Monthly Measures and Results for October 2017* *(Reflects Safety Outcomes as of August 31 2017 And Permanency Outcomes as of September 30 2017) 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 2018 To Date) During the month of August 2017 there was a increase in the total cases of 7.9% since July 2017. The average for the State Fiscal Year 2018 of 19 291 reveals a 7.8% decrease since last state fiscal year. Comparatively Georgia has 11.1% more cases in August 2017 than August 2016. 30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 SFY 2018 To Date 7.8% Decrease 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 10 000 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Jul 18 559 17 941 19 470 24 151 12 363 Aug 20 022 18 028 19 788 23 295 12 693 Sep 19 902 21 943 26 176 13 715 Oct 21 876 23 541 28 108 15 162 Nov 22 436 23 277 26 664 16 008 Dec 21 480 22 946 24 857 17 416 Jan 19 661 21 916 23 497 18 470 Feb 20 197 22 795 22 721 19 491 Mar 22 871 25 075 24 293 22 662 Apr 21 703 24 431 23 911 24 120 May 23 335 24 307 23 896 25 071 Jun Average 21 684 21 504 22 124 23 905 19 291 20 926 22 583 22 747 17 161 % Change -7.8% -7.3% -7.7% 32.5% 23.4% Outcome IA Child Protective Services Cases Family Support Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) Family Support cases increased during August 2017 by 8.8% since July 2017. This improvement represents a 20.7% average case decrease for the start of the current State Fiscal Year 2018 over State Fiscal Year 2017. August 2017 had 31.5% more cases than August 2016. The chart reveals that there was an increase in SFY 2017 s case average of 39.5% over the prior SFY. SFY 2016 s case average revealed a decrease of 19.4% over SFY 2015. 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 SFY 2018 To Date 20.7% Decrease 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 8 090 5 047 6 363 10 354 4 723 Aug 8 798 6 690 6 419 9 919 5 083 Sep 9 881 7 460 10 866 5 658 Oct 12 531 8 588 11 791 6 418 Nov 13 017 8 881 11 259 6 690 Dec 12 144 8 558 10 117 6 919 Jan 10 698 8 036 8 862 6 919 Feb 10 919 8 013 8 111 7 113 Mar 12 430 8 118 8 494 8 552 Apr 11 615 7 549 8 206 9 511 May 12 294 7 398 8 176 9 951 Jun 10 471 6 211 7 450 9 826 Average 8 444 10 645 7 633 9 467 7 280 % Change -20.7% 39.5% -19.4% 30.0% 24.3% Outcome IB Child Protective Services Cases Family Preservation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) During August 2017 (SFY 2018) there was a slight increase of .7% in the number of Family Preservation cases since July 2017. Caseloads decreased from August 2016 October 2016 with case counts remaining constant through April 2017 and increasing for the final two months of SFY 2017. The data revealed that SFY 2017 has an average that is 16.7% lower than SFY 2016 s average. State Fiscal Years 2016 2017 and 2018 to date show a marked decrease in Family Preservation Cases since SFY 2015. 7 000 6 000 2018 To Date 7.7% Increase 5 000 4 000 3 000 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2 000 Jul Aug State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 4 439 4 394 5 705 4 042 2 960 Aug 4 471 4 188 5 409 4 282 2 889 Sep Sep 4 057 5 215 4 573 2 779 Oct Oct 4 003 5 060 4 971 2 709 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Nov 4 037 4 946 5 298 2 649 Dec 4 122 4 880 5 716 2 746 Jan 4 077 4 740 5 963 2 813 Feb 4 016 4 678 6 069 2 879 Mar 4 129 4 761 6 158 3 004 Apr 4 041 4 763 6 109 3 031 May 4 201 4 752 6 048 3 224 Jun 4 360 4 658 5 992 3 501 Average 4 455 4 135 4 964 5 435 2 932 % Change 7.7% -16.7% -8.7% 85.4% -5.5% Outcome IC Child Protective Services Cases Investigation Cases Only (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) Since the beginning of SFY 2018 Investigation cases showed a 4% increase in average caseloads since 2017. During August 2017 there was a 12% increase over July 2017 cases. Investigation cases declined during the first semester through January 2017 by 43% during SFY 2017. A similar trend is seen from SFY 2014 SFY 2017 of an increase from February March. 