Appendices

Appendix A
Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (November 2015 November 2016)

100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16

Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen
FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen
Subst Closed Unsubst Closed

Nov-15 9.5% 1.4% 7.7% 1.1% 16.6% 63.8%

Dec-15 9.6% 1.3% 8.0% 0.6% 16.3% 64.3%

Jan-16 9.5% 1.7% 7.3% 0.9% 15.8% 64.9%

Feb-16 9.8% 1.6% 6.3% 0.6% 15.9% 65.7%

Mar-16 8.0% 1.4% 6.1% 0.7% 14.8% 69.0%

Apr-16 7.9% 1.6% 6.1% 1.0% 13.5% 69.8%

May-16 6.7% 1.9% 6.0% 1.3% 9.8% 74.3%

Jun-16 5.9% 3.4% 6.4% 3.7% 6.5% 74.2%

Jul-16 4.4% 3.9% 4.8% 3.1% 4.1% 79.8%

Aug-16 7.1% 8.1% 6.5% 5.3% 5.5% 67.6%

Sep-16 8.0% 8.5% 6.9% 5.8% 5.4% 65.4%

Oct-16 7.7% 10.3% 7.0% 4.7% 6.2% 64.1%

Nov-16 7.4% 10.1% 5.9% 5.2% 4.4% 67.0%

APPENDIX B
Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18
(December 2015 December 2016)

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region I

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 1 233

Jan-16 1 244

Feb-16 1 272

Mar-16 1 298

Apr-16 1 311

May-16 1 342

Jun-16 1 342

Jul-16 1 304

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 329 1 323 1 327 1 304 1 295

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)
Region II
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 601

Jan-16 579

Feb-16 586

Mar-16 596

Apr-16 621

May-16 629

Jun-16 637

Jul-16 627

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

648

670

677

691

720

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)
Region III
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 1 220

Jan-16 1 199

Feb-16 Mar-16 1 232 1 239

Apr-16 1 214

May-16 Jun-16 1 220 1 195

Jul-16 1 168

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 166 1 154 1 138 1 116 1 081

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region IV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 823

Jan-16 913

Feb-16 938

Mar-16 1 010

Apr-16 1 031

May-16 1 064

Jun-16 1 101

Jul-16 1 123

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 136 1 131 1 130 1 121 1 118

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region V

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 999

Jan-16 1 004

Feb-16 1 042

Mar-16 1 064

Apr-16 1 079

May-16 1 136

Jun-16 1 140

Jul-16 1 133

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 160 1 147 1 154 1 154 1 134

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)
Region VI
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 696

Jan-16 699

Feb-16 733

Mar-16 727

Apr-16 730

May-16 735

Jun-16 720

Jul-16 700

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

722

709

689

682

691

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region VII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 308

Jan-16 315

Feb-16 339

Mar-16 324

Apr-16 355

May-16 366

Jun-16 386

Jul-16 391

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

395

403

421

418

437

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region VIII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 786

Jan-16 806

Feb-16 830

Mar-16 816

Apr-16 795

May-16 778

Jun-16 779

Jul-16 739

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

744

710

700

697

668

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region IX

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 353

Jan-16 366

Feb-16 385

Mar-16 392

Apr-16 397

May-16 407

Jun-16 439

Jul-16 446

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

442

464

492

497

504

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18

(December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region X

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 579

Jan-16 617

Feb-16 633

Mar-16 672

Apr-16 684

May-16 693

Jun-16 709

Jul-16 698

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

685

691

685

693

697

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region XI

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 1 002 1 007 1 026 1 033 1 061 1 107 1 099

Jul-16 1 118

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 106 1 107 1 127 1 146 1 135

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region XII

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

673

664

672

679

681

685

704

Jul-16 691

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

686

683

690

693

697

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)
Region XIII
2 000

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 1 232

Jan-16 1 251

Feb-16 1 254

Mar-16 1 270

Apr-16 1 264

May-16 1 330

Jun-16 1 291

Jul-16 1 267

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 271 1 263 1 273 1 287 1 299

Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (December 2015 December 2016)

2 000

Region XIV

1 800

1 600

1 400

1 200

1 000

800

600

400

200

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 1 526

Jan-16 1 494

Feb-16 1 495

Mar-16 1 521

Apr-16 1 506

May-16 1 543

Jun-16 1 578

Jul-16 1 549

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 580 1 557 1 552 1 586 1 594

APPENDIX C
Regional Graphs of Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient
(December 2015 December 2016)
National Standard 4.12 Desired Goal to Meet the PIP 6.01

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2015 December 2016)