14 000 12 000 SFY 2018 To Date 10 000 8 000 6 000 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 4 000 2 000 Jul State FY 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Jul 6 030 8 499 7 402 9 755 4 680 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Aug 6 753 7 150 7 960 9 093 4 721 Sep Oct Nov 5 964 9 268 10 736 5 278 5 342 9 893 11 345 6 035 5 382 9 450 10 106 6 669 Dec 5 214 9 508 9 023 7 751 Jan 4 886 9 140 8 671 8 738 Feb 5 262 10 104 8 540 9 499 Mar 6 312 12 196 9 640 11 106 Apr 6 047 12 119 9 595 11 578 May 6 840 10 636 9 671 11 896 Jun 6 853 10 636 8 679 10 578 Average 6 392 6 146 9 927 9 571 8 211 % Change 4.0% -37.7% 3.0% 16.6% 38.2% Outcome II Recurrence of Substantiated Child Maltreatment (August 2016 August 2017) The trend below reveals a decrease in the number of repeated substantiated incidents of child maltreatment. During August 2016 Georgia was above the national standard of 5.4%. One year later this value is reduced by over 65% reflecting many effective changes that have been implemented in Child Protective Services. 8% 7% National Standard less than or equal to 5.40% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0% Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Aug-16 5.70% Sep-16 5.49% Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 5.24% 4.98% 4.37% 3.96% Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 3.54% 2.86% 2.36% 2.05% 2.09% Jul-17 2.02% Aug-17 1.96% Outcome III Disposition of Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (August 2016 August 2017) Of the CPS cases that had a disposition during the month of August 2017 28.8% were screen outs 42.6% were Family Support and 28.6% were Investigations. Only 25.6% of the Investigations were substantiated. Family Support cases show decreases toward the end of the yearly trend with an increase in August 2017. Screen-outs and Investigations also show decreases in June and July followed by an increase in August 2017. Total investigations declined during the first five months through December 2016 During the second semester Investigations increased through March 2017 followed by fluctuations of decreases and increases through August 2017. Unsubstantiated Investigations 7 000 Substantiated Investigations Family Support Investigations Screenouts 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 0 Aug-16 Family Support Screenouts Investigations Substantiated Investigations Unsubstantiated Investigations Sep-16 Oct-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 5 990 6 175 2 529 2 508 2 998 521 2 464 455 2 477 2 009 Nov-16 Oct-16 5 732 2 369 2 337 442 1 895 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 5 092 4 373 5 298 5 155 5 989 4 598 5 110 3 052 3 106 5 075 2 560 2 438 2 966 3 096 3 408 2 851 3 268 2 187 2 136 3 431 2 260 375 2 010 375 2 413 482 2 430 447 2 872 607 2 428 552 2 972 696 2 316 614 2 431 669 3 398 869 1 885 1 635 1 931 1 983 2 265 1 876 2 276 1 702 1 762 2 529 Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Types of Investigations (August 2016 August 2017) According to August s data 18% of Investigations were subsequently opened as a Family Preservation case 11% of Investigations were opened as a Foster Care case and 71% of Investigations were closed. 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 0 Unsubst Closed Subst Closed FostCare UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FamPres SubOpen Aug-16 Sep-16 FamPres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 208 262 198 166 163 2 098 196 229 173 149 127 1 688 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 170 261 166 115 140 1 547 160 246 135 125 97 1 555 128 240 149 141 136 1 343 Jan-17 193 304 155 155 157 1 562 Feb-17 Mar-17 181 253 125 147 162 1 647 273 339 189 128 198 1 893 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 213 299 186 109 213 1 605 292 327 190 119 259 1 929 200 280 199 101 255 1 372 Jul-17 215 242 194 112 277 1 424 Aug-17 324 330 246 149 364 2 191 Outcome V Number of Children in Placement Services (State Fiscal Year 2018 To Date) There was a slight decrease in the number of placement services that were open during the month of September 2017(18 747) of less than 1% since August 2017. 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 Aug Sep 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018 to date 4.4% increase Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun State FY Jul 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 18 487 17 494 15 340 12 952 10 847 Aug 18 833 17 720 15 530 13 147 10 817 Sep 18 747 17 707 15 798 13 484 10 828 Oct 17 841 15 993 13 763 10 903 Nov 17 815 16 152 13 779 10 861 Dec 17 815 16 174 14 028 10 992 Jan 18 002 16 533 14 320 11 139 Feb 18 007 16 774 14 489 11 384 Mar 17 999 16 870 14 699 11 707 Apr 17 927 17 010 14 883 12 410 May 18 109 17 421 15 142 12 527 Jun 18 312 17 643 15 334 12 611 Average 18 689 17 896 16 437 14 168 11 419 % Change 4.4% 8.9% 16.0% 24.1% 4.5% Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) The number of children in foster care under the age of 18 decreased to 13 656 during September 2017. The following slides reveal that there were 633 entries and 451 exits. On the last day of September 2017 there were 13 205 children in custody from this population. Of those who entered custody during the month forty two children (5.6% of entries) had a prior episode within 12 months. 15 000 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 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 12 965 Oct-16 13 004 Nov-16 Dec-16 13 030 13 017 Jan-17 13 044 Feb-17 13 138 Mar-17 13 329 Apr-17 13 266 May-17 13 532 Jun-17 13 564 Jul-17 13 589 Aug-17 13 764 Sep-17 13 656 Outcome VI-A Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (Regional) ( September 2016 September 2017) The number of children in Foster Care under the age of 18 during September 2017 was 13 656. Visually you can see that Region 14 has the highest proportion of children in custody at any point in time. During September 2017 Region 14 had 1 563 children in DFCS custody followed by Region 13 with 1 382 children and Region 1 with 1 337 children. (for regional trends see appendix). 16 000 14 000 R14 12 000 R13 R12 R11 10 000 R10 R9 8 000 R8 R7 6 000 R6 R5 4 000 R4 R3 R2 2 000 R1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Outcome VII Comparison of Foster Care Entries and Exits (September 2016 September 2017) Multiple trends can be seen in this graph. There was a decrease in the number of entries and exits from August 2017 through September 2017. There was a net gain of 182 children who were removed from their homes versus those who were discharged from foster care which resulted in the overall population as of the last day of the month from August 2017 to September 2017. 1600 Entries Exits End-Of-Month 16000 1400 12 409 1200 12 447 12 415 12 323 12 525 12 608 12 670 12 775 12 895 12 890 12 872 13 023 13 205 14000 12000 1000 10000 800 8000 600 6000 400 4000 200 2000 0 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 619 556 Oct-16 595 557 Nov-16 583 615 Dec-16 602 694 Jan-17 721 519 Feb-17 613 530 Mar-17 721 659 Apr-17 596 491 May-17 757 637 Jun-17 669 674 Jul-17 699 717 Aug-17 892 741 Sep-17 633 451 Outcome VII Foster Care Re-Entries (September 2016 September 2017) Reentries into foster care fluctuated throughout the year span with the highest number of reentries occurring in May 2017. During the last three months there was a decrease in the number of children reentering although the rate increased during September due the low number of entries that occurred during September 2017. The re-entry rate and number of reentries for September 2017 (5.6%) improved in actual counts compared to July 2017 s counts. The number and proportion of re-entries to entries decreased during September 2017 compared to September 2016. 110 100 8.7% 90 9.8% Reentries 8.9% Reentry Rate 9.7% National Standard less than or equal to 8.60% 11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 80 70 60 6.0% 50 40 5.0% 7.1% 7.7% 5.0% 6.8% 8.0% 4.9% 8.0% 7.0% 5.6% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 30 3.0% 20 2.0% 10 1.0% 0 0.0% Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 54 8.7% Oct-16 36 6.0% Nov-16 57 9.8% Dec-16 30 5.0% Jan-17 65 8.9% Feb-17 45 7.1% Mar-17 37 5.0% Apr-17 46 7.7% May-17 75 9.7% Jun-17 46 6.8% Jul-17 57 8.0% Aug-17 50 4.9% Sep-17 42 5.6% Outcome VIII Foster Care Length of Stay (September 2016 September 2017) During the month of September 2017 the length of stay among the foster care populations remained close to August 2017 with .3% increases in those children in custody from 36 months to less than 48 months in children in custody from 24 months to less than 36 months and in foster children who have been in custody for 12 months to less than 24 months. Comparison of the trend from last August 2016 reveals that there are higher proportion of children who are staying in care for longer than 12 months. 