Region I
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16

Dec-15 5.01

Jan-16 5.07

Feb-16 5.00

Mar-16 4.83

Apr-16 4.83

May-16 5.00

Jun-16 4.95

Jul-16 4.91

Region II
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16

Aug-16 Aug-16
5.01
Aug-16

Sep-16 Sep-16
4.87
Sep-16

Oct-16 Oct-16
4.87
Oct-16

Nov-16 Nov-16
4.73
Nov-16

Dec-16 Dec-16
4.88
Dec-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

5.77

6.16

5.84 6.16

6.49

6.27

6.38 6.45

6.39

5.90

5.34

5.80

6.10

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient

(December 2015 - December 2016)

Region III

10 9

8 7 6 5 4

3 2

1 0
Dec-15

Jan-16

Feb-16

Mar-16

Apr-16 May-16

Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

Oct-16

Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 5.06

Jan-16 4.88

Feb-16 4.71

Mar-16 4.74

Apr-16 4.73

May-16 4.72

Jun-16 4.57

Jul-16 4.47

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4.61

4.80

4.53

4.61

4.91

Region IV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16

Dec-15 5.44

Jan-16 5.58

Feb-16 5.03

Mar-16 4.87

Apr-16 4.48

May-16 Jun-16

4.17

4.11

Jul-16 3.98

Aug-16 Aug-16
3.86

Sep-16 Sep-16
3.83

Oct-16 Oct-16
3.48

Nov-16 Nov-16
3.37

Dec-16 Dec-16
3.33

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2015 - December 2016)

Region V
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 6.90

Jan-16 6.67

Feb-16 6.12

Mar-16 5.83

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16

Apr-16 5.44
Apr-16

May-16 5.37
May-16

Jun-16 Jul-16

5.39

5.31

Region VI

Jun-16 Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

5.11

4.75

4.27

4.36

4.44

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 5.33

Jan-16 4.93

Feb-16 4.70

Mar-16 4.99

Apr-16 5.24

May-16 5.42

Jun-16 5.44

Jul-16 5.56

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

5.68

5.76

5.50

5.33

5.27

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2015 - December 2016)

Region VII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

Dec-15 4.63

Jan-16 4.34

Feb-16 4.36

Mar-16 4.71

Apr-16 4.38

May-16 4.11

Jun-16 3.65

Jul-16 3.48

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

3.30

3.29

3.43

Region VIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

Nov-16 Nov-16
3.32
Nov-16

Dec-16 Dec-16
3.18
Dec-16

Dec-15 3.93

Jan-16 3.35

Feb-16 3.19

Mar-16 2.69

Apr-16 2.78

May-16 2.72

Jun-16 2.83

Jul-16 2.69

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

2.46

2.48

2.37

2.62

2.92

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient

(December 2015 - December 2016)

Region IX
10

9 8 7

6

5 4 3 2

1 0
Dec-15 Jan-16

Feb-16 Mar-16

Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16

Oct-16

Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 3.91

Jan-16 3.92

Feb-16 3.78

Mar-16 3.65

Apr-16 3.61

May-16 3.43

Jun-16 3.59

Jul-16 3.62

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

3.12

3.00

2.79

2.88

2.89

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16

Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16

4.50

4.41

4.33

Mar-16 Mar-16
4.12

Apr-16 Apr-16
4.22

May-16 May-16
3.91

Region X

Jun-16 Jun-16
4.09

Jul-16 Jul-16 4.01

Aug-16 Aug-16
4.17

Sep-16 Sep-16
4.32

Oct-16 Oct-16
4.21

Nov-16 Nov-16
4.02

Dec-16 Dec-16 4.20

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2015 - December 2016)
Region XI
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15
4.63
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15

Jan-16 4.20
Jan-16

Feb-16 4.07
Feb-16

Mar-16 3.86
Mar-16

Apr-16 3.75

May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16

3.81

3.82

3.84

Region XII

Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

3.83

3.70

3.61

3.51

3.72

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

Dec-15 6.00

Jan-16 6.17

Feb-16 5.70

Mar-16 5.80

Apr-16 5.61

May-16 5.26

Jun-16 4.85

Jul-16 4.58

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

4.23

4.21

3.93

3.75

3.82

Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (December 2015 - December 2016) Region XIII
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

Dec-15 9.02

Jan-16 8.76

Feb-16 8.42

Mar-16 8.04

Apr-16 7.93

May-16 8.17

Jun-16 8.37

Jul-16 8.18

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

7.99

7.79

7.50

Region XIV
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

Dec-15 7.33

Jan-16 7.21

Feb-16 7.07

Mar-16 6.60

Apr-16 6.51

May-16 6.54

Jun-16 6.44

Jul-16 6.36

Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16

6.16

6.27

6.30

Nov-16 Nov-16
7.33
Nov-16 Nov-16
6.01

Dec-16 Dec-16
7.51
Dec-16 Dec-16
6.05