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 4 Years 3-4 Years 2-3 Years 1-2 Years 1 Year 20% 10% 0% Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 4 Years 3 - 4 Years 2 - 3 Years 1 - 2 Years 1 Year Sep-16 5.1% 5.0% 13.1% 27.8% 48.9% Oct-16 5.2% 5.0% 13.6% 28.1% 48.1% Nov-16 5.2% 5.1% 13.4% 28.8% 47.4% Dec-16 5.2% 5.3% 13.8% 29.0% 46.8% Jan-17 5.2% 5.3% 14.2% 28.9% 46.5% Feb-17 5.3% 5.5% 14.3% 29.4% 45.4% Mar-17 5.5% 5.7% 14.7% 28.8% 45.3% Apr-17 5.5% 5.9% 15.0% 28.7% 44.8% May-17 5.5% 5.8% 15.3% 28.7% 44.7% Jun-17 5.5% 6.0% 15.1% 29.4% 44.0% Jul-17 5.3% 6.4% 15.0% 28.9% 44.4% Aug-17 5.3% 6.6% 14.9% 28.2% 45.0% Sep-17 5.4% 6.9% 15.2% 27.5% 45.0% Outcome IX Length of Time to Reunification (September 2016 September 2017) The number of children who reunified within 12 months increased from 56.9% in August to 57.6% in September 2017. This proportion is significantly lower than last September s proportion of 66.8%. 100% 90% National Standard 76.20% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 66.8% Oct-16 66.6% Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 62.4% 60.6% 64.5% Feb-17 64.1% Mar-17 61.4% Apr-17 65.1% May-17 62.3% Jun-17 59.0% Jul-17 61.9% Aug-17 Sep-17 56.9% 57.6% Outcome X Percent of Children Placed with Relatives (September 2016 September 2017) The number of children who were in Foster Care that were placed with relatives during the month of September 2017 remained constant at 30.2%. 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 28.8% Oct-16 29.1% Nov-16 29.3% Dec-16 29.7% Jan-17 29.6% Feb-17 29.9% Mar-17 29.6% Apr-17 29.5% May-17 29.8% Jun-17 29.9% Jul-17 29.8% Aug-17 Sep-17 30.1% 30.2% Outcome XI Extended Youth Services (September 2016 September 2017) There were 625 children who remained in custody after their 18th birthday during September 2017. 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 549 Oct-16 564 Nov-16 Dec-16 570 572 Jan-17 591 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 600 595 599 May-17 606 Jun-17 612 Jul-17 604 Aug-17 Sep-17 615 625 Outcome XII Number of Finalized Adoptions (September 2016 September 2017) There were 71 foster children adopted during September 2017. This represents a 12% decrease in finalizations compared to September 2016. 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 81 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 88 119 123 46 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 96 110 99 131 123 Jul-17 105 Aug-17 Sep-17 121 71 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 September 2017) Over the last 13 months the federal measure for stability which is the number of moves per number of days per thousand has decreased from 4.93 to 4.93 which is closer to the federal standard. 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 National Standard 4.12 2.00 1.00 0.00 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 4.98 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 4.79 4.75 4.87 4.92 Feb-17 4.81 Mar-17 4.95 Apr-17 4.74 May-17 4.81 Jun-17 4.83 Jul-17 4.98 Aug-17 Sep-17 4.95 4.93 Appendices Appendix A Outcome IV Subsequent Case-Type of Investigations by Disposition (August 2016 August 2017) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Aug-16 Fam. Pres SubOpen FamPres UnsubOpen FostCare SubOpen FostCare UnsubOpen Subst Closed Unsubst Closed 6.7% 8.5% 6.4% 5.4% 5.3% 67.8% Sep-16 7.7% 8.9% 6.8% 5.8% 5.0% 65.9% Oct-16 7.1% 10.9% 6.9% 4.8% 5.8% 64.5% Nov-16 6.9% 10.6% 5.8% 5.4% 4.2% 67.1% Dec-16 6.0% 11.2% 7.0% 6.6% 6.4% 62.8% Jan-17 7.6% 12.0% 6.1% 6.1% 6.2% 61.8% Feb-17 7.2% 10.1% 5.0% 5.8% 6.4% 65.5% Mar-17 9.0% 11.2% 6.3% 4.2% 6.6% 62.7% Apr-17 8.1% 11.4% 7.1% 4.2% 8.1% 61.1% May-17 9.4% 10.5% 6.1% 3.8% 8.3% 61.9% Jun-17 8.3% 11.6% 8.3% 4.2% 10.6% 57.0% Jul-17 8.7% 9.8% 7.9% 4.5% 11.2% 57.8% Aug-17 9.0% 9.2% 6.8% 4.1% 10.1% 60.8% APPENDIX B Regional Graphs of Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region I 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 1 319 Oct-16 1 323 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 299 1 291 Jan-17 1 289 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 311 1 326 1 327 May-17 1 330 Jun-17 1 289 Jul-17 1 328 Aug-17 Sep-17 1 359 1 337 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region II 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 671 Oct-16 679 Nov-16 Dec-16 691 722 Jan-17 715 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 742 743 730 May-17 753 Jun-17 771 Jul-17 791 Aug-17 Sep-17 820 814 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) Region III 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Sep-16 1 152 Oct-16 1 135 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 113 1 077 Jan-17 1 072 Feb-17 Mar-17 1 055 1 053 Apr-17 1 012 May-17 1 018 Jun-17 1 010 Jul-17 1 000 Aug-17 Sep-17 1 004 966 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region IV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 1 126 Oct-16 1 124 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 112 1 104 Jan-17 1 102 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 131 1 136 1 130 May-17 1 135 Jun-17 1 106 Jul-17 1 111 Aug-17 Sep-17 1 122 1 128 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region V 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 1 147 Oct-16 1 153 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 151 1 134 Jan-17 1 106 Feb-17 1 096 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 098 1 101 May-17 1 111 Jun-17 1 124 Jul-17 1 133 Aug-17 1 143 Sep-17 1 137 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region VI 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 713 Oct-16 693 Nov-16 Dec-16 686 695 Jan-17 690 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 690 698 695 May-17 701 Jun-17 719 Jul-17 724 Aug-17 734 Sep-17 735 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region VII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 399 Oct-16 416 Nov-16 Dec-16 413 433 Jan-17 444 Feb-17 456 Mar-17 Apr-17 475 484 May-17 506 Jun-17 485 Jul-17 491 Aug-17 Sep-17 515 512 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region VIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 709 Oct-16 698 Nov-16 Dec-16 693 664 Jan-17 653 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 654 660 657 May-17 684 Jun-17 690 Jul-17 691 Aug-17 Sep-17 711 704 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region IX 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 451 Oct-16 479 Nov-16 Dec-16 484 494 Jan-17 525 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 536 568 576 May-17 588 Jun-17 597 Jul-17 579 Aug-17 Sep-17 576 572 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) Region X 2 000 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 687 Oct-16 682 Nov-16 Dec-16 690 694 Jan-17 710 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 719 715 718 May-17 748 Jun-17 775 Jul-17 776 Aug-17 Sep-17 758 744 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region XI 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 1 099 Oct-16 1 118 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 1 135 1 125 1 121 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 124 1 153 1 154 May-17 1 164 Jun-17 1 165 Jul-17 1 162 Aug-17 Sep-17 1 181 1 178 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region XII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 678 Oct-16 686 Nov-16 Dec-16 689 689 Jan-17 701 Feb-17 719 Mar-17 Apr-17 740 733 May-17 776 Jun-17 777 Jul-17 777 Aug-17 870 Sep-17 884 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region XIII 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 Oct-16 1 258 1 268 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 1 289 1 302 1 328 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 333 1 366 1 382 May-17 1 396 Jun-17 1 435 Jul-17 1 436 Aug-17 Sep-17 1 405 1 382 Outcome VI Children in DFCS Custody Under the Age of 18 (September 2016 September 2017) 2 000 Region XIV 1 800 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 1 556 Oct-16 1 550 Nov-16 Dec-16 1 585 1 593 Jan-17 1 588 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 1 572 1 598 1 567 May-17 1 622 Jun-17 1 621 Jul-17 1 590 Aug-17 Sep-17 1 566 1 563 APPENDIX C Regional Graphs of Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 September 2017) National Standard 4.12 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 September 2017) Region I 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Sep-16 5.02 Oct-16 5.01 Nov-16 Dec-16 4.88 5.09 Jan-17 5.13 Feb-17 5.12 Mar-17 5.34 Apr-17 5.18 May-17 5.02 Jun-17 5.18 Jul-17 5.27 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region II Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Aug-17 5.22 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-17 5.35 Sep-17 Sep-16 5.99 Oct-16 5.51 Nov-16 5.96 Dec-16 6.25 Jan-17 6.15 Feb-17 6.06 Mar-17 6.04 Apr-17 5.70 May-17 5.52 Jun-17 5.49 Jul-17 5.44 Aug-17 5.47 Sep-17 5.81 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 - September 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region III Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 4.83 Oct-16 4.63 Nov-16 Dec-16 4.67 5.04 Jan-17 4.92 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 4.87 5.27 4.83 4.85 Jun-17 4.78 Jul-17 4.97 Aug-17 Sep-17 4.71 4.51 Region IV 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 Sep-16 4.02 Oct-16 3.60 Nov-16 Dec-16 3.49 3.55 Jan-17 3.81 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 3.76 3.95 3.85 May-17 May-17 4.08 Jun-17 Jun-17 4.16 Jul-17 Jul-17 4.26 Aug-17 Aug-17 4.30 Sep-17 Sep-17 4.45 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 - September 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region V Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 5.00 Oct-16 4.52 Nov-16 Dec-16 4.62 4.78 Jan-17 4.89 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 4.71 4.58 4.61 May-17 5.17 Jun-17 5.28 Jul-17 5.26 Aug-17 Sep-17 5.45 5.39 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Region VI Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 5.87 Oct-16 5.66 Nov-16 Dec-16 5.49 5.61 Jan-17 5.71 Feb-17 5.45 Mar-17 5.39 Apr-17 4.98 May-17 4.85 Jun-17 4.46 Jul-17 4.40 Aug-17 Sep-17 4.13 4.41 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 - September 2017) Region VII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Sep-16 3.40 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 3.46 3.44 3.26 Jan-17 3.17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 3.19 3.20 2.94 May-17 Jun-17 3.15 3.42 Jul-17 3.69 Region VIII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Sep-16 2.69 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 2.55 2.86 2.98 Jan-17 3.50 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 3.51 4.12 3.92 May-17 Jun-17 3.89 3.99 Jul-17 4.27 Aug-17 Aug-17 3.53 Sep-17 Sep-17 3.35 Aug-17 Sep-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 4.00 3.35 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 - September 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region IX Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 3.29 2.84 2.99 2.93 3.06 3.05 3.00 3.17 3.17 3.16 3.30 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region X Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 4.36 4.30 4.13 4.48 4.56 4.51 5.10 4.74 5.00 4.66 4.88 Aug-17 Aug-17 3.68 Sep-17 Sep-17 3.67 Aug-17 Aug-17 4.75 Sep-17 Sep-17 4.21 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 - September 2017) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region XI Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 3.87 3.80 3.71 3.92 4.21 4.01 3.89 3.67 3.77 3.82 4.01 4.05 4.02 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region XII Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Sep-16 4.41 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 4.12 3.97 3.99 Jan-17 3.73 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 3.84 4.12 4.02 4.33 Jun-17 3.89 Jul-17 4.09 Aug-17 Sep-17 4.32 4.20 Outcome XIII Placement Stability Performance Coefficient (September 2016 - September 2017) Region XIII 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Sep-16 8.03 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 7.72 7.54 7.64 Jan-17 7.32 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 7.10 7.39 7.11 6.80 Jun-17 6.93 Jul-17 7.32 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Region XIV Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Sep-16 6.36 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 6.33 6.02 6.00 Jan-17 5.90 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 5.59 5.36 5.05 5.16 Jun-17 5.25 Jul-17 5.39 Aug-17 Aug-17 7.05 Aug-17 Aug-17 5.33 Sep-17 Sep-17 6.81 Sep-17 Sep-17 5.51